pocket veto

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Noun

pocket veto (plural pocket vetoes or pocket vetos)

  1. (US) 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.
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