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Republican’s Bill Will Review Bush’s Signing State
Topic Started: Jul 25 2006, 06:05 AM (59 Views)
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Republican’s bill will review Bush’s signing statements
The Associated Press
DENNIS COOK | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter is preparing a bill that will allow Congress to sue the president.

WASHINGTON | - A Republican who has led the fight against President Bush’s signing statements said Monday that he would soon have a bill ready allowing Congress to sue the president.

“We will submit legislation to the United States Senate which will … authorize the Congress to undertake judicial review of those signing statements with the view to having the president’s acts declared unconstitutional,” Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, a Pennsylvania Republican, said on the Senate floor.

Specter’s announcement came the same day that an American Bar Association task force concluded that by attaching conditions to legislation, the president has sidestepped his constitutional duty to sign a bill, veto it or take no action.

Bush has issued at least 750 signing statements during his presidency, reserving the right to revise, interpret or disregard laws on national security and constitutional grounds.
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