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

Consequently it does not become law if the President does not sign it, but succumbs to what in Congressional parlance is called a "pocket veto."

From The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 by Corwin, Edward Samuel