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You can't make this stuff up
Sunday, January 8, 2006

As usual, this would be funny if it was.

In 2003, lawmakers tried to get a handle on Bush's use of signing statements by passing a Justice Department spending bill that required the department to inform Congress whenever the administration decided to ignore a legislative provision on constitutional grounds.

Bush signed the bill, but issued a statement asserting his right to ignore the notification requirement.

There ought to be a law... of course, if there was it would be ignored.

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