When both houses of Congress agree on the language of a bill and vote to pass, the bill is sent to the President for his signature. As a bill proceeds through Congress, the president may issue statements requesting passage of particular language or proposing legislation on specific issues. Often after the passage of an important bill the President will issue a statement at the time of signing or vetoing legislation that expresses the Executive's view of how the legislation applies to the Presidency and its powers.
Compilation of Presidential Documents
The Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents has been replaced by the electronic format Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents as of January 29, 2009.
FDsys, 1992-current
HeinOnLine, v.1, 1965-current
Lexis, 1979-current
Westlaw, 2000-current
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States
Papers of Truman, Ford, Carter, Reagan, George Bush, Clinton, and George W. Bush are located with the call number J/80/.A283
Older Presidential papers are included in Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897 with the call number J/81/.B96
Public Papers of the Presidents on FDsys
HeinOnLine U.S. Presidential Library
Lexis, 1979 to current
Westlaw, 1984 to current