A pocket veto is a particular type of presidential veto. The U.S. Constitution limits the President's period for decision on whether to sign or veto any legislation to ten days (not including Sundays) while the United States Congress is in session. The Constitution provides for two types of vetoes: a return or regular veto and a pocket veto. A return veto happens when the president sends a bill, along with his objections, back to the houses of Congress. Congress can override the veto by 2/3 vote of both houses, whereupon the bill becomes law. A pocket veto happens if Congress adjourns during the 10-day period, then the bill does not become law. Congress can adjourn and designate an agent to receive veto messages and other communications so that a pocket veto doesn't happen, an action Congresses have taken routinely for decades. If the president neither signs nor vetoes a bill when Congress is in session, the bill becomes law without his signature after 10 days.[6] Article 1, Section 7 of the U.S. Constitution states:
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