...lobbyist for their vote and support to get into the White House. Once the President is in office the laws and bills begin to shuffle in. The President probably does not agree with all that is written in the bill and must instead of veto it and draw out a long political fight he writes down his thought of agreement and disagreement in the bill. In reviewing President Bush’s signing Statement at the Library of Congress website. When Congress passes a bill it is titled by them and they are able to give themselves credit for passing the bill by stating 109th Congress and enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States. The President is not given credit. One reason I believe the President provides a signing statement is to give themselves a public voice and to explain the parts of the bill they agree with or do not agree with and as to why they do not agree with parts of the bill. A signing statement in not a bill or a law and some critic say if he does not agree with the bill or law he should veto it. There were only two statements in the bill that were set in by congress that the President did not agree with. I believe that a signing statement from a President allows for him to record his thoughts and beliefs and reasoning for signing the bill. It is a way for history to document what the President was thinking of at the time of the signing of the bill. In review of President’s signing statements and the laws that congress had written. ...
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