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NYTimes reports Obama's new approach to "Signing Statements"

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GW Bush vastly expand the practice of attaching "signing statements" to legislation he was signing, even eliminating provisions entirely. Obama has shamefully continued the practice, and caught flack for it. Now the Times announces that Obama has decided to continue the policy of selective enforcement, but forgo the public announcement of a signing statement. What the public doesn't know...

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