Congressional Republicans Suddenly Lose Interest in Executive Overreach
GOP leaders denounced Barack Obama’s reliance on unilateral orders, but they’re fine with Trump’s actions—so far.
by Russell Berman
Jan 26, 2017
2 minutes
PHILADELPHIA—There were few things that infuriated congressional Republicans more during Barack Obama’s eight years in the White House than the words “a pen and a phone.” They were shorthand for the president’s aggressive use of executive authority to go around a recalcitrant Congress and achieve his priorities unilaterally, whether on immigration, climate change, or how his administration implemented the Affordable Care Act.
Republican leaders denounced Obama
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