WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- President Obama signed a two-week extension of highway funding Friday using a so-called autopen, controversial technology that reproduces the president's signature.
The White House said Obama, who is in Malaysia, authorized his signature to be placed on the measure "given the need for this extension and given the fact that the president is on the other side of the Pacific Ocean." The bill, passed earlier this week by the House and Senate, gives Congress until Dec. 4 to agree on a long-term funding bill.