Vanity - If the tax bill is not signed by Midnight tonight, will it be "pocket vetoed"?

[Perdogg]

If the tax bill is not signed by Midnight tonight, will it be "pocket vetoed"? The old Congress expires in 13 hours, right?

[SubMareener]

Not to Worry! 0bama may be in Hawaii, but the 0bama autopen is still in the Whitehouse. ;-)

[China Clipper]

I'm quite sure our president will sign it, even if it is the ol' "electronic signature" thingee.

Heaven forbid he sticks around to actually do something he has to do....

[pepsi_junkie]

Let's say Obama signs it tomorrow. Who would challenge the legitimacy of the law on the technicality? The cowardly and pathetic Congress would shrug like they did when he blatantly ignored the War Powers Act in Libya. The Surpeme Court under Roberts would just say "elections have consequences" and ignore it. Obama answers to nobody at this point, it seems.

Honestly, if the house hasn't been willing to say "if the Senate won't execute its constitutional responsibility to pass a budget, we won't authorize funds to run the government" for four years now, when do you think they will ever grow a spine?

[TomGuy]

Lame duck Congresses and lame duck presidents have still managed to do damage.

[Perdogg]

>Who would challenge the legitimacy of the law on the technicality?

Someone who would have to pay higher taxes.

[Conscience of a Conservative]

That’s not how a pocket veto works. A bill is only “pocket vetoed” if it is not signed within ten days of being passed by Congress AND Congress is not in session after the tenth day. Simply failing to sign legislation before Congress adjourns does not mean that the legislation is “pocket vetoed.”