Editing Veto (section)

=== Types of executive vetoes ===
[[File:President William J. Clinton Signing Line Item Veto Letters - NARA - 77861673.jpg|thumb|right|US President [[Bill Clinton]] signing cancellation letters related to his [[Line-item veto in the United States|line-Item vetoes]] for the [[Balanced Budget Act of 1997]].]]

A package veto, also called a "block veto" or "full veto", vetoes a [[legislative act]] as a whole. Conversely, a partial veto, also called a [[line item veto]], allows the executive to object only to some specific part of the law while allowing the rest to stand. An executive with a partial veto has a stronger negotiating position than an executive with only a package veto power.<ref name="oecd-system"/>
{{anchor|Amendatory veto}}<!-- redirect target from [[Amendatory veto]] -->
An amendatory veto or amendatory observation returns legislation to the legislature with proposed amendments, which the legislature may either adopt or override. The effect of legislative inaction may vary: in some systems, if the legislature does nothing, the vetoed bill fails, while in others, the vetoed bill becomes law. Because the amendatory veto gives the executive a stronger role in the legislative process, it is often seen as a marker of a particularly strong veto power.

Some veto powers are limited to budgetary matters (as with line-item vetoes in some US states, or the financial veto in New Zealand).{{sfn|NCSL|1998|p=6-29}} Other veto powers (such as in Finland) apply only to non-budgetary matters; some (such as in South Africa) apply only to constitutional matters. A veto power that is not limited in this way is known as a "policy veto".<ref name="oecd-system"/>

One type of budgetary veto, the reduction veto, which is found in several US states, gives the executive the authority to reduce budgetary appropriations that the legislature has made.{{sfn|NCSL|1998|p=6-29}} When an executive is given multiple different veto powers, the procedures for overriding them may differ. For example, in the US state of Illinois, if the legislature takes no action on a reduction veto, the reduction simply becomes law, while if the legislature takes no action on an amendatory veto, the bill dies.<ref>{{Cite web
  | url =  https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/glossary.asp#V
  | access-date = 2022-06-18
  | title = Legislative Glossary
  | publisher = Illinois General Assembly
}}</ref>

A [[pocket veto]] is a veto that takes effect simply by the executive or head of state taking no action. In the United States, the pocket veto can only be exercised near the end of a legislative session; if the deadline for presidential action passes ''during'' the legislative session, the bill will simply become law.{{sfn|Watson|1987|p=407}} The legislature cannot override a pocket veto.{{sfn|Palanza|Sin|2020|p=367}}

Some veto powers are limited in their subject matter. A constitutional veto only allows the executive to veto bills that are [[unconstitutional]]; in contrast, a "policy veto" can be used wherever the executive disagrees with the bill on policy grounds.<ref name="oecd-system">{{Cite web
  | url =  https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/sites/025c3909-en/index.html?itemId=/content/component/025c3909-en
  | access-date = 2022-06-13
  | title = 4. System of government
  | work = Constitutions in OECD Countries: A Comparative Study : Background Report in the Context of Chile's Constitutional Process}}</ref> Presidents with constitutional vetoes include those of Benin and South Africa.