Pocket Veto

AuthorDennis J. Mahoney
Pages1920-1921

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If Congress adjourns within ten days after passing a bill, the President can prevent the bill's enactment by merely

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withholding his signature (Article I, section 7, clause 3, of the Constitution). By means of this extension of the VETO POWER, the President can kill legislation without giving any reason and without the possibility of being overridden.

DENNIS J. MAHONEY

(1986)

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