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Savage love - News - The Phoenix |
 | | On Monday, the 31-year-old Savage won in the national-reporting category; he was honored for exposing President George W. Bush’s unprecedentedly frequent and expansive use of presidential signing statements, which effectively assert Bush’s right to ignore new laws — like the 2005 torture ban — that he’d rather not follow. |
 | | Last year, for example, Savage’s stories led Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA), then the Senate Judiciary Committee chair, to file legislation that would limit the use of signing statements, and to hold hearings on the subject. |
 | | And as Savage tells it, Baron’s willingness to give his signing-statement coverage prominent play from the outset, despite other outlets’ reluctance to follow suit, played a vital role in driving the story forward. |
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