Someone might want to remind them that Democrats have a majority in both congressional chambers.
by Eric Boehm
Reason.com
From banning gas and oil drilling on federal lands to fixing problems with the Affordable Care Act and overhauling the immigration system, a group of congressional Democrats is pushing the Biden administration to take executive action on a host of issues that Congress apparently can’t or won’t deal with.
Someone might want to remind them that Democrats have a majority in both chambers.
But why go through the effort to pass legislation when you can have a president do it with the mere stroke of a pen? That’s the energy emanating from the seven-page “Recommendations for Executive Action” memo published last week by the Congressional Progressive Caucus, a coalition of about 100 left-wing lawmakers.