And they did this--and the Civil Rights Act, by the way--

顺便提下他们还通过了民权法案
over the rapid and quick veto of Andrew Johnson.

但这很快遭到了安德鲁·约翰逊的否决
What set in as early as April of 1866

1866 四月
was the Federal Government by veto.

联邦政府作出否决
Congress would pass a law, whether it's the Civil Rights Act,

国会本已通过了不少法令比如民权法
the renewal of the Freedmen's Bureau, and numerous other things--

重振自由民管理局的决议还有很多
eventually all four of the Reconstruction Acts in early '67--

最终还包括67年早期的四项重建法案
and Johnson would veto them.

但都遭到了安德鲁·约翰逊的否决
Andrew Johnson, in one and a half years,

安德鲁·约翰逊在一年半的时间里
will issue more presidential vetoes

所使用的总统否决权的次数
than all American presidents before him put together.

比历任所有美国总统之和都要多
Not the way the thing's supposed to work,

这并非是当初所料想的