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were vetoing

  • past progressive
    of veto.
    veto
    noun
    the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.

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They released the report on Dec. 27 and announced that they were vetoing sweeping Port Authority reform bills that had passed unanimously in both chambers of both states’ legislatures.

From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2015