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Washington, John Adams, Jefferson, Monroe,W, H, Harrison, Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce and Garfield never made use of the pocket veto.
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How many pocket vetoes were used by US presidents before the US Civil War?
In the early history of the USA, the pocket veto was rarely used. For over 60 plus years US presidents exercised the pocket veto 18 times.
What veto power has never been used by the governor of Texas?
pocket veto
What is the presidents response to a bill he does not want to approve?
Veto, or pocket veto.
When is a pocket veto usually used by a US president?
The President can use a pocket veto is when two conditions exist: Congress adjourns for more than ten days, and bill return to Congress is not possible. In recent years, presidents have used a controversial procedure called a "protective return" pocket veto, when presidents claim the right to pocket veto a bill, but then return it to Congress's legally designated agents.
When presidents want to kill a bill without drawing attention to the action they will use?
pocket veto.
How can a presidents veto be overridden by congress?
A president's veto can be overridden by Congress with a 2/3 majority in the House. If it is a pocket veto though, the veto cannot be overridden.
How are the presidents legislative powers important to the checks and balances?
The president doesn't have legislative powers congress does. That is their job. The president can veto a bill, sign it, or do a pocket veto.
What has been the tendencies of a US president's use of the pocket veto?
The so-called "pocket veto" is a seldom used power of US presidents. When it has been used it has left a trail of "tendencies". With that said, over 84% of pocket vetoes have come when congress has been adjourned for a month or more. Typically it's used during the Summer, when the congress is often away from Washington DC for a month or more. One recorded use of a pocket veto within a nine day adjournment, came in 1964 with President Johnson.
What bill is dropped if congress adjourns?
The Pocket Veto The Pocket Veto
A pocket veto differs from a regular presidential veto in that the pocket veto?
A pocket veto is not a direct veto of a bill. Rather, it occurs when the president holds onto a bill, unsigned, until after Congress adjourns.
3 What four options does the President of the US have for handling a law?
Sign it, veto it, do a pocket veto.
Did Andrew Jackson use the veto power more that the first six presidents?
yes, Jackson used the veto twelve times compared to the first six presidents which used nine
