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pocket veto



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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

The passage of the Wade-Davis reconstruction bill in July 1864, and the protests of its authors after Lincoln's pocket veto called attention to the growing opposition.

From The Sequel of Appomattox : a chronicle of the reunion of the states by Fleming, Walter Lynwood