Quote:I agree with you and it does need to be pointed out.  President Bush did use Executive Orders just like President Obama does.  As far as I'm concerned, this power needs to go away from the presidency altogether.  That is not the way the our system of government is supposed to work.

 

That being said, President Obama did take it "over the top" when he stated that he "has a phone and a pen" in order to get things done.  This was just an outright mock of our system of government.

 

Regarding immigration reform, a plan was laid out but shot down by members of "the establishment".

It was mocking for sure. I took at as then stop me. The GOP could have done a great thing won a ton of appeal to the masses had they spent their time in power recently pushing to stop all future abuse of executive authority. The problem is they know they will eventually win again. Maybe not next time or the time after that or maybe they will. They want the authority in case the rolls are reversed. 

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