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If a President does not sign a bill and Congress is in session, after 10 days that bill becomes law. If the President does not sign a bill and Congress is not in session, after 10 days it is vetoed. This is called a pocket veto.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 8y agoThe President has ten days, not counting Sundays, to either sign a bill into law or return it to Congress with his/her objections. If that time expires without any action by the President while Congress is in session, the bill automatically becomes law. If the President does not act and the time expires when Congress is not in session, the bill automatically dies (that is known as a pocket veto).
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∙ 9y agoIf he does not sign it, it can not come into law.
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∙ 14y agoYes. After a period of time, it will become law without his signature. Known as a "pocket veto".
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What happens to a bill if a president ignores it for ten days and congress is not in session?
everthing gonna be down
What is it called when a president ignores a bill from congress for 10 days?
pocket veto
What is it called when a president ignores a bill for 10 days?
That is know as a pocket veto.
What happens to a bill when the committee thinks it is not worthy?
The bill is tabled, or set aside.
What happens to a bill does not agree with the President?
If the president does not agree with a bill he/she can return it.
After a bill has been sent to the president it becomes a law if he does not send it back?
The bill doesn't become law unless the president signs it. When the president receives a bill from Congress he has two options 1) he may veto it; which is to essentially reject it or 2) he can sign it; it then becomes law. If a president ignores a bill that is passed by Congress for 10 days, it passes with or without his signature. There is an exception, the "pocket veto." If a president ignores a bill and Congress adjourns, the bill dies (as if he folded it up and stuck it in his pocket). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket_veto
Why odes the president sometimes allow the 10 days he has to voice his objections on a bill to expire without doing anything?
When the president ignores the bill it will be passed automatically. This way he can pass a bill with out joining a side.
What happens when a bill is pigeonholed?
It is set aside and no longer considered. >Gradpoint
What is the term used to describe a 'veto' the president gives if he just ignores a bill for 10 days?
pocket veto
What happens to the bill once it was voted?
the bill is sent to the president
What happens to a bill when its given to the president and he does not act on it in 10 days?
The president is fired
What happens if the president veto bills?
it kills the bill
