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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.
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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.
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.
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
If the President does not sign a bill within ten days and Congress adjourns during that time what happens to the bill?
The bill automatically dies. For a president to allow that to happen is known as a pocket veto.
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.
Why might the President use a pocket veto?
what circumstances might the president use 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
3 What four options does the President of the US have for handling a law?
Sign it, veto it, do a pocket veto.
What is the term used to describe a 'veto' the president gives if he just ignores a bill for 10 days?
pocket veto
To pass a law despite a veto by the president?
Pocket veto
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.
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.
What is the term for ignoring a bill and letting it die?
That would be a 'Pocket' veto. The president/governor places it in the pocket and forgets about it.
What ways can the President block a bill from becoming law?
With a Veto or a Pocket Veto.
How many pocket vetoes were exercised by President Andrew Jackson?
President Andrew Jackson was a prolific user of the pocket veto. He used it seven times in his two terms as president.
What is pocker veto?
A pocket veto is used when the president doesn't want to declare for or against a bill. he simply doesn't sign it and the bill expires. He doesn't really put it in his pocket but the name pocket veto came from folks talking about it and saying he might just put it in his pocket and forget it.
Can the president who has just received a bill passed by congress use a pocket veto?
A pocket veto can only be used if the Congress adjourns less than 10 days after the bill was sent to the President for his signature. If they so adjourn, the president can simply put the bill in his pocket if he does not want to approve it. Ordinarily, the president must veto a bill by sending it back to Congress unsigned with his objections attached.
