FYI, according to Wikipedia: A signing statement is a written pronouncement issued by the President of the United States upon the signing of a bill into law.

There is an ongoing controversy concerning the extensive use of signing statements by President George W. Bush to modify the meaning of laws. In July 2006, a task force of the American Bar Association described the use of signing statements to modify the meaning of duly enacted laws as "contrary to the rule of law and our constitutional system of separation of powers".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signing_statements

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What a waste of time. I have a deep, burning hatred of the Bush Administration, but this Democratic garbage is what causes me to completely lose faith in my government. I'm not talking about the hearing, I'm talking about the complete lack of political will.

"What can we do to keep this abuse from happening?"
"Impeach the abusive President."
"Well, that won't magically solve the problem forever, what else can we do?"

The solution is simple. The Democrats have failed to defend the power of their office, failed to rise to their duty as Congresspeople, and thus failed to uphold the Constitution.

David - couldn't agree more. I love how he tells her what they can do and she all but dismisses it out of hand.

Hmmm. You seem to want to address the problem only to the extent that you don't have to do anything about it.

I hate that members of congress have to ask constitutional scholars about things they should already know. If you are a member of congress I would think you should take it upon yourself to study and understand the constitution. Impeachment proceedings should have started years ago. BTW, the guys defending the Bush Admin at this hearing had a very weak defense.