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Bush’s dodgy veto gambit mimics similar action by his father, who claimed pocket vetoes of two bills that he also returned to Congress. In both instances, Congress rejected the president’s ...
Mar. 31—SANTA FE — For years, New Mexico governors have been able to kill bills without explanation by simply declining to sign them. But the so-called "pocket veto" could be abolished ...
Butler C. Derrick Jr., Stitching the Hole in the President’s Pocket: A Legislative Solution to the Pocket-Veto Controversy, 31 Harv. J. Legis. 371 (1993) ...
The veto came on the last possible day for Obama to act under the Constitution, which gives the president 10 days (excluding Sundays) to veto a bill before it automatically becomes law.
We urge council members to compromise on the pocket veto issue with an amendment that would give the mayor a 30-day deadline for referrals.
Hochul has made use of the pocket veto only two times before, both within roughly six months of taking office. At the start of 2022, she quietly rejected through inaction a bill to effectively ...
And she chose to veto and pocket veto quite a few. Here are some of the key one. New Mexicans to get another round of tax rebates in 2023 Education bills vetoed.
Whitmer spokeswoman Tiffany Brown confirmed the pocket veto but would not state the reason for it. "The governor let several lame duck bills expire without her signature," Brown said Tuesday.
This is part of an Enquirer series explaining the pieces of Issue 3, a Cincinnati charter amendment on the November ballot ...
The pocket veto is an unintended loophole of charter language that allows the mayor to indefinitely postpone legislation, effectively killing it without any discussion. It sounds simple, but it's ...
Just one version of a charter amendment to eliminate the mayor’s pocket veto will likely be on the November ballot in Cincinnati. Council voted unanimously Thursday to approve an amendment ...