Presidential Veto
May 21st 2010 19:58
After a bill passes both the House and the Senate the bill gets sent to the President forhis/her signature. We already talked about the pocket veto so let's look at the veto process. So the normal bill passing process would be that once it is recieved by the President he has up to 10 days to sign the bill into law set forth in the United States Constitution. All bills and
joint resolutions, excluding those that are proposing amendments to the
Constitution, need to be presented to the President before they become law.
Amendments to the Constitution are mandated to have a two-thirds vote
supporting the bill from both the House and the Senate.
If the President decides to exercise his right to veto a bill, Congress
needs to be in session and it must be done within the Constitutional mandiated 10-day period. Within that time The President needs to return the bill he has rejected to Congress with an explanation. The President is required to provide Congress with all of the reason he has vetoed the bill. If the
President neither signs nor vetoes legislation sent to him, it will
become law without his signature at the end of the 10 day designated period. Understand however, that If Congress is at recess, the President could withhold signing the bill and since Congress has recessed he would be unable send the bill back to any member of the House or Senate the bill does not become law.
President George Bush vetoed bill HR 3043 a Labor, Health and Human
Services, Education bill in 2008. The President's veto was upheld.
Neither the House or did the Senate chose to override his veto.(4)
President Clinton vetoed HR 2488 in 1999, - Tax Relief Bill and there
was no attempt by the House or the Senate to override the President's
veto. (5)
We will talk about the House and the Senate's ability to pass a bill
into law after the President has vetoed the legislation the next time.
References
1.The Senate Website
2. The House of Representatives Website
3. URL usgovinfo.about.com
4. Really Long Link
5. Really Long Link
joint resolutions, excluding those that are proposing amendments to the
Constitution, need to be presented to the President before they become law.
Amendments to the Constitution are mandated to have a two-thirds vote
If the President decides to exercise his right to veto a bill, Congress
needs to be in session and it must be done within the Constitutional mandiated 10-day period. Within that time The President needs to return the bill he has rejected to Congress with an explanation. The President is required to provide Congress with all of the reason he has vetoed the bill. If the
President neither signs nor vetoes legislation sent to him, it will
become law without his signature at the end of the 10 day designated period. Understand however, that If Congress is at recess, the President could withhold signing the bill and since Congress has recessed he would be unable send the bill back to any member of the House or Senate the bill does not become law.
President George Bush vetoed bill HR 3043 a Labor, Health and Human
Services, Education bill in 2008. The President's veto was upheld.
Neither the House or did the Senate chose to override his veto.(4)
President Clinton vetoed HR 2488 in 1999, - Tax Relief Bill and there
was no attempt by the House or the Senate to override the President's
We will talk about the House and the Senate's ability to pass a bill
into law after the President has vetoed the legislation the next time.
References
1.The Senate Website
2. The House of Representatives Website
3. URL usgovinfo.about.com
4. Really Long Link
5. Really Long Link
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