Many presidents have done this, not just President Obama. When there is a signing ceremony, the president will officially sign the bill into law, but he will also give some pens as souvenirs to some of the people who were helpful in getting the bill passed.
Many American presidents have changed pens for the documents they sign. These pens are then given as gifts to diplomats, dignitaries, museums, other senators and other distinguished persons.
Former President Obama used a variety of pens to sign bills into law, known as presidential signing pens. These durable pens are often provided by the White House, and multiple pens are used to sign each bill. They are typically given as commemorative gifts to key individuals involved in the legislation. The specific brand or type of pen used by Obama has not been publicly disclosed.
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Yes, it has become customary for the President of the United States to use multiple pens to sign an important bill into law, so that several different people can have "the pen that signed the law."
Absolutely not. 41 U.S.C. 46 mandates that US policymakers use SkilCraft pens for all legal documents, no exceptions. If the president did use a BIC pen, the bill would not be official.
On the presidential staff, a penwiper cleans the pens that the president uses. If you saw Obama signing that deal the other day, he used like 4 different pens. Do you think they clean themselves???
Multiple colored ink pens are typically referred to as multicolor pens or multicolored pens. These pens have multiple ink cartridges, each with a different color of ink, allowing users to easily switch between colors while writing or drawing.
Yes, he does, and he gives the pens to various supporters, or to specific people who were invited for the ceremony because they championed the bill he just signed. It's one of the most common (and most popular) photo opportunities, like a book signing, only presidential.
PenchantMany people have asked this question; President Barack Obama used a whopping 22 pens to sign the health-care bill into law on Tuesday, March 23, 2010. Why so many pens?It is a long-held tradition for US presidents to use many pens - simply because they become historic artifacts. Some are engraved by the White House and given out as gifts to those who helped pass the law. It is rumored that president Johnson used 75 pens to sign the Civil Rights Act in 1964.Other comments by our users:The pens are then presented to the sponsors of the bill and other interested parties. All can be said to be the pen he signed the bill into law with.
the president uses many pens to sign bills so they can be like souvenirs to people.
A sheep pen is called just a "pen." The larger pens or multiple pens together is called a stockyard.
after the bill has been signed they pens are given as gifts to supportors of the new bill
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