If a President signs a bill that has not passed one or both houses, is the bill legal? Apparently, the Bush administration thinks it is despite the fact that the Constitution says that the same version of a bill must pass both houses of Congress before it can be signed by the President to become law.
Mr. Bush signed the "Deficit Reduction Act" in February, but the version he signed had not passed the House. It differed in what benefits it provided to people for renting medical equipment. The House voted to pay three years of benefits; the bill Bush signed called for 13 months.
A group of Democratic Congressmen have instituted suit challenging the signing. Do we have a government of laws or of men?
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