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1,908 views · Published 7 January 2013 · 2:59 · Indexed 4 November 2026

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'Fiscal cliff' legistlation was just the latest bill President Obama has ordered from afar to be signed via autopen. But what is an autopen anyway? Fold producer Kate M. Tobey looks into it.

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