Ex-Obama official suggests Biden should pack as much as he can into executive orders

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Former President Barack Obama's chiefs of staff want President-elect Joe Biden to embrace his executive authority once he's in office, NPR reports.

Denis McDonough who served in the role during Obama's second term told NPR that President Trump "has demonstrated ... an enormous amount of leeway for the president to institute executive action on things like immigration and energy and climate policy" and "there's no reason" the president-elect "should not use the authority that's available to him."

Meanwhile, Obama's first chief of staff, Rahm Emmanuel, argued Biden, despite his fondness for working across the aisle in Congress, should fit as much of his agenda as he can into his executive orders because "the fewer things you have to clog up the legislative pipeline with allows you to concentrate your political capital in that legislative front."

Should Biden heed this advice, which seems likely at least when it comes to certain issues, it would dash the already tenuous hopes of those who want the president-elect to initiate a scaling back of the office. Read more at NPR.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ex-obama-official-suggests-biden-182000524.html

[Cha]

1. That's what I was thinking.. FO mitch

& the maggots.

[c-rational]

4. +1

[SheltieLover]

5. Absofuckingloutely!

[Cha]

2. Last I heard.. PE Biden has a 78 Million

Voter Mandate. boom.

[Turin_C3PO]

6. Exactly right, Cha!

Not only a popular vote mandate but an Electoral College Mandate too! Also I believe I read here that President Biden has the biggest share, percentage-wise, of the popular vote for a challenger vs an incumbent, breaking Reagan’s 1980 record.

[Cha]

7. Thank you for reminding us of That, Turin!

Biden Also has an EV Landslide Mandate.. Breaking all kinds of voting records..

They can & will Whine all they want but it will fall on "so the fuck what?"

Ha.. Biden beat Reagan.

[FoxNewsSucks]

3. On day 1,

Biden should make the obligatory request for Moscow Mitch to "work together to solve the country's problems".

Then if that cooperation is not immediate, say "fuck 'em" and start issuing orders.

Biden saw first-hand what trying to cooperate did for Obama - nothing. In fact, repeated trying hurt Obama. He also saw first-hand the obstruction of Moscow Mitch. He'd better not make that same mistake.

[ProfessorGAC]

8. I Wondered Also, If Biden Could...

...write an EO, countermanding any executive action from Nov 4 forward.
Just like hitting a reset button.

[Grins]

9. The problem with exec orders is...

You are only undoing the damage of what was done before and not advancing what’s new and needed.

That’s a Hellofaway to govern.

With McConnell and the Senate blocking everything - and they will - NOTHING is going to be accomplished.