Pocket Veto Complaint

If a bill sits on the USA president's desk, it automatically becomes law after some time. An exception is when the time limit expires when Congress is in recess and therefore he couldn't have sent it there even if he wanted to sent it back, so nothing happens to the bill. This is known as a pocket veto.

Some people complained about its use since the Constitution doesn't say the words "pocket veto" and the Founders could not have possibly wanted an absolute veto.

So this hypothetical bill must have support since both houses passed the same version. Wouldn't an easy way to avoid the supposedly "absolute" pocket veto be just... to extend Congress's session for 10 days? Each house makes its own procedural rules and decides its schedule, there is nothing in the constitution that makes certain days of the year off limit to having a session.
 
First, Congress cannot extend its session past the end of its term.

Second, Congress decides when to adjourn a session (except at end of term), and when a bill passes. Thus it is Congress which creates the situation where a pocket veto is possible.

Third, Article 1, Section 7 explicitly provides for pocket vetoes.
 
To eliminate the pocket veto, Congress must never pass a bill in the last ten days before adjourning. This would leave the House with nothing to do (the Senate could still confirm appointments and ratify treaties). Not likely.

Given how long a congress session lasts, not passing a bill in the last 10 days seems trivial and even if they passed one late, what's stopping them from using their majority to extend the current session?
 
Given how long a congress session lasts, not passing a bill in the last 10 days seems trivial and even if they passed one late, what's stopping them from using their majority to extend the current session?

Because then the President would have to actually veto the bill... meaning it goes back to Congress and then the ball is back in their court, in terms of political responsibility, meaning they'd either have to extend the current session until they managed to reach a veto-proof majority, reach a deal with the president, or let the bill die.
 
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