I mean, Congress isn't exactly asserting their authority as a co-equal branch of government here. They should be holding the President to account, yet the House Speaker admits that he is "protecting" the President.
To his credit, Cassidy realizes that too. The full quote is:
Cassidy accused Trump of acting “as if Congress is merely an appendage, and frankly, sometimes Congress acts like it’s an appendage”.
But isn't it clear that Congress isn't acting like an appendage, but more kike an organ. Specifically a pussy. Congress is a bunch of pussies, and we know how Trump treats those.
It's because most Primaries are carefully controlled by the party leaders. Yes, there are requirements that are open and technically anyone with the correct paperwork/signatures/whatever else can run. But the people who control the two major parties locally have a lot of influence, and can make the job easier for theor preferred candidates.
Combine this with a dynamic where most general elections are already decided for one party or another, and this means the general election is basically a formality. In Congressional elections, you have gerrymandering that ensures that districts are drawn to drive certain results. But even in these Mayoral elections, you have the same problem because Republicans have abandoned the cities, and most cities here lean Democratic.
You might ask about third parties, but our FPTP system screws them over, too. There is just enough influence from the minority party to mean that a third-party bid that takes 25% of the vote might just hand the election to the minority major party, making all that effort on the part of the 3rd party counterproductive.
Our 2 party system is not formalized in any document. It is a result of how our electoral systems are structured. But that makes it even harder to reform, because we have to reform lots of little things (and a few big things) all at once.
Well, yeah. Roger Ailes was Nixon's main media advisor, and the lesson he learned from Watergate was that Nixon would have gotten away with it if the media were more sympathetic.
Years later, he was hired by Rupert Murdoch to run Fox News.
I'm convinced Chuck is gonna retire and they will clear the field for her to take his seat, in exchange for a pledge to not run for President and interfere with Gavin's coronation. He's the Next One Up, after all....
Maybe after a term or three in the Senate the old misogynists will have died off and a Presidential candidate with a vagina can get elected.
The President has 10 days (excluding Sundays) to sign the bill, or veto it. If he does neither, the bill takes effect as if he had signed it -- as long as Congress is still in session.
A Pocket Veto is when the President doesn't sign a bill, and Congress is not in session when the 10 day period expires. In that case, the law will not take effect.
But, these days Congress never formally adjourns. Even when they go home, local members still hold formal sessions where nothing is done specifically to keep Congress in session. And I think even this Congress won't simply adjourn itself because Trump wants it to.
This was also a discussion when Trump nominated idiots like Matt Gaetz, who had no shot of getting confirmed. Trump wanted Congress to adjourn itself, so he could make a Recess Appointment. They declined. If they didn't roll over then, they won't now.
I'm imagining all those folks who get upset over being assigned "the mark of the beast" being OK with this, even though the GOP symbol is an elephant ....
It's particularly bonkers because the bill passed with a veto-proof majority
The bill, called the 21st Century Road to Housing Act, passed 358-32 in the House. The Senate approved it Monday with similarly overwhelming bipartisan support.
So, Trump has zero leverage here. Unless he thinks, somehow, he can convince Republicans to switch sides and vote against a veto override on a bill they already voted for.
This bill is becoming law whether he supports it or not. It's also quite popular (with everyone who is not in Private Equity). Usually, he bends over backwards to be seen on the popular side of an issue. This makes no sense, even by Trump logic.
Every industry has an accessibility crisis. Lazy MBAs don't want to sell products that appeal to everyone if they can sell products that only appeal to rich people with less effort.
I mean, Congress isn't exactly asserting their authority as a co-equal branch of government here. They should be holding the President to account, yet the House Speaker admits that he is "protecting" the President.
To his credit, Cassidy realizes that too. The full quote is:
But isn't it clear that Congress isn't acting like an appendage, but more kike an organ. Specifically a pussy. Congress is a bunch of pussies, and we know how Trump treats those.