31.   If all three measures are in one bill, the president must sign or veto the whole thing.

32.   If the president had signed the congressional appropriations bill, congressional staffs and offices could have proceeded under full funding for next year.

33.   If the president signs it, as expected, the bill will face an immediate court challenge.

34.   In a political season, the president signed the bill into law.

35.   In another realm, the president signed into law the Computer Decency Act, which was designed to stop dirty words and dirty pictures on the Internet.

36.   In the end, of course, the president will probably sign a modified version of that increase.

37.   In many cases, the president signed pre-election decrees putting into effect his promises.

38.   In the past three weeks, the Russian president signed a historic treaty on friendship and cooperation with China, which only recently seemed inconceivable.

39.   It also casts doubt on the fundamental principle that each US president signs international treaties in the name of a stable, continuous American nation-state.

40.   It is a law that the president signed, but one which his administration now admits it will not honor.