Override of Civil Rights Act Veto

Date: March 22, 1988 • Location: Shaw, United States

The United States Congress votes to override President Ronald Reagan's veto of the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987.

The United States Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States. It is a bicameral legislature, including a lower body, the U.S. House of Representatives, and an upper body, the U.S. Senate. They both meet in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.