joint resolution
Noun
Meaning
a resolution passed by both houses of Congress which becomes legally binding when signed by the Chief Executive (or passed over the Chief Executive's veto)
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Examples
Feerick 1992, p. 14. Believing that Wilson and his advisers would not voluntarily transfer power to the vice president, a group of Congressional leaders initiated Marshall's requested joint resolution.
By 1939, Franco owed these and other companies more than $100,000,000. citation Neutrality Act of 1937 In January 1937, the Congress passed a joint resolution outlawing the arms trade with Spain.
In response, both the Senate and House passed a joint resolution not to allow any Senator or Representative seat admittance until Congress decided when Reconstruction was finished.
Carter signed the joint resolution, though he questioned on procedural grounds the propriety of his doing so.
As a result, it’s not entirely clear whether adding “explicitly authorized” language to the Iran joint resolution or other minor addendums will prove disqualifying.
He is removable only by impeachment or a joint resolution of Congress, which requires majority votes in both houses and is subject to a Presidential veto.