Definition of pocket veto
: an indirect veto of a legislative bill by an executive through retention of the bill unsigned until after adjournment of the legislature
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The tradition was intended to give Senators a chance to flag a particular problem with a nominee that others might not know about, but it was never intended as an ideological pocket veto.
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President Johnson almost let the bill die via pocket veto during Congress’s summer recess of 1966.
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First Known Use of pocket veto
1842
POCKET VETO Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of pocket veto for English Language Learners
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: a method that the President can use to prevent a bill from becoming a law by not signing the bill before the session of Congress ends
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pocket veto
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pock·et veto
legal Definition of pocket veto
: a veto of legislation that occurs indirectly when an executive refrains from signing the legislation and the adjournment of the legislature prevents its automatic enactment (as upon expiration of ten days)
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