Art.1 Section 7 1. Any bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with amendments as on other bills. This provision requires that all tax legislation must begin in the House of Representatives. The delegates to the Constitutional Congress felt strongly that only the body closest to the voter; whose members needed to stand for re-election every two years, should have the right to pass tax bills. Over the years there have been a number of court challenges to laws passed by the Senate that cost money. The courts have held, however, that this provision only applies to pure tax laws. 2. Every bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a law, be presented to the President of the United States; if he approves he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his objections to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the objections at large on their journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If after such reconsideration two thirds of that House shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together with the objections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds of that House, it shall become a law. But in all such cases the votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and nays, and the names of the persons voting for and against the bill shall be entered on the journal of each House respectively. If any bill shall not be returned by the President within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the same shall be a law, in like manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress by their adjournment prevent its return, in which case it shall not be a law. This provision states that the President must sign a bill in order for it to become a law. If the President objects to the bill, he returns it to Congress, which means he vetoes it. If 2/3 of both houses of the Congress still support the bill, they can vote to override the Presidential veto, thus turning the bill into the law of the land. The last part of the provision refers to what has become known as a "pocket veto". If a law is passed at the end of a Congressional session and Congress is in recess, the President may hold onto a bill, and stop it from becoming a law. This has always been a controversial provision. 3. Every order, resolution, or vote to which the concurrence of the Senate and the House of Representatives may be necessary (except on a question of adjournment) shall be presented to the President of the United States; and before the same shall take effect, shall be approved by him, or being disapproved by him, shall be repassed by two thirds of the Senate and House of Representatives, according to the rules and limitations prescribed in the case of a bill. This clause further defined the concept of veto. It expanded the need to get the approval from President, not only for bills, but for other actions of the Congress. This made it clear there was no action Congress could take without giving the President the ability to veto that action.
Posted on: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 23:02:04 +0000
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