President Barack Obama used 20 commemorative pens to sign healthcare reform into law Tuesday, which is two more than he would need to write every letter of his full name, Barack Hussein Obama, with a separate pen. Obama's traditional signature does not include his middle name, however, so it's unlikely he would have written it on the bill.As he methodically signed the landmark bill one letter at a time, the left-handed president looked up at the crowd and said, "I hadn't practiced this." Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.), the longest serving member of the House and a witness to scores of presidential signings, reassured him,"You're doing fine, Mr. President." The White House reports that Obama will hand out the historic pens to the following witnesses:
1. Reid
2. Durbin
3. Baucus
4. Harkin
5. Dodd
6. Speaker Pelosi
7. Hoyer
8. Clyburn
9. Miller
10. Waxman
11. Levin
12. Dingell
13. Rangel
14. Vice President Biden
15. Sebelius
16. Vicki Kennedy
17. Nancy-Ann DeParle
18. Phil Schiliro
19. Sister Carol Keehan, presisdent of the Caholic Health Association
20. President Obama
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