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He's trying for a pocket veto. It might work.
Doesn’t a pocket veto mean the law goes into effect anyway?
The President has 10 days (excluding Sundays) to sign the bill, or veto it. If he does neither, the bill takes effect as if he had signed it -- as long as Congress is still in session.
A Pocket Veto is when the President doesn't sign a bill, and Congress is not in session when the 10 day period expires. In that case, the law will not take effect.
But, these days Congress never formally adjourns. Even when they go home, local members still hold formal sessions where nothing is done specifically to keep Congress in session. And I think even this Congress won't simply adjourn itself because Trump wants it to.
This was also a discussion when Trump nominated idiots like Matt Gaetz, who had no shot of getting confirmed. Trump wanted Congress to adjourn itself, so he could make a Recess Appointment. They declined. If they didn't roll over then, they won't now.
I'd Congress stays in session it goes into effect. If Congress leaves town it doesn't.
That's basically it, but the complex version is that if someone is appointed to receive messages then this becomes law on the 6th or 7th (i.e. in 10 days, not counting Sundays).
But, if no one is appointed for this break, then it's a pocket veto and cannot be overruled, it would require a new bill.
If Congress were in session the week of the 6th, then this wouldn't be an issue.
I guess this bill passed with a veto proof majority, so there is no pocket veto, but normally, if it passed with like 50 some percent, he could not sign and it would be a pocket veto.