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Presidential Signing Statements are written pronouncements issued by the President when signing a bill into law.
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- 2006: Task force of the American Bar Association challenged signing statements as "contrary to the rule of law"
- 2007: Government Accountability Office Study finds that several government agencies disobeyed at least 6 new laws George W. Bush had challenged in his signing statements
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Wikipedia: Signing statement
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Government Accountability Office: Presidential Signing Statements - 2006 (2007)
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The American Presidency Project: Presidential Signing Statements
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Boston Globe: "Bush challenges hundreds of laws" (2006)
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Presidential Signing Statements - George W. Bush
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Congresspedia: Presidential signing statements
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AlterNet: Bush's Presidential Signing Statements Have Been Used to Nullify Laws (2007)
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Presidential Signing statements do pose a "significant constitutional problem." Its risky when Presidents can ignore certain parts of a law.
@KCass21088 | November 10, 2009 02:29 AM
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Presidential Signing Statements Figures
- George W. Bush
- Boston Globe: Examples of the president's signing statements (2006)
- John Conyers
- Cox Newspapers: House Opens Inquiry Of Presidential Signing Statements (2007)
- Robert Byrd
- New York Times: "Lawmakers to Investigate Bush on Laws and Intent" (2007)
- George W. Bush
