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

FanOreilly 2012/04/23 14:23:50
Yes according to the constitution, the president does not need congressional approval
No the constitution is clear, the president's power is limited
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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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  • Lanikai lori 2012/04/24 01:17:05
    Lanikai
    +1
    Well Danny Glover, Chris Rock and several rappers have told him to IGNORE congress in order to do "what needs to be done" RECKON what they think needs to be done that an end run around congress is the answer?
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  • lori Lanikai 2012/04/24 11:50:45
    lori
    +2
    And the President of the United States is following the advice of an Actor, Rappers? That is the kind of President i want!
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  • Lanikai lori 2012/04/24 15:52:39
    Lanikai
    +1
    well, his stupid sheeple worshippers LOVE that he listens to the rappers and actors.
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  • lori Lanikai 2012/04/24 16:53:23
    lori
    +2
    these kind of people will destroy this country. Our government was set up to be run by the people that elected him. He should had been impreached along time ago. He has no ability to run a country so he listens to rappers.
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  • Lanikai lori 2012/04/24 17:20:37
    Lanikai
    +1
    I strongly suspect that their would be riots and looting and death if they impeached him. Everyone is SO afraid of that til they just ignore the FACTS.
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  • lori Lanikai 2012/04/24 19:52:04
    lori
    +1
    i was talking to my mechanics wife who is spanish and she was talking about the medicare how it needs to be done away with . i said but we the taxpayers paid into that for years, it is our money. she said will maybe i mean medicaid , i not sure i know the difference. That is who elected obama. and you are right that is exactly what would happen, don'f care about the country and the conquences of Obama staying in office. They will be they are standing in a food line like the depression and there is no food.
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  • Stryder 2012/04/23 22:27:08
    No the constitution is clear, the president's power is limited
    Stryder
    +7
    And if Congress can't stop it, the voters will.
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  • Nancy~P... Stryder 2012/04/23 22:38:42
    Nancy~PWCM~JLA~POTL
    +4
    we can only hope and pray that he will go away with his twisted redistribution of the wealth and I can only think that if I have anything left that it will still have a value.
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  • Radlad 2012/04/23 22:25:42
    No the constitution is clear, the president's power is limited
    Radlad
    +2
    ........to date neither the constitution or the congress has done much if anything to limit what our dictator does. Since congress does control the money it does have the ability to not fund anything the dictator tries to do without congressional approval........

    Coarse since the house is divided the dimocraps want to get as much through as they can and the gop doesn't have the testicles to oppose them........
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  • The Libertarian 2012/04/23 22:17:33
    No the constitution is clear, the president's power is limited
    The Libertarian
    +3
    I want people on the left and the right to know something, there are millions of people in this country like me, who will do what is necessary to stop anyone who wants a dictatorship.
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  • GUAPO 2012/04/23 22:15:17
    No the constitution is clear, the president's power is limited
    GUAPO
    +2
    dictator obama
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  • Wyzard 2012/04/23 22:13:54
    No the constitution is clear, the president's power is limited
    Wyzard
    +4
    Obama is the most unconstitutional president we have ever seen.
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  • Koozarian 2012/04/23 21:59:26
    No the constitution is clear, the president's power is limited
    Koozarian
    +3
    If you have even the most basic of an understanding of the US Constitution you know he has violated his oath of office to defend and protect the US Constitution therefore must be impeached,
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  • Evan 2012/04/23 21:58:24
    No the constitution is clear, the president's power is limited
    Evan
    +2
    Legislative, (Congress) Judicial, (The Supreme Court), Executive, (POTUS). Checks and balances are there...pardon me, "were there", for a reason. BHO would be that reason. However, this Congress not only approves of everything he does, they put oppressive legislation on his desk for his signature. He could not get it any other way. For once, BHO is correct. Even if Congress "wanted" to, which obviously, they don't, he won't allow them to. He has now said 2 things I can say are correct, and get behind him on. In nearly 4 years. Two things. How sad.
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  • dubbie 2012/04/23 21:53:15
    No the constitution is clear, the president's power is limited
    dubbie
    +4
    There`s also a law against abusing the power of office ,Which should be looked into.
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  • Aqua Surf 2012/04/23 21:50:02
    No the constitution is clear, the president's power is limited
    Aqua Surf
    +2
    Past time to oust this pest.
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  • Iamfree 2012/04/23 21:47:22
    No the constitution is clear, the president's power is limited
    Iamfree
    +1
    Some of what he has done is not unconstitutional, and other presidents have used the executive orders to do things Congress would not act on. However, this President has been blatant and aggressive about it, and while his party's base may think what he is doing is great, he's setting a dangerous precedent, which even many liberals object to since sooner or later (hopefully sooner) there will be a Republican president. If they approve of this president's behavior in overusing the executive privilege, they will have a hard time fighting back when a Republican president decides to do the same.
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  • bpf 2012/04/23 21:46:04 (edited)
    No the constitution is clear, the president's power is limited
    bpf
    +2
    Civil War is right around the corner!! Either this country will be freed of this tratior and puppet of the G. Soros crowd or America as we know it will be destroyed. All you Left-wing Progressives / Socialist can take your so-called leader and move to a country you have more in common with like, Russia ,China, Cuba and Venezuela.
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  • Starman 2012/04/23 21:42:43
    Yes according to the constitution, the president does not need congressional ...
    Starman
    +2
    There are lots of things the president can do within the bounds of the constitution to override the obstructionists, and I hope he does.
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  • Iamfree Starman 2012/04/23 21:48:30
    Iamfree
    +1
    Be careful what you wish for. Sooner or later (hopefully sooner) there will be a Republican president, and what goes around comes around. This behavior is bad for everyone, including Democrats, for that very reason.
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  • DuncanO... Iamfree 2012/04/23 22:51:22
    DuncanONeil
    Payback is the least of the reasons it is wrong!
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  • Iamfree DuncanO... 2012/04/24 05:32:41
    Iamfree
    I agree, but it's the only reason some people care to understand. They certainly don't care about right and wrong.
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  • Flyingbug Starman 2012/04/23 22:46:50
    Flyingbug
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
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  • DuncanO... Starman 2012/04/23 22:50:56
    DuncanONeil
    Actually there is very little he can do.
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  • ☆ Queen... Starman 2012/04/24 01:21:50
    ☆ QueenAline
    duh
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  • Chanch 2012/04/23 21:38:57
    No the constitution is clear, the president's power is limited
    Chanch
    +2
    This idiot has done more to polarize the country than any single person in history !! There has NEVER been a more contraversial person in politics. EVER ! He needs to GO !
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  • AL 2012/04/23 21:38:06
    No the constitution is clear, the president's power is limited
    AL
    +2
    This M.Fing Marxist needs to go!
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  • SharonJohnson 2012/04/23 21:25:14
    No the constitution is clear, the president's power is limited
    SharonJohnson
    +5
    Heil Hitler OBama hitler OBama hitler OBama hitler
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  • Ironhead60 SharonJ... 2012/04/23 23:55:23
    Ironhead60
    He's trying...!!
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  • Boomer 2012/04/23 21:24:28
    No the constitution is clear, the president's power is limited
    Boomer
    +2
    He must be on drugs
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  • jr 2012/04/23 21:15:15
    No the constitution is clear, the president's power is limited
    jr
    +3
    If he did not not have limited power, then he is a dictator
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  • evangelism_vision 2012/04/23 21:11:33
    No the constitution is clear, the president's power is limited
    evangelism_vision
    +3
    WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM A TERRORIST? I write the White House Every Single Week and tell him what I think and that if He has a problem with that, He knows where I live then I tell the White house " SCREW YOU!"

    HE WANTS TO BE A DICTATOR LIKE HUGO CHAVEZ

    I WANT FREEDOM AGAIN
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  • evangel... evangel... 2012/04/23 21:52:41
    evangelism_vision
    +1
    FREE SPEECH
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  • Yo'Adrienne..AFCL 2012/04/23 21:06:36
    No the constitution is clear, the president's power is limited
    Yo'Adrienne..AFCL
    +2
    He's dellusional..!!!!!....and thinks he is actually KING.......Doesn't surprise me......
    The sooner we make him vacate Pennsylvania Avenue, the better , for all of us.!
    Good riddance.!
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  • Georgia50 2012/04/23 21:06:17
    No the constitution is clear, the president's power is limited
    Georgia50
    +2
    Poor little bastard needs an Enabling Act.
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  • marcuss LIBERALS ARE IDIOTS 2012/04/23 20:49:15
    No the constitution is clear, the president's power is limited
    marcuss LIBERALS ARE IDIOTS
    +3
    He thinks he can do as he pleases, it does not work that way and he will find that out real soon.
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  • teckila 2012/04/23 20:42:38
    Yes according to the constitution, the president does not need congressional ...
    teckila
    +1
    Obama is more constitutional than lot of others politicians
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  • Georgia50 teckila 2012/04/23 21:07:52
    Georgia50
    +1
    By which you mean the man, NOT the office, right?
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  • Chanch teckila 2012/04/23 21:30:43
    Chanch
    +2
    How would you know, Switzerland? I think you are just baiting to get points.You don't seem to have a clue.
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  • JustThe... Chanch 2012/04/26 11:08:49
    JustTheFacts
    Oh, thanks for pointing that out....obviously true. What a waste of time this person is and clueless.
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