In a recent WaPo article, Bush was complaining about Congress and threatening to implement new policy by executive order.
The White House plans to try implementing as much new policy as it can by administrative order while stepping up its confrontational rhetoric with Congress after concluding that President Bush cannot do much business with the Democratic leadership, administration officials said.
According to those officials, Bush and his advisers blame Democrats for the holdup of Judge Michael B. Mukasey’s nomination to be attorney general, the failure to pass any of the 12 annual spending bills, and what they see as their refusal to involve the White House in any meaningful negotiations over the stalemated children’s health-care legislation.
So let’s take a look at this. Congress won’t rubber stamp a nominee who wants to use torture, stealing from the poor to give to the rich, or denying children needed health care coverage.
