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Originally Posted by Tempest
How is him signing it in private not being open and transparent... Is there anything hidden in there? Was the fact that he signed it kept secret?
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because there is typically a ceremony, people invited and questions from the media. that's how bills are signed by the president.
for example, the first bill he signed was the Ledbetter Act, in the White House .....
"The president picked the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act for the first piece of legislation to sign as president.
He appeared before a packed East Room audience for a ceremony, and Ledbetter stood at his side.
His entrance in the room was met with hearty cheers from the many labor and women's groups represented there. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the first woman speaker in the history of Congress, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, were present. Clinton went further than any woman previously in her campaign for the presidency, although she ultimately lost the Democratic Party competition to Obama."
that's how its done. its not done in secret and away from the media and other supporters of the bill