| Lincoln defeated the bill by a pocket veto, meaning he kept the bill unsigned for ten days, whereafter the bill became invalid. |
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| The use of the pocket veto does extend the president's authority at a domestic level. |
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| The pocket veto, not subject to override, is used when congressional adjournment prevents a bill's return. |
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| The White House, in announcing the pocket veto, indicated that it could work with Congress later on some alternative. |
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| A pocket veto occurs when the Legislature approves a bill and then adjourns for the year. |
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| Reagan eventually circumvented this inconvenience using a pocket veto, but the certification hearings in the interim were highly embarrassing. |
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| Romney into a pocket veto, meaning it would have to be re-filed and reconsidered by the Legislature. |
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| However, despite continued objections and the easy possibility of a pocket veto, the president eventually signed the bill into law. |
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| Accordingly, he limits his role to a pocket veto of key hiring decisions. |
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| The governor took advantage of a rare circumstance, created by the Legislature's long delay in sending him the bills, that gave him such a pocket veto. |
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| One change, the elimination of the pocket veto, would restore greater balance between the executive and the legislative branches. |
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| He raised concerns that Calderon might be under pressure from some conservative groups to defeat the measure by not publishing the law, in a maneuver known as a pocket veto. |
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| The network hasn't officially passed, but consider it a pocket veto. |
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