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  Specter prepping bill to sue Bush
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Last EditedBrandonius Maximus  Jul 24, 2006 08:20pm
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News DateTuesday, July 25, 2006 04:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionWASHINGTON - A powerful Republican committee chairman who has led the fight against President Bush's signing statements said Monday he would have a bill ready by the end of the week allowing Congress to sue him in federal court.

"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, R-Pa., 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 either sign a bill, veto it, or take no action.
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D:1849micha1976 ( 0.0000 points)
Tue, July 25, 2006 11:08:01 AM UTC0:00
How long will it take for Specter to come out and say he has been able to reach an agreement with Bush and now will introduce legislation to legalize these signing statements?

Anybody remember his actions reg. wiretapping, first come out strongly against it and then legalize it. He's a awfully bad joke.