pocket vetoes

A form of pocket veto — A (de facto) veto of a bill by the US President by restricting Congressional action on the bill, as, figuratively, by carrying the bill in his pocket until the deadline for signing it has passed, at a time when Congress has adjourned.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of pocket veto
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