So you have to ask, if he IS going to sign it, why hasn’t he signed it yet?
Two possibilities — the first is simply he wants to separate it from the bill in time, so it isn’t news, or so it could be argued to not be a signing statement or actually have effect on the bill.
The second is that the administration is now scrambling to put in place all the new abortion funding and processes, so that when Obama signs the order, it has no effect. I don’t remember if the order says anything about revoking anything already put in place, or whether it simply says what will be done “in the future”.
looks like i’m wrong, he is signing it today, but closed to the news media... with stupak?
why closed to the new media?