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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?
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∙ 11y ago
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.
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∙ 7y ago
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∙ 9y agoNo, if a bill is sent to the president one week before congress adjourns and the president neither signs it nor returns it does not become law.
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∙ 14y agoIt becomes a "pocket veto", an informal veto which Congress can challenge but not override.
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∙ 15y agothe president is allowed 10 days.
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∙ 10y agoit becomes vetoed
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∙ 11y agono
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∙ 14y agoThe bill will most likely die.
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∙ 11y agoNo
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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.
What are the methods of making laws?
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!
If the president neighter signs nor returns a bill to congress during the time allowed that bill?
The bill automatically dies. For a president to allow that to happen is known as a pocket veto.
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.
What rhymes with sideburns?
Words that rhyme with "sideburns" include adjourns, returns, concerns, and overturns.
What rhymes with kearns?
burns, churns, earns, ferns, learns, spurns, sterns, terns, turns, yearns, adjourns, concerns, discerns, returns
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.
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.
Can a member of congress be arrested on capitol hill?
No. Under law, he can only be "arrested" if he has committed treason, a felony, or a breach of the peace. For any other crime, he can only be arrested when he returns home from a session. As long as he stays in the Congressional chambers, he cannot be removed. Once Congress adjourns, he can be arrested and prosecuted on any charge.
What happens a bill is vetoed by the President?
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.
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.
