I was responding to a comment which said: > The GOP controls the Executive branch and half of the Legislative--2/3 of the lawmaking machinery of the federal go

I was responding to a comment which said: > The GOP controls the Executive branch and half of the Legislative--2/3 of the lawmaking machinery of the federal government. You're right that it is misleading (and potentially dangerous) to think of the Executive branch as part of the "lawmaking machinery of the federal government", but there is such a thing as a presidential veto, so it's not like the Electoral College is completely irrelevant in terms of Congress's power to create legislation.