Well, Reagan did sign it, and he often used his veto pen. What does that tell you?
"Well, Reagan did sign it, and he often used his veto pen. What does that tell you?"
It tells me either Reagan didn't want to maintain the status quo, was possibly ignorant of the failure it would turn out to be (but Bush wants to try the same thing) or maybe it had a veto-proof majority from a democratic congress.