Rep. Smith Column: Pushing Back on Unworkable Executive Mandates
May 11, 2024
May 11, 2024
WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Nebraska, issued the following column on May 10, 2024:
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Pushing Back on Unworkable Executive Mandates
In 2014, President Obama famously said, "I've got a pen and I've got a phone," telling the American people he didn't care whether Congress had provided legislative authority for his favored policies--he would go it alone whenever he felt like it. Ten years later, Obama's then-Vice President, now-Pres . . .
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Pushing Back on Unworkable Executive Mandates
In 2014, President Obama famously said, "I've got a pen and I've got a phone," telling the American people he didn't care whether Congress had provided legislative authority for his favored policies--he would go it alone whenever he felt like it. Ten years later, Obama's then-Vice President, now-Pres . . .