• thefluffiest@feddit.nl
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    1 year ago

    Congress should act. They’re the lawmakers. The president is just there to execute them. Expecting presidents to initiate laws amounts to calling for an emperor.

    It’s sad and telling that Congress isn’t even expected to act anymore.

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      1 year ago

      Congress did act when the Democrats had a majority in both houses. A larger majority would have avoided the need to get the votes of Manchin and Sinema, which would have made for more action. A 60-vote supermajority in the Senate would have enabled the passage of non-budget bills, and gotten even more. We didn’t have those things, so we got what we could.

      The Republicans currently hold a majority in the House of Representatives, which is why nobody is expecting the current Congress to act in any kind of meaningful way.