Word: bill
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...President Madison, the "Father of the Constitution," announced to the 2nd session of the 12th Congress the "pocket veto" of a bill passed at its 1st session, employing these words...
...shall think proper." From the above and other passages it will appear that "adjournment" may be not merely due to the expiration of the life of a Congress, but from day to day, or until a certain day, or sine die. The occasion upon whch an unsigned bill is "pocket vetoed" occurs when "the Congress by their Adjournment" prevent its return. Adjournment from day to day is clearly not such an occasion. Adjournment sine die would seem clearly to be a case where the bill could not be returned within ten days. A more difficult question--not directly presented...
...bill... which passed the two Houses at the last session of Congress, having appeared to me liable of abuse..., and therefore not been signed; and having been presented at an hour too near the close of the session to be returned with objections for reconsideration, the bill failed to become a law." Other Presidents who have expressly or implicitly concurred in the belief that the "pocket veto" is efficacious at the end of any session of a Congress include Jackson, Tyler, Buchanan, Lincoln, Johnson, Grant, Arthur, Cleveland, Harrison, McKinley, Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson, Harding, and Coolidge. The practice was upheld...
...Congress twice considered the matter of "pocket vetoes." The 40th Congress had adjourned from March 30 to July 3, 1867. On July 8 a question was raised as to the status of a bill which the President had declined to sign during this interim. Rep. Eliot of Mass. suggested that it had become a law. But no member rose to share his view, and the House, recognizing that it was not a law, resolved that it be reenrolled and resubmitted. The Senate discussed the question but took no action. Senator Trumbull declared: "If we were not in session...
...question arose as to the "pocket veto" of bills during an adjournment from December 20 to January 6. This was rather difficult, being the matter of a mere 17 day pause in the work of a session. Senator Edmunds introduced a bill to declare that the "pocket veto" could be exercised only at "the final adjournment of a session." Senator Sumner agreed with this interpretation. In the debate on the proposal Senator Bayard declared: "The very object of the clause looks to the fact that the bill should be returned during the session of the House in which it originated...