I think it is 30 days and then the bill automatically becomes law.
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From what I’ve seen posted about pocket vetos, a pocket veto is when a President doesn’t sign a bill into law during the 10 day period, prior to the adjournment of Congress.
If a bill is not signed into law during a Congressional session, the bill becomes law after 10 days.
I don’t believe Congress is adjourning anytime soon, so a pocket veto is not relevant.
I’ll just repost what I put on the Sunday Morning Talk Show Thread.
To: Alas Babylon!
Rush Limbaugh said this Friday in an answer to a caller who said he was lost faith in Trump because he signed this bill:
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Bill?
What “Bill”?
I’d picked up this thread this morning fully expecting a Mardi Gras parade of ‘rats/NeverTrumpers celebrating their giant Gotcha and what do I see?
Not
a
mention
So, I went digging.
First, according to https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-joint-resolution/31/text that bill still shows as “Sent to President” which would indicate to the casual observer that it HAS NOT been signed.
Or maybe somebody in Congress just wanted to kinda hide the whole thing until they figure their next play after Trump dropped this signing statement in their laps:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-joint-resolution/31/text
I’m not a lawyer but to these old eyes I can’t recall a more scholarly, nuanced and measured takedown of a bunch of pompous [BLEEPS].
Read through it yourself. Pass it along to your friends.
Have some popcorn handy when the lid comes off this thing.
...somebody named Pelosi might already be having seizures.
166 posted on 2/17/2019, 10:49:44 AM by Unrepentant VN Vet (...against all enemies, foreign or domestic...)
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Ahhh, a pocket veto... color me ignorant on that {at least :) }.