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> he is a lame duck president Doesn't his party control both houses of Congress?
by triceratops 2y ago
> he is a lame duck president
Doesn't his party control both houses of Congress?
- klipt 2y agoThen why is he trying to rule 99% solo by executive order instead of working with congress to pass legislation?
- WillPostForFood 2y ago1: I agree he should. Tariffs by presdential order is an obscene power for Congress to delegate. 2: What 10 democrats would work with Trump? It would be gridlock for four years (which is fine).
- dgfitz 2y ago1.) I agree. However, if it other countries can impose tariffs at the drop of a hat and it takes a literal act of congress to pass a tariff, they'll never happen. Would that be a good thing? Maybe. Maybe not. Congress is obviously mostly useless. I was reading, of all things, a buzzfeed a few months ago where the biggest gripes of current house/senate members were along the lines of "it takes way too long to get anything done" and "I'm pretty sure most of my peers drink on the job" I used the "act of congress" phrase intentionally, as it is generally a euphemism that describes, among other things, how long something can take or how hard it is to approve a thing. I don't have a good solution to that problem.
- BobaFloutist 2y agoBecause he's a moron.
- WillPostForFood 2y agoThey have majorities, but arguably to "control" Congress, you need 60 votes in the Senate, otherwise most legislation can be blocked by the filibuster. Do we love or hate kyrsten sinema for protecting the filibuster now?
- triceratops 2y agoBy that definition there hasn't been a non-lame-duck President since Obama for a few months in 2009.
- thowfaraway 2y agoI'm just saying having a majority doesn't mean fully controlling congress. It has nothing to do with whether one is a lame duck. Also, posting limits are annoying as fuck.
- arrosenberg 2y agoStill hate her (but Harry Reid far more). The filibuster is why we are in this mess - we can’t ever fix a problem. There will always be 41 Senators (often representing more cash and/or cows than people) to pass meaningful legislation.
- disgruntledphd2 2y agoRemoving the filibuster can be done by majority vote, as it's just a rule of the Senate.
- arrosenberg 2y agoYeah, that's why I blame Harry Reid.