Russia will block its membership of the UN and all other international bodies where it has a veto.
The Clinton administration adamantly opposes this, and has threatened a veto.
Russia has threatened to veto a UN Security Council resolution on Syria if it is put to a vote on Friday, diplomats say.
He has threatened to veto a small increase in the debt ceiling, one that would force him to return to the argument before the election in 2012.
President Bush has said, again and again and again, that he is going to veto anything that has a timetable.
First, Defense Secretary Robert Gates has decided to make termination of the second engine a test case of whether Congress is committed to eliminating waste, and has won White House backing for a veto of the defense spending measure if the extra engine is funded.
The White House has indicated it would veto a bill that goes as far as the House version.
Almost immediately, Sinn Fein said it would oppose the change - but for a week now has refused to say whether it will help veto the amendment using a petition of concern.
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The UK has indicated that it might veto a forthcoming vote, due in May, to extend the embargo.
Western officials say they don't know what message Mr. Lavrov will relay to Mr. Assad, but note that Russia's veto has handed it a diplomatic beating in recent days that could cost it lucrative business contracts in Qatar and other Gulf countries.
While the Senate passed a bill in March in a bipartisan 72-24 vote, the House has only a shell bill to offer, plus its "non-negotiable" insistence on mandatory approval of Keystone XL. The Senate majority has its own bazooka: a presidential veto if Keystone XL is in the bill.
But aside from a veto threat, Bush has very little leverage at this point.
Russia, which holds a veto on the council, has called on Iran to do as the IAEA asks.
George Bush, who insists the Dubai-based company is not a threat to security, has vowed to veto any attempt to stop the deal.
At present, the family have a veto even if an individual has "opted in" and signed the Organ Donation Register - a fact that surprised many taking part in the recent research study into the issue.
Greece also needs to patch up ties with America, strained by a veto, which Mr Papandreou has chosen to uphold, on Macedonia's entry to NATO because of an 18-year-long dispute over the name of Greece's northern neighbour.
Sources say that as Clinton has reviewed the handful of potential candidates for a veto, ranging from tax breaks for hard cider producers to food processing plants in the Dakotas, he has discovered all sorts of problems associated with each one.
The French and German governments have weighed in, the UK parliament has announced a review, an EADS shareholder has called foul, and Downing Street has threatened to veto.
But President Clinton has promised to veto any bill to establish such a site.
Clinton has said no--that would give Moscow a veto over NATO decisions.
Quick recap: as things stand now, the family have a veto even if the deceased relative has chosen to sign the Organ Donation Register.
The House already has approved the measure with enough votes to override a veto, 295-136, although representatives would have to agree to the Senate's changes.
While no one has said out loud that the president would veto a bill that calls for government negotiation, officials have made it pretty clear that's the likely outcome.
If Mr. Bloomberg follows through with a veto, Ms. Quinn vowed the council will override it, as the city legislature has done with every veto the mayor has issued since Ms. Quinn became speaker in 2006.
This would simply have given a veto to the bombers, as it has in Israel.
The effect of local veto power has recently come under fire after a series of local projects were halted after years of delays.
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Washington has threatened to veto the move if it comes to a vote in the Security Council, saying negotiations should resume to a two-state solution.
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