Question

A controversial bill passes in the House by a wide majority but barely passes in the Senate. The president is against the bill, and so are his supporters. What is the likely course of action that would be taken by the president, to try to prevent the bill from becoming a law?​

Answer 1

To prevent a bill from becoming a law, the president can perform a pocket veto

Step-by-step explanation:

A pocket veto is a legislative maneuver in US federal lawmaking that allows the president to indirectly veto a bill.

"Ignoring a bill or legislation or putting a bill in one's pocket" until congress adjourns is called pocket veto. Since Congress cannot vote while in adjournment, a pocket veto cannot be override. James Madison became the first president to use the pocket veto in 1812.