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Respondents argued that the pocket veto is an "anachronism" (id. at 123a) in light of the "appointment of agents by both houses to receive and record Presidential messages in the members' absences, and modern means of communication and transportation" (id. at 124a (footnote omitted)).
Because the Supreme Court decided in The Pocket Veto Case that the President may pocket veto bills during intersession adjournments, the district court concluded that his reliance on the Pocket Veto Clause with respect to H.R. 4042 was equally proper, "(u)nless and until the Supreme Court reconsiders the rule of that case" (App.
This Court's decisions in The Pocket Veto Case and Wright establish a standard that is faithful to the constitutional text and the intent of its Framers.
www.usdoj.gov /osg/briefs/1985/sg850113.txt   (7199 words)

  
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The conclusion that the Pocket Veto Clause is applicable whenever Congress has adjourned sine die is, in any event, compelled by the language of the Article I, Section 7, Clause 2, which directly links the status of a bill to the formal act of adjournment by Congress.
The lawmaking procedures of which the Pocket Veto Clause is an integral part makes clear that the Constitution regards the disapproval of a bill by the President as an important occasion of disagreement between the political Branches that must be promptly recorded on the journal of the originating House and be subject to immediate resolution.
Article I, Section 7, Clause 2 As A Whole The Pocket Veto Clause of course is not an isolated provision of the Constitution; it is an integral element of the "step-by-step, deliberate and deliberative process" prescribed in Article I, Section 7 for the enactment of legislation (Chadha, 462 U.S. at 959).
www.usdoj.gov /osg/briefs/1985/sg850005.txt   (13235 words)

  
 Pocket veto
A pocket veto is a legislative maneuver in American federal lawmaking.
Congress must be not be in session in order for a pocket veto to take effect.
If it is not in session, the bill is killed by the pocket veto.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/po/Pocket_veto.html   (83 words)

  
 Television Point | Dictionary | Meaning of veto
Specifically: (a) A power or right possessed by one department of government to forbid or prohibit the carrying out of projects attempted by another department; especially, in a constitutional government, a power vested in the chief executive to prevent the enactment of measures passed by the legislature.
Such a power may be absolute, as in the case of the Tribunes of the People in ancient Rome, or limited, as in the case of the President of the United States.
{Vetoing}.] To prohibit; to negative; also, to refuse assent to, as a legislative bill, and thus prevent its enactment; as, to veto an appropriation bill.
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 Presidential Vetoes - Office of the Clerk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
It is effective in directly preventing the passage of legislation undesirable to the President, and the threat of a veto can bring about changes in the content of legislation long before the bill is ever presented to the President.
The "regular veto" is a qualified negative veto, which is limited by the ability of Congress to muster the necessary two-thirds vote of each House for constitutional override.
The other type of veto is a "pocket veto." This veto is actually an absolute veto that cannot be overridden; it becomes effective when the President fails to sign a bill after Congress has adjourned and is unable to override the veto.
clerk.house.gov /histHigh/Congressional_History/vetoes.html   (237 words)

  
 Office of Vermont Secretary of State Deb Markowitz -- State Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
If a bill was vetoed after the end of the annual session, the adjourned session voted on whether to override.
Rather than trigger the pocket veto clock, the general assembly held the bills after adjournment until requested by the governor.
The second problem was the inability of an adjourned legislature to respond to a pocket veto.
vermont-archives.org /govhistory/governance/Vetoes/pocket.htm   (404 words)

  
 sociology - Veto
In Westminster Systems and most constitutional monarchies, the power to veto legislation by withholding the Royal Assent is a rarely-used reserve power of the monarch, representative of the monarch, or figurehead president who has replaced the monarch.
The word "veto" does not appear in the United States Constitution, but Article I requires that all bills or other items of legislation passed by both houses of Congress be presented to the President for his approval.
The legislative veto, by which Congress had nullified certain exercises of powers the body had delegated to the executive branch, was ruled unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court in INS v.
www.aboutsociology.com /sociology/Veto   (700 words)

  
 Veto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In practice, the veto can be absolute (as in the U.N. Security Council, whose permanent members can block any resolution) or limited (as in the legislative process of the United States, where two-thirds of Congress can override the President's veto).
The influence that the veto conveys to its holder is therefore directly proportional to the holder's conservatism, broadly defined.
The term veto or exclusion or royal veto might also refer to a form of secular interference in papal conclaves.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Veto   (1856 words)

  
 pocket veto - Search Results - MSN Encarta
According to Article 1, Section 7, of the U.S. Constitution, the president has only limited veto authority since negation of a legislative act can be...
Lincoln was convinced that Reconstruction, or restoration, as he preferred to call it, was for the president to carry out.
- indirect veto by state governor: the holding of a bill by a state governor or other executive toward the end of a legislative session...
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 Captain's Quarters
No one disputes the ability to issue the pocket veto at the end of a session, but intrasession pocket vetoes are very controversial, although used by Reagan, Bush 41, and Clinton.
Following a pocket veto by Nixon and a legal challenge to it by Congress, the DC appellate circuit held that intrasession failures to sign legislation does not prevent the President from returning the bill to Congress upon their return.
Clinton's attempts at intrasession pocket vetoes all came in the last year of his presidency, and probably was meant to tweak the Congress that had impeached him.
www.captainsquartersblog.com /mt/archives/008239.php   (4937 words)

  
 Vetos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
This is called a "pocket veto." If the Legislature comes back into special session, the Governor on the 4th day must deliver a veto message to the chamber of origin or the bill becomes law.
If the Governor vetoes the bill, it is returned to the house of origin, where a 2/3 vote of those present and voting in both the House and Senate is required to override.
The Governor's veto message may include comments on particular aspects of the bill and the reasons for rejecting it, possibly raising new issues for legislators to debate.
www.slipperyslope.org /pocket.html   (368 words)

  
 Minnesota Legislature - The Veto Process and Powers of the Governor
Inaction by the governor results in a "pocket veto," and the governor is not required to provide a reason for the veto.
The governor's veto authority is outlined in the Minnesota Constitution (Article IV, Section 23).
The Veto Power of the Governor of Minnesota, (Note: This document is in pdf format.) September, 1995; a treatise by Peter Wattson from the Minnesota Senate Counsel and Research office.
www.leg.state.mn.us /lrl/Vetoes/abtveto.asp   (499 words)

  
 CRS/LII Annotated Constitution Article I
But the President must sign or veto the entire bill; doing the former may mean he has to accept provisions he would not sign standing alone, and doing the latter may have other adverse consequences.
InThe Pocket Veto Case,444 the Court held that the return of a bill to the Senate, where it originated, had been prevented when the Congress adjourned its first sessionsine diefewer than ten days after presenting the bill to the President.
Subsequently, the President attempted to pocket veto two other bills, one during a 32 day recess and one during the period which Congress had adjournedsine diefrom the first to the second session of the 93d Congress.
www.law.cornell.edu /anncon/html/art1frag24_user.html   (952 words)

  
 Ben's Guide (9-12): Glossary
Pocket Veto: A veto of a bill brought about by an indirect rejection by the president.
Veto: The constitutional procedure by which the President refuses to approve a bill or joint resolution and thus prevents its enactment into law.
A pocket veto occurs after Congress has adjourned and is unable to override the President’s action.
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 U.S. Senate: Reference Home > Virtual Reference Desk > Vetoes
A regular veto occurs when the President returns the legislation to the house in which it originated, usually with a message explaining the rationale for the veto.
A pocket veto occurs when Congress adjourns during the ten-day period.
The President's decision not to sign the legislation is a pocket veto and Congress does not have the opportunity to override.
www.senate.gov /reference/reference_index_subjects/Vetoes_vrd.htm   (256 words)

  
 TIME.com: Turning Out the Pocket -- Aug. 26, 1974 -- Page 1
The pocket veto is a minor but useful weapon in the President's arsenal.
Upholding a lower court decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington declared that former President Nixon's pocket veto of a bill in 1970 was unlawful.
Since a pocket veto is a "departure from the central scheme of the Constitution," the court ruled that it could not be exercised during an "intrasession adjournment."
www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,944937,00.html   (690 words)

  
 RealClearPolitics - Articles - A Veto At Last
Getting back to the veto, this is one way a majority of Congress can have their cake and eat it, too.
And if presidents used a pocket veto, it couldn't be overridden, so Congress was saved from having to even try.
Franklin D. Roosevelt was the all-time champion at playing this game, issuing a record 635 vetoes, the bulk of which were pocket vetoes, despite large Democratic majorities throughout his presidency.
www.realclearpolitics.com /articles/2006/07/a_veto_at_last.html   (733 words)

  
 TheCapitol.Net > Glossary > O, P, Q
Neither house is required to attempt to override a veto.
The override of a veto requires a recorded vote with a two-thirds majority in each chamber.
He vetoes a bill by returning it to the house in which it began, usually with a written message.
www.thecapitol.net /glossary/opq.htm   (2679 words)

  
 Those Bush Vetoes by Laurence M. Vance
A regular veto occurs when the President returns the legislation to the house in which it originated.
A pocket veto cannot be overridden because Congress cannot override a veto when it is not in session.
For a complete table that shows regular vetoes, pocket vetoes, and vetoes overridden, see this table from the House of Representatives.
www.lewrockwell.com /vance/vance32.html   (1124 words)

  
 New life for rules on appliances; pocket veto viewed as temporary setback American Metal Market - Find Articles
When Reagan last month pocket vetoed the National Appliance Energy Conservation Act of 1986, he temporarily dashed hopes that the bill's new energy-efficiency standards would prompt what one industry executive had described as "hundreds of millions of dollars; in new tooling purchases.
A NAM lobbyist added: "If it's vetoed again, I think it's got enough votes clearly to override the veto." She said the coalition of groups will reassemble, and the manufacturers' group will again join the ranks.
Reagan based his veto on grounds that the bill "intrudes unduly on the free market, limits the freedom of choice available to consumers who would be denied the opportunity to purchase low-cost appliances, and constitutes a substantial intrusion into the fraditional state responsibilities and prerogatives."
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3MKT/is_v94/ai_4583785   (686 words)

  
 Riding Sun: Pocket veto
In USA Today, Larry Copeland reports on how the growing popularity of "pocket bikes" — functional, but miniature motorcycles — is triggering calls to regulate or ban their use.
The main users of pocket bikes are teens too young to get a driver's license.
In fact, pocket bikes' poor handling chracteristics and low visibility to other drivers make them more of a toy than a practical vehicle, no matter how old you are.
ridingsun.blogspot.com /2005/03/pocket-veto.html   (253 words)

  
 DenverPost.com - Wrong place for Bush to use veto
Asked in passing if it would be a regular veto or a "pocket veto," Rove said presidents don't have the latter authority, which he said is reserved for governors.
Ignoring legislation, figuratively "putting a bill in one's pocket" until Congress adjourns, is thus called a pocket veto.
President Bush has cast no vetoes in six years in office, signing a never-ending series of budget-busting bills as the federal deficit has soared to unprecedented heights.
www.denverpost.com /opinion/ci_4059833   (506 words)

  
 The Veto
Ten days later, Congress is still in session (has not adjourned), and the president has not signed or "vetoed" the bill.
The president uses the pocket veto when he...
George Washington was the first president to use the veto.
www.congressforkids.net /games/legislativebranch_veto/1_veto.htm   (232 words)

  
 veto — FactMonster.com
In practice, the veto is used rarely by the president (although Franklin D. Roosevelt
vetoed over 600 bills), and a bill once vetoed is rarely reapproved in the same form by Congress.
The second type of veto, by one member of a coalition, has been seen frequently as exercised by one or another member of the
www.factmonster.com /ce6/history/A0850782.html   (358 words)

  
 U.S. Senate: Reference Home > Glossary > pocket veto
pocket veto - The Constitution grants the President 10 days to review a measure passed by the Congress.
If the President has not signed the bill after 10 days, it becomes law without his signature.
For information on the Senate, Congress, the legislative process and the federal government, the Virtual Reference Desk is a good place to begin.
www.senate.gov /reference/glossary_term/pocket_veto.htm   (141 words)

  
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If there are enough objections in the House to the presidential veto, a vote is taken to override, or overrule, the veto.
If the House does not vote on a veto override, the bill is stalled and does not become a law.
A tally of presidential vetoes and pocket vetoes is available on the Clerk's website in Historical Highlights.
clerkkids.house.gov /laws/bill_veto.html   (181 words)

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