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2021-12-30 Government Corruption
With Build Back Better stalled, the Left pushes Biden to act alone
[WASHINGTONEXAMINER] With the Build Back Better Act maimed, perhaps fatally, by the public defection of West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin
...Dem senator-for-life from West Virginia. Manchin is one of the approximately one (okay, two) Dem senators who exhibits more integrity than Jello, often even representing his constituents...
, liberals are calling on President Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. Old, boring, a plagiarist, fond of hair sniffing and grabbing the protruding parts of women, and not whatcha call brilliant. Just look at the competent way he dumped Afghanistan...
to go solo in fulfilling his agenda.

But those calls are meeting resistance from opponents who say they're bad policy at best and illegal at worst.

Seattle
...a formerly lovely city in Washington state, governed by communists, anarchists, dipshits, and other sorts of incompetents. Home to Starbuck's, Boeing (at least for now), and Amazon, Microsoft, and Costco, the city became rich beyond its wildest dreams. All that money attracted the usual sort of grifting politician, and it's well on its way to chewing off the hand that feeds it...
-based Rep. Pramila Jayapal, leader of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, penned an op-ed in the Washington Post calling on Biden to enact portions of his Build Back Better plan via executive order.

"We are calling on the president to use executive action to immediately improve people’s lives," Jayapal wrote, adding she'd keep working to push the legislation in Congress. "Taking executive action will also make clear to those who hinder Build Back Better that the White House and Democrats will deliver for Americans."

The $2.4 trillion bill includes programs such as universal preschool, subsidized child care, paid family leave, and Medicare and Medicaid expansion.

Jayapal added in a tweet, "I’m calling on [Biden] to join us on a two track strategy — to enact as many relief programs as possible through Executive Action while we work on this critical legislation."

It's unclear whether Biden is interested in moving his agenda this way. Even if he was, the legality of such moves is questionable.

Tea Party Patriots Action Honorary Chairwoman Jenny Beth Martin said Biden would be stepping outside the law if he enacted any of the bill's major programs without congressional approval.
Posted by Fred 2021-12-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ]  Top

#1 An Indian who misses her third world cesspool instead of appreachiating the US...
Posted by Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 2021-12-30 01:09||   2021-12-30 01:09|| Front Page Top

#2 liberals are calling on President Joe Biden...

Not 'liberal' in any sense of the word. These are Marxists.
'Commies' or 'Bolsheviks' also fit the bill
Posted by Merrick Ferret 2021-12-30 01:24||   2021-12-30 01:24|| Front Page Top

#3 Anything done by EO can be undone by EO. Just gives all opponents another "On my first day I promise to rescind..." chip to play.
Posted by M. Murcek 2021-12-30 06:47||   2021-12-30 06:47|| Front Page Top

#4 Who needs all those silly checks and balances, anyway?
Posted by Tom 2021-12-30 09:03||   2021-12-30 09:03|| Front Page Top

#5 Well, in practice it's a ratchet. The dems are the gear and the pubs are the pawl.
Posted by M. Murcek 2021-12-30 09:08||   2021-12-30 09:08|| Front Page Top

#6 Constantly accusing others of ignoring democracy and ruling as a dictator while doing it themselves. That's classic psychological projection.
Posted by Sheter the Lesser9291 2021-12-30 11:34||   2021-12-30 11:34|| Front Page Top

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