Boehner to sign defense bill, sparking showdown with Obama

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http://thehill.com/policy/defense/257360-boehner-to-sign-defense-bill-sparking-showdown-with-obama
Boehner to sign defense bill, sparking showdown with Obama

By Kristina Wong - 10/19/15 05:27 PM EDT


Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) announced on Monday that he will sign the 2016 defense policy bill on Tuesday, setting into motion the 10 days that President Obama will have to follow through on a promised veto.
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After the bill is signed by Boehner and is delivered to the White House, Obama will have 10 days — not including Sunday — to veto the bill while Congress is in session, or else it goes into effect. Alternatively, if the president does not sign the bill and cannot return it to Congress because it is out of session before the 10 days is up, then the bill will not become law, in what is known as a "pocket veto."
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Defense officials say if a new defense policy bill is not passed, it will rely on the 2015 bill, as long as there is funding. However, if there is no funding for 2016 by Dec. 11, they say the Pentagon will have to furlough at least 400,000 of its approximately 700,000 civilian workers, and hundreds of thousands of civilian contractors. Troops would still have to report for duty, but would not get paid until funding is approved.
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