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发帖数: 5601 | 1 Published January 03, 2013 FoxNews.com
HONOLULU -- President Obama late Wednesday signed the fiscal crisis bill
passed by Congress using an autopen while on vacation with his family in
Hawaii.
The bill, which averts a looming fiscal cliff that had threatened to plunge
the nation back into recession, boosts taxes on the wealthiest Americans,
while preserving tax cuts for most American households.
It also extends expiring jobless benefits, prevents cuts in Medicare
reimbursements to doctors and delays for two months billions of dollars in
across-the-board spending cuts in defense and domestic programs.
The GOP-run House approved the measure by a 257-167 vote late Tuesday,
nearly 24 hours after the Democratic-led Senate passed it 89-8.
The autopen is a mechanical device that copies the president's signature.
According to the White House Executive Clerk's Office, the bill was sent to
Obama in PDF form Wednesday afternoon, and was signed via autopen once Obama
approved it.
Obama is the first president to sign bills electronically, and has signed
two previous pieces of legislation using the technology.
The president arrived in Honolulu before 5 a.m. local time Wednesday and
immediately rejoined his family in their rented beachside vacation home in
Kailua, a picturesque Honolulu suburb on the east side of Oahu. Kailua Beach
is a popular place for wind sports and paddle surfing.
Obama and his family had spent several days, including Christmas Day, at the
secluded compound before he returned to Washington on Dec. 26 for the
fiscal cliff negotiations.
Fox News' Joy Lin, Bret Baier and The Associated Press contributed to this
report.
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