Often decisions go through a chain of several people, many of whom have the power to veto, but not the power to approve.
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Security Council, with power to veto any punitive measures against the government in Khartoum.
Because they grant construction permits, New Orleans officials have the power to veto building proposals.
In contrast to previous referendums, which were problems for the entire EU, Ireland holds no power of veto.
They complain the legislation has too many exemptions and gives ministers too much power to veto the release of certain information.
Tricky tax measures and spending cuts are looming and the Bundesrat has the power to veto at least some of them.
Some investors demand a say in choice of counsel, the right to participate in strategic decisions, or the power to veto settlement offers.
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The seat allocation was a key sticking point for the opposition, which wanted to ensure that it had the power to veto major decisions.
It will also give the chancellor the power to veto decisions made by the Bank of England when dealing with bank bailouts and other interventions.
Following that the panel, in private, will make a decision on whether to recommend the appointment, recommend against the appointment or use their power of veto.
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Senator McCain also promises to use the power of veto in defence of the public interest - and as a chief executive, I can assure you it works.
The chancellor of the exchequer will also be given the power to veto any decision by the Bank of England to bail out a bank which is in financial trouble.
Given that the UN Security Council, where Russia holds the power of veto, has not endorsed the plan, I asked what authority Mr Feith has today in Kosovo as ICR.
EU's new Amsterdam treaty, which came into force on May 1st, gives him power to veto candidates he thinks unsuitable, and also to demote commissioners who disappoint him in office.
Both Russia and France - as two of the five permanent members of the Security Council - have the power to veto the US draft plan, as does permanent member China.
Although the company's base and its board are firmly British, and the government has the power to veto foreign shareholders, Mr Hoon was right in that a majority of its shareholders are American.
At a debate in New York on February 29th, John Kerry argued that the administration had in practice made a peaceful settlement impossible by giving the opposition a power of veto over its terms.
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"By giving to the insurgents the power to veto an agreement, they effectively said, 'Unless you two reach an agreement on the sharing of power, we're not going to provide aid and assistance, '" Kerry said.
The Tories hope that by taking the power of veto over new schools away from officials, they would end the zero-sum game in which a good school place for one child means one fewer for others.
Though the combination still needs to squeeze past regulators in order to become official, Thomson appears to have, crucially, won the approval of Reuters Group's trustees, who have the power the veto any takeover of the 156-year-old company.
The recruitment process states that a Chief Constable is selected by the area's Police and Crime Commissioner, but the decision has to be approved by the Police and Crime Panel which has the power to veto the decision.
Another retort is that it is fantasy baseball to believe the Commissioner would just give up his considerable power to veto loans and do whatever else he thinks is in the best interests of baseball by allowing a public corporation to make decisions that he cannot control.
As I have said before, I do not believe that there is any basis in law for arguing that there is an implied condition of reasonableness which can be read into the power of veto conferred on the permanent members of the Security Council by the UN Charter.
Despite the overhaul of the federal system, state premiers still have substantial veto power.
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The United States, Britain, France, Russia and China hold permanent seats on the council with veto power.
In Britain, the Financial Services Authority has been given veto power over the nominees to big bank boards.
Vermont wrested its unique veto power from Entergy in a roundabout way when Entergy acquired the plant in 2004.
The French like the idea of countries retaining veto power in certain areas.
Both countries have veto power in the Security Council and have opposed international efforts to effect change in Syria.
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