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2016 Postmortem

In reply to the discussion: Clinton would use executive action to end tax loophole: USA Today [View all]

JoePhilly

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8. DADT ... DOMA ... there are 2 reasons.
Reply to PoliticAverse (Reply #2)
Wed Jun 15, 2016, 11:27 PM
Jun 2016

Executive orders are (a) temporary, and (b) they let Congress off the hook.

Obama showed that.

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Clinton would use executive action to end tax loophole: USA Today [View all] applegrove Jun 2016 OP
Inaccurate. she said she would ASK them to change it. peacebird Jun 2016 #1
That's semantics. Asking the Treasury Department to change it would result in it being changed. Zynx Jun 2016 #3
"Clinton said that if Congress did not act" - why wait for Congress if it can be done by executive PoliticAverse Jun 2016 #2
Because Congress can make it permanent and geek tragedy Jun 2016 #4
Congress won't. Demsrule86 Jun 2016 #5
The exceutive order wouldn't prevent Congress from passing a bill at a later date. n/t PoliticAverse Jun 2016 #7
Exactly. peacebird Jun 2016 #6
DADT ... DOMA ... there are 2 reasons. JoePhilly Jun 2016 #8
Obama wanted the Supreme Court to make a finding on the law that Congress passed PoliticAverse Jun 2016 #9
Exactly correct ... well sort of ... JoePhilly Jun 2016 #10
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