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On the recordJanuary 6, 2011
``If any such bill shall not be returned by the President within 10 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.'' {time} 1120
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Susan Davis
Democratic · California

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