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 ...

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 ...

Council is already set to vote Thursday on a similar plan to eliminate the so-called pocket veto; either version would need approval from voters to go into effect. Search Query Show Search.

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.

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 ...

Recently, Wisconsin Watch revealed how members of the Wisconsin Legislature’s powerful budget committee secretly hold up projects or programs they don’t like. They often do so, reporter Jacob ...

Attorney General Raúl Torrez lamented the governor’s pocket veto of a measure that would have created a new office at his agency to investigate human rights violations and initiate civil ...

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.

But the so-called “pocket veto” could be abolished starting in 2027, under a measure approved by lawmakers during this year’s 60-day session.