Thursday, August 16, 2007

Bush Pushes Agenda Without Congress

This is really a non-story. I have no idea why so many news sources are reporting about it. And here is why:
Outgoing presidents often unleash a flurry of executive orders and regulations in a last-minute attempt to leave their mark on U.S. policy. Frustrated by Congress' inability or unwillingness to pass the president's agenda, the administration already is taking steps to do it through executive action. [emphasis mine]

So this isn't at all unusual for an outgoing president. But I guess they have to fill in the space around the adverts.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

But it *is* kind of unusual when a president does it continuously for 8 years...

8/17/2007 01:17:00 PM  

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