The president of the United States is the head of the executive branch and plays a large role in making America's laws. His job is to approve the laws that Congress creates. When both chambers have approved a bill, they send it to the president. In order for the bill to become law, the president must sign it into law. The president can decide not to sign a bill if he does not want it to become law.

What is it called when the president refuses to sign a bill into law?

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27 April, 16:12

The president of the United States is the head of the executive branch and plays a large role in making America's laws. His job is to approve the laws that Congress creates. When both chambers have approved a bill, they send it to the president. In order for the bill to become law, the president must sign it into law. The president can decide not to sign a bill if he does not want it to become law.

What is it called when the president refuses to sign a bill into law?

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Turner Morrow · Answer 1

veto

Explanation:

Veto is the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature

Carlos Kirby · Answer 2

Hello friend!

Your answer to this questions is Veto.

When the President refuses to sign a bill, there official name for this is Veto. Veto means "a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body."

source Oxford Dictionaries.

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