[Mick]

IMO the problem isn’t so much the power of the Executive, it is the fecklessness of Congress. Driven by uber partisanship. 2016 should have been a wake up call. It wasn’t.  Congress, in its inability to compromise, has as a result ceded much of its power to the Executive.  Leading, among other things, to the rise of Executive Orders.  Consider this Reagan’s ‘ 86 tax reform bill was sponsored in the House by Dan Rostenkowsi.  It passed with bipartisan support. Both Obama (ACA) and Trumps (tax reform) biggest legislative victories passed purely on party lines. Which of course means when you have a change of party in the White House they simply try to undo the legislation. Trump and the Republicans have tried it with the ACA and if Biden wins he and the Democrats will try the same thing with tax reform.

Current congressional approval rating per Gallup is 21% approval.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/1600/congress-public.aspx

[Mick]

IMO the problem isn’t so much the power of the Executive, it is the fecklessness of Congress. Driven by uber partisanship. 2016 should have been a wake up call. It wasn’t.  Congress, in its inability to compromise, has as a result ceded much of its power to the Executive.  Leading, among other things, to the rise of Executive Orders.  Consider this Reagan’s ‘ 86 tax reform bill was sponsored in the House by Dan Rostenkowsi.  It passed with bipartisan support. Both Obama (ACA) and Trumps (tax reform) biggest legislative victories passed purely on party lines. Which of course means when you have a change of party in the White House they simply try to undo the legislation. Trump and the Republicans have tried it with the ACA and if Biden wins he and the Democrats will try the same thing with tax reform.

Current congressional approval rating per Gallup is 21% approval.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/1600/congress-public.aspx