Here are all Obama's orders thus far and here are all presidential orders. He has already issued 166 which by the way is a long way behind Reagan who had 380.
from http://usgovteducatorsblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/executive-orders.html
Showing posts with label presidency. Show all posts
Showing posts with label presidency. Show all posts
Saturday, 1 February 2014
Friday, 31 January 2014
Thursday, 23 May 2013
Excellent article about Obama's second term
A simple to understand yet insightful article about Obama's second term. Good refs to relationship with congress.
Wednesday, 22 May 2013
Friday, 17 May 2013
Thursday, 16 May 2013
Friday, 10 May 2013
How successful is Obama as President? CQ Ratings
2012 Congressional Vote Studies | The Data Mine – CQ Roll Call: "ck Obama first took office, he enjoyed Democratic majorities in both chambers and record high success rates. In 2009, Obama won on 94 percent of House votes on which he expressed a clear position, tying Lyndon Johnson’s record from 1965. He prevailed on 99 percent of Senate votes that year, by far the highest success rate on record."
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Wednesday, 8 May 2013
May 2013 How strong is the US presidency?
http://m.guardiannews.com/commentisfree/2013/may/08/obama-not-lame-duck-gop-obstructs-everything
Good synopticity here. Liberal Guardian backing the blame-the-GOP line.
Tuesday, 7 May 2013
Obama versus Congress on Guantanamo | Nicholas Wapshott
As a candidate in 2008, Obama, a distinguished Harvard-educated legal scholar known in the Senate for his common sense and humanity, promised to quickly close the prison for 166 terrorist suspects in the U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. The existence of a U.S. detention center that ignores the basic legal right of habeas corpus and the failure to bring prisoners to trial after so many years “erode our moral claims that we are acting on behalf of broader universal principles,” he said. He went on to repeat his pledge, yet five years on, Gitmo is still open for business.
The president’s embarrassment can be blamed, in part, on his naïveté. For a while after his inauguration in 2009 he appeared to be under the impression he had been elected the most powerful man on earth. It has taken four painful years for him to realize that the division of government guaranteed by the Constitution prevents him from doing not only what he wishes but what a majority of Americans have mandated.Under the guise of saving money, Congress has stymied the president’s plan to try those believed guilty of terrorist offenses on U.S. soil and to release the 86 innocents who have been held without trial for years. Despite their insistence that they believe in America’s system of justice, it appears that many congressmen have little faith in it.
Obama versus Congress on Guantanamo | Nicholas Wapshott:
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Dec 2011: Why Obama Can't Close Guantanamo | Foreign Affairs
Why Obama Can't Close Guantanamo | Foreign Affairs:
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Congress has used its spending oversight authority both to forbid the White House from financing trials of Guantánamo captives on U.S. soil and to block the acquisition of a state prison in Illinois to hold captives currently held in Cuba who would not be put on trial -- a sort of Guantánamo North. The current defense bill now before Congress not only reinforces these restrictions but moves to mandate military detention for most future al Qaeda cases unless the president signs a waiver. The White House withdrew a veto threat on the eve of likely passage Wednesday, saying the latest language gives the executive enough wiggle room to avoid military custody.
May 2013: Obama's Renewed Push to Close Guantanamo Faces Test in Congress - WSJ.com
The Gitmo hunger strike has seen Obama renew his attempts to close the detention centre.
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Monday, 6 May 2013
Tuesday, 30 April 2013
Saturday, 27 April 2013
Why did Obama's gun control attempts fail?
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2013/04/four-reasons-why-the-gun-control-bills-failed.html
Excellent article on why Obama's gun control attempts. Excerpt here from reason number 4....
4. Our Weak Presidency
Facing a Congress in which the House is controlled by Republicans and the Senate is hobbled by the filibuster, Barack Obama’s legislative strategy this year leans heavily on his use of the bully pulpit to shame Republicans into backing his initiatives, especially on gun control. But even on an issue with overwhelming public support, Obama’s poignant speeches, numerous campaign-style events, and the use of his new political arm (Organizing for Action) were no match for the N.R.A. It’s even possible that his campaigning hardened opposition to the proposals and bolstered the N.R.A.’s efforts. (I spent some time shooting shotguns and an AK-47 with three gun enthusiasts in Arizona recently, and they all viewed Obama’s current gun-control agenda in near-apocalyptic terms.)
Excellent article on why Obama's gun control attempts. Excerpt here from reason number 4....
4. Our Weak Presidency
Facing a Congress in which the House is controlled by Republicans and the Senate is hobbled by the filibuster, Barack Obama’s legislative strategy this year leans heavily on his use of the bully pulpit to shame Republicans into backing his initiatives, especially on gun control. But even on an issue with overwhelming public support, Obama’s poignant speeches, numerous campaign-style events, and the use of his new political arm (Organizing for Action) were no match for the N.R.A. It’s even possible that his campaigning hardened opposition to the proposals and bolstered the N.R.A.’s efforts. (I spent some time shooting shotguns and an AK-47 with three gun enthusiasts in Arizona recently, and they all viewed Obama’s current gun-control agenda in near-apocalyptic terms.)
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