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Shift on Executive Powers Let Obama Bypass Congress
Source: The New York Times

WASHINGTON — One Saturday last fall, President Obama interrupted a White House strategy meeting to raise an issue not on the agenda. He declared, aides recalled, that the administration needed to more aggressively use executive power to govern in the face of Congressional …

This is scary!

This executive order reads like many an executive order before it. But this one goes so much farther than any I have read previously. It grants directors of agencies the right to totally control sales of fertilizers (or anything the contains potassium, nitrogen, or phosphorous),  …

The Right's Obama Martial Law #Fail
Source: MotherJones.com

President Obama wants to conquer your farmland, plunder its resources, feast upon the contents of your refrigerator, and then draft you into slave labor for his aggressive war on Iran. Such is the narrative that has emerged out of the right's latest phony freak-out about Obama's …

HR. 347 National Defense Resource Preparedness Act Signed By Obama

  An executive order is basically a presidential directive signed by the commander in chief. This is a form of expedited passage of law which bypasses the vote of Congress and approval by the Senate. In its most innocent form, an executive order is the least time consuming  …

Obama woos tourists from Brazil, China, and India - issues Executive Order to make it easier for travelers to get visas to visit the USA
Source: Manoramaonline

President Barack Obama has issued an Executive Order to make it easier for travelers from emerging economies to get visas to visit the United States. Aimed at boosting foreign tourism, the order came two days after he identified India, China, and Brazil among countries that co …

At the start of 2012, it is a good time to ask: Will President Obama enjoy a second term in the White House? (Poll)

For me, there has never been any doubt. Even in the midst of his worst unfavourable ratings, I felt the President would be still in the White House for a second term. I knew, by their callous, self serving and immature actions, that the Republicans would keep him there.

Obamateurism of the Day: Obama speaks for God.
Source: Hot Air

In order to get a proposal made into law, a President has to convince Congress to pass it.  What happens when a President can’t convince Congress?  He has to take it to a higher power — the voters.  When a President can’t convince the voters, wh …

Dem Rep. Luis Gutierrez Demands Obama Use Executive Orders to Grant Amnesty…
Source: Weasel Zippers

Here’s video of Congressman Gutierrez laying out his demands in a very calm demeanor . . . just kidding, he screams and shrieks like a maniac.

Scott signs executive orders on regulation, diversity, ethics and E-verify
Source: The Orlando Sentinel

TALLAHASSEE – Minutes after being sworn in, Gov. Rick Scott signed four executive orders — the two biggest freezing new government regulation and requiring state agencies to use the E-verify system to check whether job applicants are in the U.S. legally.

Obama ready to deploy executive powers against GOP Hill
Source: Washington Examiner

Obama faces the possibility of having his agenda stalled with limited room to maneuver -- making for tough sledding in the two years leading up to his 2012 re-election bid. In response, Obama is expected to make more frequent use of executive orders, vetoes, signing statements a …

OpEdNews - Article: Obama's Liberty Problem: Why Indefinite Detention by Executive Order Should Scare the Hell Out of People
Source: OpEdNews.Com Progressive

The right to liberty is one of the foundation rights of a free people. The idea that any US President can bypass Congress and bypass the Courts by issuing an Executive Order setting up a new legal system for indefinite detention of people should rightfull

OpEdNews - Article: Indefinite Detention of Guantanamo Detainees to Become a Long-Term U.S. Policy
Source: OpEdNews.Com Progressive

Not only does it appear that President Obama does not have the authority to argue for the institutionalization of indefinite detention in U.S.

AMERIKAN ECONOMIC CRASH 2011

The China Daily; Foreign and Military Affairs China, Russia quit dollar By Su Qiang and Li Xiaokun (China Daily) Updated: 2010-11-24 08:02 These both were posted on November 24, 2010

The Power of the President: things Obama can do without Congressional action to deliver results to the American people
Source: Center for American Progress

"This material [The Power of the President: Recommendations to Advance Progressive Change By the Center for American Progress Staff and Senior Fellows, Compiled by Sarah Rosen Wartell] was published by the Center for American Progress" (online)Concentrating on executive powers pr …

Gov. Brewer blasts Obama-Clinton UN report - National Law Enforcement | Examiner.com
Source: Examiner

The Obama Administration made public its first-ever report to the United Nations Human Rights Council detailing the condition of human rights in America and subjecting the nation to criticism from countries like Iran, Cuba, China and others. According to the report, the Unite …

Federal Judge just says NO to Obama's executive order
Source: Politico

By ABBY PHILLIP | 8/23/10 6:54 PM EDT Updated: 8/23/10 7:24 PM EDT "A federal judge on Monday issued a temporary ban on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, sidetracking President Barack Obama's executive order which had expanded federal funding for human stem cel …

A Lame Duck Governor Fabricates A Hoped-For Legacy
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NYT lauds the Gov. for tackling issues that have "bedeviled lawmakers for centuries". They conveniently skip, however, that announcing you are taking something on and getting anything done are two different things.

Vilification Of Bart Stupak Abandons All Reason
Source: Chicago Tribune

Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., has been cast into the outer darkness by those he once regarded as allies in the anti-abortion movement because he dared to take yes for an answer.

When government deigns to dictate how businesses are run, it's nothing but trouble | The North Star National
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The president: "Well, I don't have the authority as I understand it — I can't simply issue an executive order lowering everybody's rates. If I could I would have done that already…" Frightening.

Obama Making Plans to Use Executive Power. By Peter Baker. February 12, 2010
Source: The New York Times

WASHINGTON — With much of his legislative agenda stalled in Congress, President Obama and his team are preparing an array of actions using his executive power to advance energy, environmental, fiscal and other domestic policy priorities.

Are (Presidential) Executive Orders Constitutional?

Are (Presidential) Executive Orders Constitutional? Newsviners, I was listening to hate radio and watching inflammatory T.V. last week. Rep. Ron Paul was on both, he mentioned (stated) how executive orders were/are unconstitutional.

Obama Executive Order Cedes US Sovereignty, Citizen Rights to Interpol
Source:

As horrifying as the health care legislation is and I personally believe it is worthy of revolt, this Executive Order has the potential to be monstrous. This now says that Interpol is no longer subject to the Freedom of Information Act.

Forced Union Payments on Tax Paid Projects
Source: baconsrebellion.com

In an Executive Order few have heard about, President Obama is trying to eliminate union competition for federal construction projects.

Trasparency: A new law for Congress and the White House that both left and right can agree on. POLL

I actually read bills, think its fun. But there's one aspect of legislation that drives me up the wall and causes a whole bunch of confusion.

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