pocket veto
nounDefinition 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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Passed in 1988, the amendment prohibited pocket vetoes of bills by committee chairpersons, instead requiring any bill brought before the Colorado House or Senate to receive a hearing and a vote. — Carina Julig, The Denver Post, "Wayne Knox dies: Longest serving Colorado House representative was 92," 22 July 2019 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. — The Editorial Board, WSJ, "Senate Blue-Slip Bluster," 11 Oct. 2017 President Johnson almost let the bill die via pocket veto during Congress’s summer recess of 1966. — Spenser Mestel, Longreads, "My Journey to the Heart of the FOIA Request," 20 Sep. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'pocket veto.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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