... The resulting bill returns to the House and Senate for final approval. The Government Printing Office prints the revised bill in a process called enrolling. The President has 10 days to sign or veto the enrolled bill.
So unless the GAO got the bill to the Whitehouse a day ago, Pocket Veto is on the table
Mitch said that senators should be ready to return December 29 which suggests they will not adjourn
... ‘enrolled’...
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They sent it.
He sent it back.
New bill gets to his desk today.(?? GOP will stall and reject)
Staff has tonight (all day?) off.
Work begins again the 26th.
Sundays do not count.
Do Federal holidays count? (I don’t think so).
Jan. 3 is then 5 days or less, depending, and....
A new Congress takes office.
Start all over again.