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).

Committee of the Whole

A parliamentary mechanism intended to broaden participation in floor consideration of measures. It can be understood as the House operating in a different format; it is a committee comprising all Representatives that meets in the House chamber. The House considers many significant measures in the Committee of the Whole.