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When Congress adjourns it means they are out of session and done with business. Congress session lasts for one year with there being two sessions. Any bill that has not gone through the entire legislative process before Congress adjourns is considered dead.

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Uses pocket veto?

The President is the one that can use a pocket veto. This type of veto happens if Congress adjourns within the 10-day period the President has to pass or veto the bill.


If a bill arrives on the desk of the president of the US and it originated in the Senate A pocket veto will be possible for him only if what?

A pocket veto will be possible for the president only if Congress adjourns before the president has ten days to sign or veto the bill. If Congress adjourns during this period, the bill does not become law and is effectively vetoed.


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.


When the president doesn't want a law passed can he throw away the bill when congress sends it to him?

Only if Congress adjourns before he has had it for 10 days. If they remain in session for 10 days after he gets a bill, it becomes law without his signature. The first case is called a pocket veto.


What can the president do with a bill sent to him by Congress?

president signs- bill becomes LAWpresident refuses to sign - bill becomes LAW if the Pres. keeps it ten dayspresident vetoes--- sends it back to congress unsigned in less than ten days. Congress now requires a 2/3 vote to make it law or else if dies.president uses "pocket veto"-- possible only if Congress adjourns before the President has had ten days to consider the bill, In this event , the bill dies if the President does not sign it.