Quote Originally Posted by 'Stealthy',index.php?page=Thread&postID=72000#post 72000
One thing that confused me when I was reading up on this in Wikipedia - The Democrats currently hold a mjority in congress, both in the senate, and the house of reps. Yet the president is a Republican, and has the power to veto any bills that come through congress.

How does any legislation get passed like this? I mean since the president is from the opposing party, wouldn't he just veto any bills the Democrats pass up trhough congress?

Cheers,
Stealthy
It's also worth noting that with a large enough majority in Congress in favor of a bill, they can override the president's veto. It takes a 2/3 majority for that to happen though, which makes it somewhat rare. Bush has vetoed 9 bills (which is actually the lowest of the last 50 years), and 2 of those have been overridden.