“The American people elect a President to run the country, not a cabal of woke staffers,” said Rep. Addison McDowell.
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No more autopen.
That is what former President Joe Biden’s acknowledgment prompted that he did not sign off on a great number of pardons before leaving the presidency; the news has induced a legislator to write new legislation that seeks to contain the use of autopen for signing off on major acts, The Daily Wire revealed.
The Autopen scandal prompted Rep. Addison McDowell (R-NC) to introduce a bill called the “Ban on Inkless Directives and Executive Notarizations Act of 2025 (BIDEN) Act” that would amend Title 3 of the U.S. Code to prevent a president from using such a device for signing bills, executive orders, pardons, and commutations.
The scandal started after the New York Times published a story where Biden admitted he did not personally approve of each of the pardons. Instead, he permitted the predominant norms to decide who qualified.
McDowell’s bill comes as GOP lawmakers became more concerned that Biden was not mentally capable or even aware when staffers used the autopen device to stamp his signature on clemency decisions.
🚨🚨🚨BREAKING:
— Congressman Addison McDowell (@RepMcDowell) July 15, 2025
I am introducing the BIDEN Act to BAN the use of the presidential autopen. No longer will rogue bureaucrats be able to seize authority given to the Oval Office.https://t.co/PR8Csd5hi8
“The American people elect a President to run the country, not a cabal of woke staffers,” McDowell told The Daily Wire. “Sadly, that is exactly what the American people received under Joe Biden.”
The New York Times story said that the only clemency warrant that Biden signed in person during his final weeks in office was one used to pardon his son, Hunter. Others that relied on the autopen included those for Dr. Anthony Fauci, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, and members of the January 6th Committee.
The goal of the McDowell bill is to confirm that a president personally signs off on bills, executive orders, pardons, and commutations. His office also argues that the legislation would dictate that any of these acts signed in violation of this rule, both in the past or the future, would be considered invalid and have no legal effect.
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