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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.
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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.
What is the advantage of a pocket veto over a regular veto for a president?
For the president the advantage would be that pocket vetoes cannot be overridden by congress. The pocket vetoed bill simply disappears until it is started again in another session of congress. A normal veto can be overridden but only about 4% have been.
Among the executive branches checks on the legislative branch is the presidents power to?
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Two powers president has over domestic policy?
per the US Constitution, the President can recommend laws to be acted upon by the Congress, and he has the power to veto legislation made by the Congress that he disagrees with
Did President Hoover veto the reconstruction finance corporation throughout the great depression?
While President Hoover did veto the Reconstruction Finance Corporation bill, it was passed over his veto. He had already been defeated by Franklin Roosevelt the previous November and was only president for one more month after the veto.
What is the presidents response to a bill he does not want to approve?
Veto, or pocket veto.
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.
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.
What presidents never used the pocket veto?
Washington, John Adams, Jefferson, Monroe,W, H, Harrison, Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce and Garfield never made use of the pocket veto.
What veto power has never been used by the governor of Texas?
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 bill is dropped if congress adjourns?
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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.
The veto and pocket veto are two ways that the what can reject a bill?
The veto and the pocket veto are two ways that the _____ can reject a bill
