SECTION VII.

1. 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.

2. Every bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and

the Senate shall, before it become 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 objection 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.

3. Every order, resolution, or vote to which the concurrence of the

Senate and House of Representatives may be necessary, (except 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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