If, however, Congress adjourned during that 10-day period, the bill fails to become law in a procedural device known as the " pocket veto ".
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But the president can exercise a pocket veto by simply not signing the bill since Congress adjourned this weekend within 10 days of the Senate action.
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This was not the first time that a president has attempted to pocket veto a bill despite the presence of agents to receive his veto message.
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The governor took advantage of a rare circumstance, created by the Legislature's long delay in sending him the bills, that gave him such a pocket veto.
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Finally, unable to vouch for the integrity and professionalism of the Salvadoran military any longer, Reagan abolished the certification process for El Salvador with a pocket veto.
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The president would then have until Sept . 1 to send the revised list to Congress for final approval or rejection _ or to pocket veto the package.
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Singh used a pocket veto to refuse assent to the " Indian Post Office ( Amendment ) Bill " in 1986 to show his opposition to the bill.
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Congress can adjourn and designate an agent to receive veto messages and other communications so that a pocket veto cannot happen, an action Congresses have routinely taken for decades.
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This county bill, which would have created five counties named after former Hawaiian " ali?i ", was defeated by Dole through a pocket veto before the prorogation of the regular session.
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In " Wright v . United States " ( 1938 ), however, the Court ruled that adjournments of one House only did not constitute an adjournment of Congress required for a pocket veto.
