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单词 signing statement
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signing statement
signing statement n. U.S. Politics a written statement which may be issued by the President when signing a measure passed by Congress, and which sets out observations, conditions, or limitations on the measure's interpretation and implementation.
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1959 M. H. Stans Let. 5 May in Rivers & Harbors: Hearings before Public Wks. Comm. (U.S. Senate, 86th Congr., 1st Sess.) ii. 177 In his signing statement accompanying Public Law 85-500, the President stated his belief that the local financial participation of 30 percent..constitutes an appropriate division of costs.
1976 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 12 May 1/5 In his signing statement, Ford said the bill commanded widespread support in both houses in Congress but ‘I still have serious reservations about certain aspects of the present amendments’.
2002 Dallas Morning News (Nexis) 28 Mar. 4 a While Mr. Bush criticized aspects of the bill in a ‘signing statement’, he told reporters that ‘it improves the system’ overall.
2009 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 14 May 52/2 Two days after criticizing President Bush's signing statements, President Obama issued one of his own regarding the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009.
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