pocket veto
Example Sentences
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He said the governor’s pocket veto came “out of nowhere.”
From Washington Times ● Jan. 5, 2021
Depending on when Congress sends the package to the White House, Trump could also choose to pocket veto the legislation, meaning the bill would die once the next session of Congress begins on January 3.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2020
The silence amounted to a pocket veto of the proposal.
From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2020
Moreover, in a letter in June 1833, he wrote to Senator Henry Clay over the withholding of a land act as a type of pocket veto.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2020
His failure to sign a bill reaching him under these circumstances constitutes a "pocket veto."
From Problems in American Democracy by Thames Ross Williamson
