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If the President takes the full ten days to act, though, foes of the bill could try to use stalling tactics to delay an override vote until one or both Houses must adjourn.

This means that the lame-duck Congress can stay in session and block a pocket veto, though I don't know if Congress has ever stayed in session into a third January since the starting date was moved to January 3rd by the 20th Amendment. Ten days excluding Sundays from December 21 brings us to January 1st, right before the new Congress comes into session. If the Congress adjourns during the ten day period before the President acts, though, then the bill dies. If he chooses not to sign or to veto, then normally the bill becomes law. The Constitution gives the President ten days (Sundays excepted) to decide whether to sign or veto a bill. The pandemic stimulus bill passed both Houses of Congress on Monday, December 21st.
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