61.   The House passed the measure by a voice vote and sent it to the Senate with the hope that the president would sign the measure before the August recess.

62.   The line-item veto allows the president to sign a bill passed by Congress and then cancel individual spending decisions or targeted tax breaks in the legislation.

63.   The GOP leadership also included another provision designed to prevent import surges from China, which opponents fear will happen as soon as the president signs the legislation.

64.   The law would allow the president to sign a bill, then, within five days, cancel particular spending or tax break provisions in the legislation.

65.   The line-item veto allows the president to sign a bill, then, within five days, cancel particular spending or tax break provisions in the legislation.

66.   The military construction bill is the only one the president has signed.

67.   The next day, a proud president signed the legislation into law.

68.   The law authorizing it will expire in the fall unless Congress passes legislation to reauthorize it and the president signs it.

69.   The president signed a second stopgap spending bill on Friday night to keep the government running through midnight Monday.

70.   The president signed it with much fanfare.