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Danielle has vetoed some of her mom’s choices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a state bill that would have established a task force to study reparations for families forced out of Chavez Ravine in the 1950s.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 21, 2024

The United States, which has vetoed previous attempts, abstained, allowing the resolution to pass.

From New York Times • Mar. 27, 2024

No governor has vetoed the budget in its entirety since 1930.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 5, 2023

But no British king or queen has vetoed an act of Parliament in the last hundred and eighty years.

From Studies in Civics by McCleary, J. T. (James Thompson)