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Pocket veto
Pocket veto Pocket veto
The retention by the President of the United States of a bill
unsigned so that it does not become a law, in virtue of the
following constitutional provision (Const. Art. I., sec. 7,
cl. 2): ``If any bill shall not be returned by the President
within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been
presented to him, the same shall be a law, in like manner as
if he had signed it, unless the Congress by their adjournment
prevent its return, in which case it shall not be a law.'
Also, an analogous retention of a bill by a State governor.
Meaning of Pocket veto from wikipedia
- A
pocket veto is a
legislative maneuver that
allows a
president or
other official with
veto power to
exercise that
power over a bill by
taking no action...
-
reduction veto, the
reduction simply becomes law,
while if the
legislature takes no
action on an
amendatory veto, the bill dies. A
pocket veto is a
veto that...
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votes needed). No
vetoes.: 2 No
vetoes.: 3
Seven vetoes (five
regular vetoes and two
pocket vetoes).: 4–6
February 21, 1811:
Vetoed H.R. 155, an act...
- operations. The
threat of
using a
veto (also
called a "hidden" or "
pocket"
veto) may
still have an
effect even if a
veto is not
actually cast. In 1994, the...
-
procedure is
called a
pocket veto. Both the
president of the
United States and US
state governors usually issue a
veto statement or
veto message that provides...
- The
Pocket Veto Case (also
known as
Bands of the
State of
Washington v.
United States and Okanogan, Methow, San Poelis, Nespelem, Colville, and Lake Indian...
- want to
donate to
members of
these committees. The
legislature can "
pocket veto" laws by
avoiding consideration and thus
avoiding a vote. The Appropriations...
- not sign a bill or
veto it
within 10 days (not
counting Sundays)
after its presentment, then it
fails to
become law. This "
pocket veto"—so
called because...
-
known as a "
pocket veto". This is the most
conclusive form of
veto, for the
legislature (having adjourned) has no
chance to
reconsider the
vetoed measure...
- Confederacy. The bill p****ed both
houses of
Congress on July 2, 1864, but was
pocket vetoed by
Lincoln and
never took effect. The
Radical Republicans were outraged...
