Question

question 36
1 pts
upon receipt of a bill, the president can take all of the following actions except
decide to neither sign it nor veto it and let it become a law without their signature.
sign the bill and make it a law.
call a special session of congressional hearings to revise the bill.
veto it.

Explanation:

1. Analyze each option based on U.S. presidential powers regarding bills:

• Signing a bill makes it law (constitutional power).
• If the President neither signs nor vetoes a bill within 10 days (excluding Sundays) while Congress is in session, it becomes law without the signature (pocket veto exception when Congress adjourns, but the option here doesn't specify adjournment, so the described action is possible in some cases).
• Vetoing a bill is a constitutional power (president can send it back with objections).
• The president does not have the power to call a special session of Congressional hearings to revise the bill. Congress controls its own sessions and the revision process is within Congress's purview, not initiated by the president for revising a specific bill.

Answer:

C. call a special session of Congressional hearings to revise the bill.