President Obama is likely to stop an attempt by Republicans to construct the Keystone oil pipeline and in doing so, will open the veto era of the presidency.
James Thurber, director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at the American University located in Washington, confirms this, in saying, “It’s a new period of his administration. He will use the veto to protect his past reord and not allow things he disagrees with to go forward.”
This expected veto, which is the most significant of President Obama’s term in office, will also be followed by vetoes against making changes in the Affordable Care Act, the rolling back of child nutrition standards as well as to impose new sanctions on Iran.
Experts believe that his decision to veto these attempts made by Republicans to force changes on important matters will be to defend his legislative record over the past six years in office.
What is pretty clear is that the Republicans want to reverse Obama’s agenda on regulations by using their Congressional majority but which will not happen if he vetoes their actions as a response.
Given that if Obama does take to vetoing actions, he could either match the 37 made by Bill Clinton or 44 made by the first President George Bush. However, it’s highly unlikely that it will ever go as far as 635 vetoes made by Franklin D. Roosevelt during his tenure in office.
That said, it’s more likely to be used as a last-ditch effort since Senate Democrats are also doing their best to stop Republican efforts to pass important legislation.