Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20190312:19:58:00
Back to capitol hill. alexander hamilton engineered the veto writing in paper 73. hamilton argued in favor of the veto saying the president may periodically need to hold congress in check. the founders wanted to give congress one last chance to go over the head of the executive, that's the veto override. believe it or not, congress never overrode a single veto until 1845. president john tyler holds the distinction of becoming the first president to have his vito overridden. tyler vetoed a spending bill to pay for what's now the coast guard. the house and senate objected and overrode tyler that...
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