Presidential Veto and Pocket Veto: The Veto of The Soldiers' Bonus Bill
Autor: Krisia Velez-Rivera • February 3, 2017 • Research Paper • 1,283 Words (6 Pages) • 864 Views
Presidential Veto and Pocket Veto:
The Veto Of The Soldiers' Bonus Bill
Krisia Velez-Rivera
GOVT-2305-009
T-TH 12:00PM
Professor Shina Amachigh, PhD
April 9, 2015
Krisia Velez-Rivera
Professor Shina Amachigh, PhD
GOVT-2305-009
April 9, 2015
Presidential Veto and Pocket Veto: The Veto Of The Soldiers' Bonus Bill
A presidential veto is a bill that is rejected by the president after it had passed by having the majority of votes from the Senate and the House of Representatives. This presidential power of being able to veto bills is in Article I, section 7 of the Constitution. Most times, the threat of a veto can cause changes to the bill before it is presented to the President. There are two types of presidential vetoes: a “pocket veto” and a “regular veto” (“Presidential Vetoes” n.pag.).
A pocket veto is when a President does not sign a bill after 10 days. These ten days are granted by the constitution for the President to evaluate any measure that was passed by the Congress. The bill can become a law without the president’s signature, if he does not sign within ten days. The bill does not become a law if Congress adjourns during those ten days. A pocket veto cannot be overridden (“Pocket veto” n.pag.).
A regular veto is when the president decides not to approve a bill and prevents it becoming a law. The president returns the bill to the house it came from originally. The president returns the vetoed bill along with a message in which he indicates his reasons for rejecting the bill. Presidents veto bills when they do not agree with a bill in its entirety or when they do not agree with certain parts of the bill and they state those reasons in written detail when they send the bill back to the house it came from. A regular veto can be overridden with a two-thirds vote in the Senate and the House of Representatives (“Veto” n.pag.).
Most presidents are successful with their attempts to veto or pocket veto and have a range of 70% to 100% success rate. The presidents with the lowest success rate percentages are: Andrew Johnson with a 26.8%, Franklin Pierce with a 44.4%, and George W. Bush with a 63.6%. The presidents with 100% success rate are: George Washington, James Madison, James Monroe, Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Warren G. Harding, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson and Barack Obama. The president that attempted the most vetoes was President Franklin Roosevelt with 635 during his three-year term. Grover Cleveland was the two-year present with the most vetoes. He attempted 584 vetoes (“Presidential Vetoes: Washington – Obama” n.pag.).
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