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Chapter XXII: Section VII

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I. All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the house of
representatives; but the senate may propose or concur with amendments,
as on other bills.

II. Every bill which shall have passed the house of representatives
and the senate shall, before it becomes a law, be presented to the
president of the United States; if he approve, 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.

III. Every order, resolution, or vote, to which the concurrence of the
senate and 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.

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