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Pocket veto Moderate

Pocket veto has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
1

indirect veto of legislation by refusing to sign it

2

A (de facto) veto of a bill by the US President by restricting Congressional action on the bill, as, figuratively, by carrying the bill in his pocket until the deadline for signing it has passed.

See Also
veto de facto
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
veto
Rhyming Words
eto beto veto ceto seto neto leto keto szeto hyeto emeto nieto aceto gameto hereto pareto kineto veneto loreto timeto
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