All sides agree that a pocket veto is appropriate after the final adjournment of a Congress.
These adjournments are used to indicate the final adjournment of an annual or the two-year session of a Congress.
The convention ended with a report and resolutions, signed by the delegates present, and adopted on the day before final adjournment.
This cleared the way for final adjournment of the 106th Congress, which began nearly two years ago with the Senate impeachment trial of President Clinton.
The phrase is Latin for "without fixing a date" and refers to final adjournment.
Adjournment Sine Die The final adjournment of a legislative session.
The petition must be filed no later than 90 days after final adjournment of the Assembly.
The consent of both bodies is required for the Legislature's final adjournment, or sine die, at the end of each legislative session.
No bill may become a law after the final adjournment of the Legislature, unless approved by the governor within fifteen days after such adjournment.
The session is scheduled to end on January 3, 2011, and the final adjournment for regular legislative activity is scheduled for May 26, 2010.