When presented with a bill, the president can respond in all of the following ways EXCEPT
A. leaving the bill unsigned, in which case it will become law after ten days.
B. exercising a line-item veto, whereby the president agrees to certain provisions of the bill but crosses out others.
C. signing the bill, as it is, into law.
D. vetoing the bill directly, in which case the bill is sent back to Congress for reconsideration.
E. exercising a pocket veto, whereby the president leaves the bill unsigned for ten days, in which case the bill dies if Congress goes out of session before those ten days expire.
Answer: B
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