Obama has declared he will not let congress stop his agenda. Is this constitutional?

by FanOreilly Posted 2012/04/23 14:23:50

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	Yes according to the constitution, the president does not need congressional approval	32 votes	9%
	No the constitution is clear, the president's power is limited	342 votes	91%

Obama has declared he will not let congress stop his agenda.

One Saturday last fall, President Obama interrupted a White House strategy meeting to raise an issue not on the agenda. He declared, aides recalled, that the administration needed to more aggressively use executive power to govern in the face of Congressional obstructionism.

“We had been attempting to highlight the inability of Congress to do anything,” recalled William M. Daley, who was the White House chief of staff at the time. “The president expressed frustration, saying we have got to scour everything and push the envelope in finding things we can do on our own.”

For Mr. Obama, that meeting was a turning point. As a senator and presidential candidate, he had criticized George W. Bush for flouting the role of Congress. And during his first two years in the White House, when Democrats controlled Congress, Mr. Obama largely worked through the legislative process to achieve his domestic policy goals.

But increasingly in recent months, the administration has been seeking ways to act without Congress. Branding its unilateral efforts “We Can’t Wait,” a slogan that aides said Mr. Obama coined at that strategy meeting,

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zbacku 2012/04/23 14:30:29

No the constitution is clear, the president's power is limited

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Demonic... to FanOreilly 2012/04/23 14:49:33

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Or treat him like the Banana Republic Dictator he thinks he is.

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Striker to FanOreilly 2012/04/23 16:06:35

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That lesson can't come soon enough.

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COCO to Striker 2012/04/23 19:28:26

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Yep,can't wait for 2012,I am tired of this douchebag.

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Striker to COCO 2012/04/23 21:35:36

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How about June?

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COCO to Striker 2012/04/23 23:10:19

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Ok?

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Striker to COCO 2012/04/24 00:33:35

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the ? - I would hope we can have him arrested by then. But we may have to "change" our "hopes", huh?

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COCO to Striker 2012/04/24 00:41:14

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I think we will just have to wait.

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Striker to COCO 2012/04/24 00:44:41

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okay, but arrest for Treason could accomplish so much more. If he should be re-elected, cancelling all he's done is probably lost. So I'll stay with it until the game fiinally ends, however it comes down.

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