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
The term pocket veto has been applied to this method of defeating bills.
From Our Government: Local, State, and National: Idaho Edition by James, J.A.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
