Housing Bill Faces 10-Day Clock as Trump Refuses to Sign, Raising Pocket Veto Risk
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Updated · The New York Times · Jun 25
Housing Bill Faces 10-Day Clock as Trump Refuses to Sign, Raising Pocket Veto Risk
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jun 25
Summary
Trump’s refusal to sign the housing bill leaves its fate hanging on a 10-day constitutional window after House Speaker Mike Johnson formally sends it to the White House.
If Trump neither signs nor returns the bill within 10 days, excluding Sundays, it would normally become law without his signature.
A congressional adjournment before that deadline could instead kill the measure through a pocket veto, with the House and Senate scheduled to be out for 10 days starting July 3 and for most of August.
That timing uncertainty may force Johnson to delay transmitting the bill or reconsider recess plans, because legal questions remain over whether a temporary recess is enough to trigger a pocket veto.