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Did you complain about Obama's orders?

I would hazard a guess that maybe you did.

I don't necessarily agree with Obama doing that actually, however Obama never once tried to bypass the judicial system.

@Burnley123: did I complain about Obama's Executive orders, I think you mean?

The GOP had made it clear for years they had no intention of working with the President, thus giving him any cred, or passing anything that may favour him.

They deliberately worked to obstruct anything he wished to accomplish, and by doing so, worked AGAINST a President with the most popular votes in American history, in BOTH his Presidential elections.....as well as they were not working in the interests of those citizens who would have benefitted who lived in their own states.

They were blinded by hate, racism, contrarianism and a multitude of others.


So basically, Obama had no choice but to govern using such orders

@CassandraFemale17: I know the history and you do have a point because the circumstances are completely different. I think the US system is dysfunctional in some ways because it relies on different branches co-operating. When you have hyper-partisanship it struggles to work. I think it would be fair to have a law which clarifies when and how often a President can use executive orders

@Burnley123: Here’s a sampling of the unilateral actions the White House boasted about, and a few that weren’t mentioned:
1. Immigration: Obama announced action that would shield about 5 million illegal immigrants from deportation by prioritizing deportations for people who committed crimes.
2. Climate Change: Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping reached what the leaders called a historic climate change deal. The United States set a goal of reducing carbon emissions by between 26 and 28 percent by 2025, which would be rolling back to 2005 levels. China said its CO2 emissions would peak in 2030.
3. Minimum Wage: Obama signed an executive order raising the minimum wage for federal employees and federal contract workers to $10.10 per hour. He wanted Congress to raise the wage to that level for the rest of the country.
4. Police: After the controversies in Ferguson, Missouri, and New York City where unarmed black men died after altercations with police officers, Obama asked for a review of best practices police departments can take to rebuild trust in their communities. On Dec. 18, he signed an executive order to create the Task Force on 21st Century Policing.
5. Guns: The Obama administration took action regarding mental illness and guns. The executive action came through regulations by the Department of Justice and Department of Health and Human Services. The DOJ clarified rules on who is prohibited from purchasing a gun under existing federal law, which the White House said had been ambiguous. HHS required states to submit more information on individuals through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, which was previously withheld under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPPA, which protects medical privacy.
6. Pay Discrimination: Obama issued an executive order to prevent gender pay discrimination among federal contractors in April. Three months later, he signed another executive order to ban pay discrimination among federal contractors against anyone in the LGBT community.
7. ‘Promise Zones’: Obama established five “promise zones” in the United States: economically depressed areas across the country where businesses locating or expanding would be eligible for federal economic development grants, loans and tax incentives. The first five locations were San Antonio, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Southeastern Kentucky and the Choctaw Nation in Oklahoma.
8. Tax Inversion: Obama took action against corporate “tax inversions,” the term used for when an American company merges with a smaller foreign company, locating the in the foreign country to avoid the higher U.S. corporate tax rates. The Treasury Department announced regulations to make inversion less attractive by banning some of the techniques firms used to avoid paying U.S. taxes, while also requiring that a company’s U.S. owners own less than 80 percent of the newly merged company to get the tax benefits.
9. Expanding Credit: The Obama administration has taken actions to make it easier to get a home loan.The Department of Housing and Urban Development along with the Federal Housing Finance Agency announced plans to expand access to mortgage credit.
10. Green Industries: Obama announced a series of government and private sector plans to buy more solar panels and promote the solar industry. Obama announced commitments from 120 businesses, nonprofits and schools would buy electric vehicles and install workplace-charging stations.

@curiosi: I have made my position of executive orders clear. A President should use them and there should be clear rules. He/she should not be allowed to bypass the courts. Do you or do you not agree with that?

@curiosi: great Stats.

Note to self......copy, paste, and study.

Thank you for taking the time to post this

@CassandraFemale17: He's done more copy and pasting than studying. He has probably saved a Breitbart article that broke it all down for him, though he didn't actually answer my question. LOL.

@Burnley123: I am not sure that would be workable. I think a President has to do what they have to do when working with a recalcitrant Congress. As you know signing an Executive Order doesn't mean it will pass into law, or into practice, and as we are all seeing too clearly now, they can be rescinded by their successors.