Veto

Executive rejection of a legislative proposal or joint resolution submitted for legal approval. Should an executive reject a measure, it can attain legal status only if the House and Senate individually vote (by a two-thirds majority) to overturn the rejection. An alternative type of executive rejection – an indirect rejection – happens if the legislature has concluded its session and cannot reconvene, and the executive fails to approve the legislative proposal within the mandated ten-day timeframe (excluding Sundays).

Amendment Exchange

 Alternatively known as “modifications between the assemblies” or, informally, “back-and-forth.” A technique for resolving discrepancies between the two legislative bodies’ renditions of a proposal by transmitting the proposal repeatedly between them until both have consented to identical wording.