Comments on: Consequences of Obstruction http://theincidentaleconomist.com/wordpress/consequences-of-obstruction/ Contemplating health care with a focus on research, an eye on reform. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:43:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: FrJackHackett http://theincidentaleconomist.com/wordpress/consequences-of-obstruction/comment-page-1/#comment-1419 FrJackHackett Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:04:57 +0000 http://theincidentaleconomist.com/?p=3469#comment-1419 "Does this president do signing statements?" I thought that every bill gets a presidential signing statement, Austin, but that might not be the case. Bush notoriously used his to blatantly ignore or completely re-interpret congressional intent. You're surely correct about his disappointing tendency to be such a milquetoast, but I keep hoping that there's still that tough campaigner we saw before November 4, 2008, underneath that overdeveloped presidential decorum he's cultivated. I am, of course, prepared for yet more disappointment. “Does this president do signing statements?”

I thought that every bill gets a presidential signing statement, Austin, but that might not be the case. Bush notoriously used his to blatantly ignore or completely re-interpret congressional intent. You’re surely correct about his disappointing tendency to be such a milquetoast, but I keep hoping that there’s still that tough campaigner we saw before November 4, 2008, underneath that overdeveloped presidential decorum he’s cultivated. I am, of course, prepared for yet more disappointment.

]]> By: Austin Frakt http://theincidentaleconomist.com/wordpress/consequences-of-obstruction/comment-page-1/#comment-1417 Austin Frakt Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:03:20 +0000 http://theincidentaleconomist.com/?p=3469#comment-1417 @FrJackHackett - I have no idea. Does <em>this</em> president do signing statements? Even if he does he's not going to do anything controversial. What he cares about is a bill so he can declare victory. He will want nothing that can tarnish that achievement. Expect a big signing ceremony, some crowing at the State of the Union, and then a pivot to jobs, financial regulation, cap & trade, and other matters. @FrJackHackett – I have no idea. Does this president do signing statements? Even if he does he’s not going to do anything controversial. What he cares about is a bill so he can declare victory. He will want nothing that can tarnish that achievement. Expect a big signing ceremony, some crowing at the State of the Union, and then a pivot to jobs, financial regulation, cap & trade, and other matters.

]]> By: FrJackHackett http://theincidentaleconomist.com/wordpress/consequences-of-obstruction/comment-page-1/#comment-1416 FrJackHackett Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:41:15 +0000 http://theincidentaleconomist.com/?p=3469#comment-1416 What possible "fixes" might there be in a presidential signing statement on the final bill? What possible “fixes” might there be in a presidential signing statement on the final bill?

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