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).

Continuing Resolution

An appropriations law (usually a joint resolution) that furnishes temporary (or complete fiscal year) funding for federal departments and initiatives to maintain activities when the standard (or yearly) appropriations laws have not been passed by the start of the fiscal year.