Question

The President 's pocket veto only comes into effect when: a. Congress is no longer in session c. The summer recess occurs b. A bill involves a tax increase d. A bill comes to the President in a different form from each house

Answer 1

Congress enters in session every year at the beginning of January and sets itself the end of the session.

If the president receives a law in the last 10 days of the session, he can use his pocket veto and refuse the promulgation of the law. Technically, he will not sign it, and the congress will not be able to do anything.

The Congress following this refusal must then wait for the next session and resume the whole process.

The correct answer is A.

Answer 2

Correct answer: a. Congress is no longer in session. A pocket veto is where the President fails to sign a passed bill within 10 days and the bill automatically becomes a law. If Congress adjourns before the 1 day period is up and the president still has not taken any action, it is automatically vetoed.

In other words, is when the President does nothing with a bill. After 10 days, it is vetoed automatically, if Congress is not in session. This action comes from the analogy of the President simply put the bill in his pocket and forget about it. The Congress has neither the opportunity/constitutional authority to override a pocket veto.

Veto is a constitutional right to reject a decision or a proposal that was made by a law-making body (the rejection/overruling of a bill by the President).