veto-proof
adjective
ve·to-proof
ˈvē-(ˌ)tō-ˌprüf 
: having enough potential votes to be enacted over a veto or to override vetoes consistently
a veto-proof bill
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Republicans had control of the state government, with a GOP governor and veto-proof supermajorities in the House and Senate.
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Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2025
Beshear approved more tax cuts last year, but there was speculation that the GOP’s veto-proof majority in the state legislature was a factor.
—Taylor Millard, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
And Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) has held back putting on the floor a bipartisan Russia sanctions bill — with a veto-proof majority of co-sponsors — at the request of Trump, who wants to decide when to impose sanctions on Russia if Moscow fails to negotiate an end to the war.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 31 July 2025
The high point of his tenure was the 2018 midterm elections, when California Democrats flipped seven seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and won back a veto-proof supermajority in the state Legislature.
—Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
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Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2025
Beshear approved more tax cuts last year, but there was speculation that the GOP’s veto-proof majority in the state legislature was a factor.
—Taylor Millard, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
And Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) has held back putting on the floor a bipartisan Russia sanctions bill — with a veto-proof majority of co-sponsors — at the request of Trump, who wants to decide when to impose sanctions on Russia if Moscow fails to negotiate an end to the war.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 31 July 2025
The high point of his tenure was the 2018 midterm elections, when California Democrats flipped seven seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and won back a veto-proof supermajority in the state Legislature.
—Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
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“Veto-proof.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/veto-proof. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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