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If the president neighter signs nor returns a bill to congress during the time allowed that bill?
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∙ 13y ago
The bill automatically dies. For a president to allow that to happen is known as a pocket veto.
Angus Koepp
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∙ 13y agoIf a bill is not returned by the President within ten days (Sundays excepted), then it becomes law as if he had signed it. The only exception is if Congress adjourns within those 10 days and prevents the President from being able to return it, in which case it does not become law - this is referred to as a "pocket veto."
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What is a regular veto?
A veto is the constitutional procedure by which the President (or chief legislator of a state) refuses to approve a bill or joint resolution, and thus prevents its enactment into law. A regular veto occurs when the President returns the legislation to the originating House without approval. It can be overridden only by a two-thirds vote in each House. A pocket veto occurs when the President (or state governor) puts aside a bill and doesn't sign it for 10 days, and the Congress adjourns during that time. Since Congress has adjourned, it is unable to override this action and must begin the entire legislative process again. From 1996-1998, the President, like many state governors, had the right to choose to disapprove only particular items of a bill without having to disapprove the entire bill, which is called a line-item veto. It was declared unconstitutional by the US Supreme Court in 1998, and the President no longer has the power of the line-item veto, thought state governors continue to have the right. == ==
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If the president neither signs nor returns a bill to congress during the time allowed what happens to the bill?
It becomes a pocket veto.
If a bill is sent to the president one week before Congress adjourns and the president neither signs it nor returns it does it become a law?
No it doesn't become law. It is called a pocket veto when he neither signs or directly vetoes it. The fact that congress adjourned has little influence because he has 10 days to let it sit doing nothing.
Is a veto when the president sign a bill?
No, a veto is when the president returns a bill to Congress with his or her objections. It does not become law unless Congress votes by 2/3 majorities in both houses to override the President's veto.
How can Congress override a presidential veto?
The President returns the unsigned legislation to the originating house of Congress within a 10 day period usually with a memorandum of disapproval or a “veto message.” Congress can override the President's decision if it musters the necessary two–thirds vote of each house.
Who and approval is required to override a presidential veto?
If the President of the United States refuses to sign a bill into law, he vetos it and returns it to the Congress. The Congress can, by 2/3 vote of both the House of Representatives AND the Senate, override the President's veto, and the law goes into effect without the President's approval.
What happen if both houses of congress pass a bill and the president does nothing and congress is at recess?
In that situation the bill is considered vetoed and is of no effect. This is called the President's "pocket veto." For a bill to become law the President must do two things. He must sign it and return it to Congress within 10 days of passage. A bill, whether signed by the President or not, cannot be returned to Congress if it is in recess. If Congress recesses before the President signs and returns the bill it cannot be returned; therefore the two requirements for a bill to become law cannot be met. When this happens, if Congress wants the bill passed, Congress will introduce another version of the bill, pass it and send it to the President who would then have to formally veto it or sign and return it.
What happens when the president vetoes a bill?
The bill dies. However, the bill can still become a law if Congress overrides the veto with a 2/3 vote. If the president initially does nothing, no signature or veto, the bill automatically becomes law after 10 days, excluding Sundays, if Congress is still in session. If after 10 days Congress is NOT in session, then the bill dies. This is called a pocket veto.
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If it is passed by a majority vote of both the House of Reps. and Congress, it sent to the President, if he vetoes it bad he returns the bill to the House of Reps. when originated. The veto can be overridden if it re-passes each house by 2/3 majority vote. If the President fails to sign a bill after Congress adjourns, the bill is automatically killed (dead). This is called a packet veto and Congress cannot try to override it. If the bill is passed by the President the bill will become a law!
What happens if the president doesn't sign a bill in time allowed?
After the president vetoes a bill it returns to it's House of origin. If there are enough objections to the vetoing of the bill the House and Senate vote on it. A 2/3 majority from both will override the veto.
Does the president of the US have the right to veto bills frequently?
NO- the President can not veto or change a law that has been passed. He can veto a proposed law, known as a bill, and send it back to Congress. They can still make it a law, but must pass it again with a 2/3 favorable vote to make it a law over the President's veto.
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What happens to the bill that the president refuses to sign?
When a bill that has passed both Houses of Congress is presented to the President, he/she can do three things:Sign it into law.Return it to the House where it originated with his/her objections (veto it).Do nothing.Once presented with a bill, the President has ten days not counting Sundays in which to either sign it or veto it. If he/she does neither within those ten days, and at the end of the ten days Congress is still in session, the bill automatically becomes a law. If the President neither signs nor vetoes the bill within the ten days, and at the end of the ten days Congress is no longer in session, the bill automatically dies. To allow a bill passed by Congress during the last ten days of its session to die by doing nothing with it is known as a pocket veto.If the President returns the bill with his/her objections, Congress can modify it and pass a revised version, which the President again would choose to sign or veto. However, if at least two thirds of each House of Congress votes to pass the version that the President rejected, it becomes law anyway; that is known as overriding the President's veto.
