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Proud Liberal Dem

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7. Their silence so far on EOs is deafening
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 11:41 AM
Jan 2017

Trump is REALLY acting like he can just sit in the Oval Office and sign legally binding proclamations all day long. And whatever they can say about President Obama's EOs, they were limited and specific (and a large portion of his EOs were largely done because of frustration with Congressional inaction/obstruction)

Kick In_The_Wind Jan 2017 #1
lol! ginnyinWI Jan 2017 #2
Congress also needs to enact a temporary ban on Congress Libman77 Jan 2017 #3
Enough of them will oppose the muslim ban NoGoodNamesLeft Jan 2017 #5
AGREE Congress needs to enact a temporary ban on executive orders thinkingagain Jan 2017 #4
I think they will end up trying to do something NoGoodNamesLeft Jan 2017 #6
Their silence so far on EOs is deafening Proud Liberal Dem Jan 2017 #7
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