4123 HISTORIC DOCUMENTS
out of the Treasury of the United States. They shall, in all cases
except treason, felony, and breach of the peace, be privileged from
arrest during their attendance at the session of their respective
houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any
speech or debate in either house they shall not be questioned in any
other place.
No Senator or Representative shall, during the time for which he
was elected, be appointed to any civil office under the authority of
the United States, which shall have been created, or the emoluments
whereof shall have been increased during such time; and no person
holding any office under the United States shall be a member of
either house during his continuance in office.
Section VII.-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.
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 approves 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.
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.