NOUN
- a resolution passed by both houses of Congress which becomes legally binding when signed by the Chief Executive (or passed over the Chief Executive's veto)
How To Use joint resolution In A Sentence
- The House and the Democratic-controlled Senate must pass a joint resolution to assemble Congress for Obama's presentation.
- The House and the Democratic-controlled Senate must pass a joint resolution to assemble Congress for Obama's presentation.
- Using authority granted by a congressional joint resolution in May 1934, President Roosevelt embargoed all U.S. arms shipments to Paraguay and Bolivia in an effort to end their military conflict.