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The more recent presidential veto overriden

Checked on November 11, 2025
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Executive Summary

The claim that “the more recent presidential veto [was] overridden” is not supported by the provided source set: none of the supplied documents report a presidential veto override occurring after January 2021. The latest override documented within the supplied analyses is Congress’s override of President Donald Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act around December 2020–January 2021, and later reporting about President Biden’s March 2023 veto indicates Congress lacked votes to override it [1] [2] [3].

1. What the original claim asserts and why it matters — a simple factual check

The original statement asserts a recent presidential veto has been overridden, which is a discrete, verifiable event: an override requires two-thirds votes in both the House and Senate. The provided analyses do not corroborate that assertion; instead, they describe veto mechanics and historical instances up through early 2021 and commentary on President Biden’s 2023 veto that was unlikely to be overridden. The available material includes a historical record noting an override during the end of the Trump administration and explicitly states that Biden’s March 2023 veto was unlikely to be overridden because Congress lacked the necessary votes [1] [2] [3]. These supplied sources therefore fail to substantiate the claim of a more recent override.

2. What the supplied records actually show — the last documented override in these sources

The supplied materials point to Congress overriding a presidential veto in late 2020/early 2021 as the most recent concrete example within the dataset. One analysis explicitly identifies the override of President Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act as the most recent override in the records it examined [1]. A Senate historical list referenced in the analyses presents vetoes and overrides from 1789 to present and similarly indicates overrides took place during the Trump presidency but does not document any override after that period in the supplied excerpts [2] [4]. These pieces together establish that, within this evidence package, no override later than that instance is documented.

3. Why sources about veto mechanics do not confirm an override — context on pocket vs. regular vetoes

Several of the supplied sources are explanatory rather than event-reporting and therefore cannot by themselves substantiate claims about recent overrides. For example, one source defines and explains the pocket veto—a procedural mechanism distinct from an override situation—without reporting any override event [5]. Other supplied materials are general treatments of veto power or historical lists that require checking the latest entries for contemporary events [6] [4]. Because these explanatory items do not report current congressional roll-call outcomes, they cannot be used as evidence that a more recent veto was overridden; they only provide the institutional context needed to understand what an override would entail.

4. Conflicting or missing details in the supplied analyses — gaps and verifiable points

The supplied analyses contain consistent signals but also gaps: one analysis notes the March 2023 Biden veto and the absence of the votes necessary to override it [3], while other materials present a historical record ending with the Trump-era override [1] [2]. None of the documents present a dated account of an override after January 2021. The absence of a clear, later override in these pieces is itself a verifiable fact about this evidence set: the materials do not document any override more recent than the Trump-era instance, and one contemporary account explicitly anticipated no override for Biden’s 2023 veto [3]. Therefore, the claim of a newer override contradicts the available records.

5. Bottom line and recommended verification steps based on the evidence provided

Based solely on the provided sources, the claim that a more recent presidential veto has been overridden is unsupported; the most recent override documented in these materials is the December 2020/January 2021 override of President Trump’s veto, and reporting about President Biden’s March 2023 veto indicates an override did not occur [1] [2] [3]. To confirm events beyond these sources, consult the official Senate roll-call override records or contemporary news reports with explicit override vote totals, because override claims hinge on verifiable congressional roll-call outcomes and the supplied dataset does not include any later roll-call documenting an override [4] [2].

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