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...every President goes for the multipen signature, however. President George W. Bush preferred signing bills with only one pen and then offering several unused "gift" pens as souvenirs. Even a piece of legislation as famous as the Homeland Security Act got only one line of ink. When it was over, the President is rumored to have pocketed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Did Obama Use So Many Pens to Sign the Health Care Bill? | 3/23/2010 | See Source »

Challenged Council. On the domestic side, one of Nixon's first important official acts was to sign the executive order creating his Cabinet-level Council for Urban Affairs. He used the ceremonial multipen technique, complaining that his name was too short and his scrawl too undisciplined to allow for a legible signature and a large number of souvenirs. But the name appeared as clear as his intention to make the council a vital body, the domestic equivalent of the National Security Council...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: A NEW ADMINISTRATION EASING IN | 1/31/1969 | See Source »

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