Staying Power
Here’s a Financial Times piece about Obama’s new health care plan (you may have to register, it’s free).
-
Bok’s Newest
Most Popular
- Wall Street out on a Ledge over China
- Milley Over The Horizon Surprise
- There’s No Free Lunch, Unless You’re President Biden
- Gorilla Mask Egg Caper Draws Crickets
- Worried that Trump Less than a Stable Genius
- What’s WannaCry?
- Transgender Equity Order and Inequality in Sports
- Fire Feeding Feds
- Pipeline Shakedown
- Cancel Culture
Categories
Archives
get bokbluster by email
Be 1st on Your Block to Enjoy Bok's Cartoons!
Trending Tags
Afghanistan Benghazi Biden budget Congress debt debt ceiling Democrats Economy editorial cartoon editorial cartoons 2013 Egypt election eric holder Fannie Mae fast and furious fiscal cliff funny political cartoon gay marriage Harry Reid health care Health care bill Hillary income tax individual mandate IRS jobs Libya nfl Obama obamacare obama cartoon obama cartoons obama political cartoon obama political cartoons pelosi political cartoons 2013 Putin republicans romney senate supreme court syria tea party unemployment
Excellent point, as usual, sir. Has anyone in the media questioned whether it is Constitutional for the Executive Branch to write Legislation? Isn’t that a function of the Legislative Branch and the Executive has the authority to either accept or reject legislation placed on the desk inside the Oval Office? Perhaps I’m confused as to the separation of powers. Please, somebody enlighten me.
You’d think that Obama believes that health care was written into the constitution.
@ Injuntarian: While it is the OFFICIAL, CONSTITUTIONAL duty of Congress to create & pass legislation for the President to sign into Law (or veto), it has been common enough for a very long time for Presidents to use the “Bully Pulpit” to get things done (i.e., pass bills into law). This can take the form of just dropping hints in public (i.e., to the Media), which would be “Bully Pulpit Lite”, or go whole hog by drafting legislation entirely, announcing it to the Media, and then basically DARING Congress NOT to pass it… which would be the Bully Pulpit Full Monty. In any case, the bills must be introduced and passed in both houses of Congress, and then go to the President for his signature, REGARDLESS who the actual original author or scrivener might be…
Got that? There WILL be a test… 😉 Oh, yeah… great ‘toon Chip!! 🙂