"We're not going to use signing statements to do an end-run around congress.." Barrack Obama May 20, 2008
Presidential Signing Statements Issued and Signed By
President Obama to date:
21
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From his inauguration through January 2, 2013,
President Obama has issued 21 signing statements affecting 85 specified
provisions and making six mentions of unspecified provisions of law in
20 Congressional enactments. Obama has issued eight rhetorical signing
statements, 12 constitutional signing statements, and one statement
remarking on an "inadvertent technical drafting error" in the affected
bill.
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