Bush signings called effort to expand power

Report sees broad strategy

By Charlie Savage

Globe Staff / October 5, 2006

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WASHINGTON -- President Bush's frequent use of signing statements to assert that he has the power to disobey newly enacted laws is ``an integral part" of his ``comprehensive strategy to strengthen and expand executive power" at the expense of the legislative branch, according to a report by the non partisan Congressional Research Service. (Full article: 791 words)