Which of the following is true of the president's veto power?
A) The presidential veto is an executive tool of near unlimited power.
B) The threat of a veto has never proven to be enough to make Congress bend to the president's demands.
C) Congress can usually muster the two-thirds majority in each chamber required to override a presidential veto.
D) The veto is as much a sign of presidential weakness as of strength,because it arises when Congress refuses to accept the president's ideas.
E) Obama was able to use the veto to force Congress to give him full restoration of a food stamp provision that he wanted.
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