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Obama issues signing statement on spending bill
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| Contributor | kal |
| Last Edited | kal Mar 11, 2009 05:19pm |
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| Media | Website - Yahoo News |
| News Date | Wednesday, March 11, 2009 11:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Two days after criticizing his predecessor for issuing guidelines on how to put legislation into practice, President Barack Obama issued such a directive himself.
Out of public view Wednesday, Obama signed a $410 billion spending bill that includes billions for items known as earmarks, the targeted spending that lawmakers direct to projects in their districts. Obama promised during the presidential campaign to curb such spending.
He also issued a "signing statement" in which he objected to provisions of the bill that he said the Justice Department had advised "raise constitutional concerns." Among them are provisions that Obama said would "unduly interfere" with his authority in the foreign affairs arena by directing him how to proceed, or not to, in negotiations and discussions with international organizations and foreign governments.
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