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更正 文科类段子：讨论“政治学” 2002.9 (47-50) We know then, that in the U.S, it’s the job of Congress to review proposed new laws, which we call “bills”, and perhaps to modify these bills and then vote on them. But, even if a bill passes in Congress, it still doesn't become a law until the President has the chance to review it, too. And if it is not to the President’s liking, the bill can be vetoed or killed in either of two ways. One is by a veto massage. The President has ten days to veto the bill by returning it to Congress, along with the message explaining why it’s been rejected. This keeps a bill from becoming a law unless overwhelming majorities of both Houses of Congress vote to override the President’s veto, something they rarely do. Often law makers simple revise the vetoed bill and pass it again. This time in the form the President less likely to object to, and thus, less likely to want to veto. The other way the President can kill a bill is by “Pocket Veto”. Here’s what happens. If the President doesn’t sign the bill within ten days, and Congress adjourns during that time, and the bill will not become a law. Notice that it is only the end of entire session of Congress that the Pocket Veto can be used. Not just whenever Congress takes a short break, say, for a summer vacation. After a Pocket Veto, that paticular bill is dead. If the law makers in Congress want to push the matter in the next session, they’ll have to start all over with the brand-new version of the bill.
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