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JHB

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12. Not entirely true. The tools for Congress to check the executive branch are there. However...

Reply to jalan48 (Reply #10)

Sat Aug 29, 2020, 01:49 PM

Aug 2020

...the Republicans have gone out of their way to prevent those tools from being used.

Anything will be off-balance if the balancing system is being sabotaged.

This isn't just a Trump problem, it's a Republican problem. They are letting him do this.

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The executive branch has become more powerful than any other branch. Our system is out of balance. jalan48 Aug 2020 #10

Not entirely true. The tools for Congress to check the executive branch are there. However... JHB Aug 2020 #12

From an article in the Washington Post. I agree Congress should act, but it won't. How many jalan48 Aug 2020 #15

F*CK THEM! Subpoena them to testify!!!! ElementaryPenguin Aug 2020 #11

+1000 sinkingfeeling Aug 2020 #14

So Keth Aug 2020 #13