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The Constitution says that after Congress passes a bill, it must "be presented to the president of the United States; if he approve he shall sign it." And for the past 222 years, that's how it worked: The president signed a bill at the White House, or if he was away from Washington, a courier traveled to wherever he was to deliver it. But in May, for the first time in U.S. history, a machine did the signing. While President Obama was travelinq in Europe, Congress debated an extension of the Patriot Act-post-9/11 legislation that (jives the federal government a range of powers to combat terrorism. The...

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