pocket veto

• Политический маневр, при котором президент или губернатор косвенно накладывает вето на законопроект, не предпринимая никаких действий по нему до окончания сессии законодательного органа, что не позволяет законопроекту стать законом без формального вето.

A political maneuver in which the president or a governor indirectly vetoes a bill by taking no action on it until the legislative session has adjourned, preventing the bill from becoming law without a formal veto.

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   An indirect veto of a bill by the president or governor by retaining it unsigned until it is too late for it to be dealt with during the legislative session.

   Карманное вето

   • The president used a pocket veto to kill the bill without an official rejection.
   • Because Congress adjourned, the bill died by pocket veto.
   • The governor's pocket veto prevented the controversial law from taking effect.