The president has four options: sign the bill, which makes it law; VETO the bill and return it to Congress; refuse to take any action, in which case, after ten days, the bill becomes law without the president's signature; or, if less than ten days are left in the congressional term, "pocket veto" the bill by not signing it (because Congress has no time to take up the bill, the pocket veto kills the bill).
Veto ( I forbid in Latin), sign, ignore, or special ignore. A veto sends the bill back to Congress for another vote
Signing makes it a law
Ignoring makes it a law in 10 days;
(UNLESS, during those 10 days, Congress adjourns, then the law becomes "pidgeon-holed" and thus must start over from the beginning)
The Constitution gave the president four options once a bill passes Congress. He/she can sign the Bill into a law, or take no action , or use a pocket veto a bill, or use a regular veto.
The president's option in dealing with a measure that is passed by congress is accenting to it, rejecting it or recommending some changes and sending it back to the congress.
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The President cannot unilaterally declare war without the consent of Congress. The President has to present evidence to Congress that a war would be necessary and legal. Thus Congress acts to check the President's power.
The president has no power over funding. His budgets are suggestions to Congress and most are not followed at all closely. Congress can give him options on how to spend funds they appropriate and that power would be from the particular appropriation law passed by Congress.
can pass or veto bills which can be overriden, can make executive ordersAfter a bill has passed Congress it goes to the President of the United States for review. If the President agrees with the bill, he will sign it into law. If he does not he will veto it and send it back to Congress. Then Congress must have a vote to override the veto and get a 2/3 majority in both houses to override it.There are two other options that the President has, If Congress is in session and the President takes no action within 10 days, the bill becomes law. If Congress adjourns before 10 days are up and the President takes no action, then the bill dies and Congress may not vote to override. This is called a pocket veto, and if Congress still wants to pass the legislation, they have to start the process all over again..
Although this is unlikely, the US President is the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces and directs their actions. If enough members of Congress felt that the President was derelict, or incompetent, they could vote to impeach him. In the past, disagreements betwen Congress and the President have usually been resolved by discussion. The exception was the Vietnam War, essentially ended by the actions of Congress to remove the funding required for the war, leaving the Presidents (Nixon and then Ford) very few options.
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
The President can one of three things1. Sign the bill2. Veto the bill3. Do nothing with the bill.Option 3 has two possible effects, depending on whether Congress stays in session for 10 days after sending the bill to the President. If they remain in session, the bill becomes law without the President's signature but if they adjourn before 10 days, the bill dies without the President's signature, just as if he had vetoed it. Such is called a pocket veto by the President.
can pass or veto bills which can be overriden, can make executive ordersAfter a bill has passed Congress it goes to the President of the United States for review. If the President agrees with the bill, he will sign it into law. If he does not he will veto it and send it back to Congress. Then Congress must have a vote to override the veto and get a 2/3 majority in both houses to override it.There are two other options that the President has, If Congress is in session and the President takes no action within 10 days, the bill becomes law. If Congress adjourns before 10 days are up and the President takes no action, then the bill dies and Congress may not vote to override. This is called a pocket veto, and if Congress still wants to pass the legislation, they have to start the process all over again..
To be the president and do what everybody else wants.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a line-item veto is unconstitutional because the U.S. Constitution specifies that when presented with a bill that has been passed by Congress, the President's choices are limited to either signing the bill, making it a law, or returning it to where it originated along with his/her objections to it. Therefore, line-item veto power requires that the U.S. Constitution be amended to expand the President's choices when presented with a bill that Congress has passed.
He sign it into law with his approvalHe can veto it - that is, reject it with his reasons.He can do nothing, in which case it becomes law in 10 days without his approval, unless Congress adjourns during those 10 days. In the latter case, it does not become law and is, in essence, vetoed. Such event is called the pocket veto since the President vetoes it by putting it in his pocket.
He can either sign it to make it a bill, veto it (that is send it back to Congress unsigned ,with his objections ) , or just hold it. If he just holds a bill and Congress stays in session, it becomes law without his signature in 10 days. If Congress adjourns in less than10 days after he gets it, it dies if he does not sign it. Such is called a pocket veto. If he vetoes it, Congress can override his veto with a 2/3 majority vote of both houses.