When Presidents propose a bill or plan, congress still has to draft and pass the bill in full, bc it includes more than just "issue this check."
So ask your congressional rep where your checks are, because it's on congress to get it through.
Nah. Where\u2019s the $2000?
— \U0001d544\U0001d55a\U0001d564\U0001d565\U0001d552\U0001d559\U0001d542\U0001d556\U0001d55d\U0001d55d\U0001d56a (@MistahKelly) January 26, 2021
The same Congress y'all said needed to be turned blue before things could get done? Oh okay. https://t.co/ShJ9qEwKKz
— \U0001f451 (@jasminaza_) January 26, 2021
Naima, don't do this. Trump showed us the power of executive orders and the bully pulpit. There's nothing wrong with Dems learning from him.
— Mello (@MelAnthony15) January 26, 2021
Naima, don't do this. Trump showed us the power of executive orders and the bully pulpit. There's nothing wrong with Dems learning from him.
— Mello (@MelAnthony15) January 26, 2021
They could have started working on it beforehand in the house when the new term started.
— Mario Latilleon (@latilleon) January 26, 2021
The Senate wasn\u2019t going to until the inauguration because of the Turtle.
FYI: We didn\u2019t have a Treasury Secretary until last night. You kinda want one of those in place before you start trying to craft fiscal policy.
— Corey Richardson (@vexedinthecity) January 26, 2021
To put it another way for @MelAnthony15, EO\u2019s are strictly the President using his or her powers to execute laws already on the books. The President has breathing room to execute the law as they interpret it, and if the President overreaches, they can be sued...
— Mario Latilleon (@latilleon) January 26, 2021
Or Congress can write a new bill (that has to be signed by the President or passed with a supermajority to override a Presidential veto) to override an executive order.
— Mario Latilleon (@latilleon) January 26, 2021
The President has an agenda/priorities, but only congress drafts actual law.
Then, there's the stark difference between how House and Senate operate.
Honest question: why do you feel the need to do all this? do you not feel also lied to by your president? why are you so on here carrying his water for free
— no more police no more prison no more military (@mwillz_) January 26, 2021
https://t.co/T3HoP3oRWa
Also important to note that Congress has the power of the purse. Biden cannot draft an executive order that has dollars attached to it. That has to be done through legislation.
— Trenise (@Trenise) January 26, 2021
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Long thread: Because I couldn’t find anything comprehensive, I’m just going to post everything I’ve seen in the news/Twitter about Trump’s activities related to the Jan 6th insurrection. I think the timing & context of his actions/inactions will matter a lot for a senate trial.
12/12: The earlier DC protest over the electoral college vote during clearly inspired Jan 6th. On Dec 12th, he tweeted: “Wow! Thousands of people forming in Washington (D.C.) for Stop the Steal. Didn’t know about this, but I’ll be seeing them! #MAGA.”
12/19: Trump announces the Jan. 6th event by tweeting, “Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild!” Immediately, insurrectionists begin to discuss the “Wild Protest.” Just 2 days later, this UK political analyst predicts the violence
12/26-27: Trump announces his participation on Twitter. On Dec. 29, the FBI sends out a nationwide bulletin warning legislatures about attacks https://t.co/Lgl4yk5aO1
1/1: Trump tweets the time of his protest. Then he retweets “The calvary is coming” on Jan. 6!” Sounds like a war? About this time, the FBI begins visiting right wing extremists to tell them not to go--does the FBI tell the president? https://t.co/3OxnB2AHdr
12/12: The earlier DC protest over the electoral college vote during clearly inspired Jan 6th. On Dec 12th, he tweeted: “Wow! Thousands of people forming in Washington (D.C.) for Stop the Steal. Didn’t know about this, but I’ll be seeing them! #MAGA.”
Jumping in for @DCist/@wamu885 this evening. The scene rn coming up 17th Street from BLM Plaza. pic.twitter.com/Fn9aukjEPW
— Matt Blitz (@WhyBlitz) December 12, 2020
12/19: Trump announces the Jan. 6th event by tweeting, “Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild!” Immediately, insurrectionists begin to discuss the “Wild Protest.” Just 2 days later, this UK political analyst predicts the violence
On January 6, armed Trumpist militias will be rallying in DC, at Trump's orders. It's highly likely that they'll try to storm the Capitol after it certifies Joe Biden's win. I don't think this has sunk in yet.
— Arieh Kovler (@ariehkovler) December 21, 2020
12/26-27: Trump announces his participation on Twitter. On Dec. 29, the FBI sends out a nationwide bulletin warning legislatures about attacks https://t.co/Lgl4yk5aO1
1/1: Trump tweets the time of his protest. Then he retweets “The calvary is coming” on Jan. 6!” Sounds like a war? About this time, the FBI begins visiting right wing extremists to tell them not to go--does the FBI tell the president? https://t.co/3OxnB2AHdr
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This product has narrow appeal and, accordingly, is worth about as much as everything else on a 486 sitting in someone's basement is worth.
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This product needs the exchanges like they need oxygen, because the value of it is directly tied to having payment rails to move real currency into the ecosystem and some jurisdictional and regulatory legerdemain to stay one step ahead of the banhammer.
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The benign product is sovereign programmable money, which is historically a niche interest of folks with a relatively clustered set of beliefs about the state, the literary merit of Snow Crash, and the utility of gold to the modern economy.
This product has narrow appeal and, accordingly, is worth about as much as everything else on a 486 sitting in someone's basement is worth.
The other product is investment scams, which have approximately the best product market fit of anything produced by humans. In no age, in no country, in no city, at no level of sophistication do people consistently say "Actually I would prefer not to get money for nothing."
This product needs the exchanges like they need oxygen, because the value of it is directly tied to having payment rails to move real currency into the ecosystem and some jurisdictional and regulatory legerdemain to stay one step ahead of the banhammer.
