J. Dewey Taxem, running for the Senate for the sixth time from a large northeastern state, has just completed a major campaign speech relating to his proposed changes to the legislative process. Which of the following excerpts from his speech is correct?
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a. | If the President does not like some of the provisions of a specific tax bill approved by both the House and the Senate, he can veto those specific parts and sign the rest. | |
b. | A presidential veto can be overridden by a vote of two-thirds of both the House and the Senate. | |
c. | Most tax legislation originates in the Senate as riders to other non-tax legislation. | |
d. | Unlike non-tax legislation, tax legislation must be enacted in exactly the same form in both the House and the Senate so that no conference committee is necessary. |
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