It made it difficult for the government to take decisive action
To veto a bill, the executive returns it to the legislature with a list of objections. To perform a pocket veto, the executive simply fails to either return it or sign it, the effect of which is to veto the bill.
It is important to note that there is more than one veto pivot. For example, the president can be a veto pivot, and in effect the veto pivots are the people who you have to get in order for a bill to pass.
im not sure
The President of the US has the duty to prevent laws passed by Congress from going into effect by using his powers to veto.
A law can go into effect after it has been ratified by both the Senate and the House of Representatives. Also, it goes into effect if the President does not veto it.
veto
No, it is not true. In the 1848 presidential campaign, the Free-Soil Party did not promise to veto the Wilmot Proviso. The Free-Soil Party was primarily concerned with opposing the expansion of slavery into the newly acquired territories, and while they supported the Wilmot Proviso, it did not explicitly promise a veto of the legislation.
heckler's veto
The presidential veto was a part of the original Constitution written by the Founding Fathers. Although the constitution does not state that the President has veto powers, the President has to sign legislation into law. This in effect is a veto. However if the President does not sign into law a piece of legislation within 10 days then he is constitutionally required to send it back to Congress with his objections in writing.
president's
full of veto