Presidential Vetoes 

Footnotes

¹President George H. W. Bush withheld his signature from two measures during intrasession recess periods (H.J. Res. 390, 101^st Congress, 1^st Sess. and S. 1176, 102^nd Congress, 1^st Sess.). See, “Permission to Insert in the Record Correspondence of the Speaker and the Minority Leader to the President Regarding Veto of House Joint Resolution 390, Authorizing Hand Enrollment of H.R. 1278, Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989, Along With Response From the Attorney General (House of Representatives - January 23, 1990),” Congressional Record, 101^st Cong., 2^nd Sess., (January 23, 1990): H3. See, “Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 (House of Representatives - March 03, 1992),” Congressional Record, 102^nd Cong., 2^nd Sess., (March 3, 1992): H885-H889. The President withheld his signature from another measure during an intrasession recess period (H.R. 2699, 102^nd Congress, 1^st Sess.) and from a measure during an intersession recess period (H.R. 2712, 101^st Congress, 1^st Sess.) but returned both measures to the House, which proceeded to reconsider them. The measures are not included as pocket vetoes in this table.

²President William J. Clinton withheld his signature from two measures during intrasession recess periods (H.R. 4810, 106^th Congress, 2^nd Sess., and H.R. 8, 106^th Congress, 2^nd Sess.) but returned the bills to the House, which proceeded to reconsider them. See, “Pocket-Veto Power -- Hon. J. Dennis Hastert – (Extensions of Remarks - September 19, 2000),” Congressional Record, 106^th Cong., 2^nd Sess., (September 19, 2000): E1523. The bills are not included as pocket vetoes in this table.

³President George W. Bush withheld his signature from a measure during an intersession recess period (H.R. 1585, 110^th Congress, 1^st Sess.) but returned the bill to the House, which proceeded to reconsider it. See, “Pocket-Veto Power – (Extensions of Remarks – October 2, 2008),” Congressional Record, 110^th Cong., 1^st Sess., (October 2, 2008): E2197. The bill is not included as a pocket veto in this table.

⁴President Barack H. Obama withheld his signature from a measure during an intersession recess period (H.J. Res 64, 111^th Congress, 1^st Sess.) and from a measure during an intrasession recess period (H.R. 3808, 111^th Congress, 2^nd Sess.) but returned both measures to the House, which proceeded to reconsider them. “Pocket-Veto Power – (Extensions of Remarks – May 26, 2010),” Congressional Record, 111^th Cong., 1^st Sess., (May 26, 2010): E941. The measures are not included as pocket vetoes in this table.