http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2010/10/08/presidential-memorandum-hr-3808
What now has to be watched for it that Congress doesn't try to re-slip this very same bill with a word or two changed, into another bill unnoticed and it passes any way.
Think Health care and all the little extras that got put into that bill.
Nancy said we wouldn't know what was in it until it passed, and that seems to have been the understatement of the year.
Presidential Memorandum--H.R. 3808
It is necessary to have further deliberations about the possible unintended impact of H.R. 3808, the "Interstate Recognition of Notarizations Act of 2010," on consumer protections, including those for mortgages, before the bill can be finalized. Accordingly, I am withholding my approval of this bill. (The Pocket Veto Case, 279 U.S. 655 (1929)).
The authors of this bill no doubt had the best intentions in mind when trying to remove impediments to interstate commerce. My Administration will work with them and other leaders in Congress to explore the best ways to achieve this goal going forward.
To leave no doubt that the bill is being vetoed, in addition to withholding my signature, I am returning H.R. 3808 to the Clerk of the House of Representatives, along with this Memorandum of Disapproval.
BARACK OBAMA
THE WHITE HOUSE,
October 8, 2010.
