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Will Trump veto a bill of the new Congress before 1 July 2027?

BinaryResolves 30 Jun 2027
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  • Yes
  • No
Resolves 30 Jun 2027
Why these numbers

History. 7 of 7: every president facing a new Congress where the other party had just won both chambers vetoed one of its bills within 178 days; the latest was Clinton in 1995, on day 154.

Hunch. Republicans will still hold at least 44 Senate seats, enough to block most Democratic bills under the 60-vote rule, the Guardian reported on 8 November.

How this resolves

The 1 July market resolves on the same pages: YES if by 30 June 2027, Washington time, Trump vetoes a bill or joint resolution of the new Congress, and a veto of a bill of the old Congress does not count. If there is no such veto it resolves NO, and the Guardian, BBC News and NPR are the backups.

The pattern behind it

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Since 1919, three of seven presidents vetoed a bill of a new Congress run by the other party within 56 days of its first sitting, and the other four did so after 109 to 154 days.

We looked for cases where the party opposed to the president had just won both chambers of the US Congress, and counted the days from the first sitting of that new Congress to the president's first veto of one of its bills. Since 1919 this has happened seven times. Each of those presidents used a veto in the first year. (US House of Representatives; US House of Representatives; American Presidency Project)