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Obama distances himself from Bush on signing statements

If President Obama is keeping a to-do list of issues from the Bush era he needs to resolve, he checked off another one yesterday. The prez c

With Capitol Hill consumed by the nation’s financial crisis, time is running out on the broader search to find out just what happened behind

FACT CHECK: Email campaign distorts White House salaries

Rather than veto bills he finds unconstitutional, Bush often uses signing statements to set aside statutes

The Bush administration draws criticism for seeming to seek expansion of presidential powers

ATF investigation that led to contempt vote has a complicated past