Politics: After Republicans took back Congress, it was clear they'd clash with President Obama on nearly every issue. They have. Now, Obama is using executive orders and regulation to do what he wants anyway.
Meanwhile, Republicans have been in a holding pattern, with little evidence that they intend to advance much of anything important when it comes to legislation.
They've avoided confrontation when head-butting is what's needed and desired by Republican primary voters given the far-left agenda of this White House.
Congressional GOP leaders promised that they would push pro-growth initiatives through Congress and land them on President Obama's desk.
The strategy was to force Obama to swallow hard and sign bills or veto legislation that has broad public support. This would have the bonus benefit of cornering vulnerable congressional red-state Democrats into taking tough votes both on bill passage and veto overrides.
When Nancy Pelosi was elevated to Speaker of the House she became an expert at this tactic. George W. Bush was forced politically to sign bad bills on energy regulation and minimum-wage hikes, just to name a few.
The liberal agenda picked up ground in 2007 and 2008, laying the groundwork for the Obama coup.
So where are the GOP bills and where are the Obama vetoes? So far this year Obama has only had to veto two bills and only four total as president.
By comparison, President Bill Clinton, faced with a sudden Republican majority just as President Obama is, vetoed over 30 bills.Read the rest of this IBD editorial HERE.
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GOP is a rubber stamp for the Obama Admin. If we don't elect Trump to save the Republican Party, we might as well hang it up.
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