And yet, I think a lot of the reason we've gotten here is congressional deadlock, with EOs and rules filling legislative voids. There was a decent chunk of the

And yet, I think a lot of the reason we've gotten here is congressional deadlock, with EOs and rules filling legislative voids. There was a decent chunk of the Obama presidency where Congress was incapable of passing anything more complicated than naming a day of recognition, and openly fluted with government shutdown repeatedly. We've got a failed legislative system, and are now working ourselves toward a completely failed system of government.