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Sarah Reese Jones @PoliticusSarah 2m2 minutes agoNancy Pelosi warns Trump that the House has been restored to a co-equal branch of government.
"Our nation is at an historic moment. Two months ago the people spoke and demanded a new dawn. They called upon the beauty of our constitution and system of checks-and-balances that protects our democracy, remembering that legislative branch is co-equal to presidency and judiciary."
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niyad
(113,612 posts)riversedge
(70,347 posts)FBaggins
(26,775 posts)The legislative branch as a whole is.
bigtree
(86,008 posts)...???
FBaggins
(26,775 posts)But not really a "check"... since the House by itself can't do much to executive and/or regulatory actions or to judicial nominations.
bigtree
(86,008 posts)...it can effectively end wars.
FBaggins
(26,775 posts)We can't defund a war because we can't pass a budget that defunds a war without the Senate passing the same thing. We can stop some budget excesses, but we already had that power through the filibuster.
What we really gained in that regard is that they can no longer use the procedural end-around that avoids filibusters on some budget votes.
bigtree
(86,008 posts)...kind of a defeatist view, but whatevs.
Pelosi -We Will Restore Checks And Balances To Trump Administration
pintobean
(18,101 posts)This Sarah Reese Jones "journalist" got it wrong.
bigtree
(86,008 posts)...the inference in her statement about a 'co-equal' check on the presidency is exactly how this journalist framed it.
"Two months ago the people spoke and demanded a new dawn. They called upon the beauty of our constitution and system of checks-and-balances that protects our democracy, remembering that legislative branch is co-equal to presidency and judiciary."
pintobean
(18,101 posts)congress is. The house is only half of congress.
bigtree
(86,008 posts)Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)Actually #Superior
bigtree
(86,008 posts)...opposite republican presidents, republican Senates.
Hulk
(6,699 posts)Going to wait for these idiots to start taking apart the suit or tie of the next male politician when he gives a message.
We certainly are a reality star nation, so full of meaningless value and easily distracted to look toward a shiny object when pulled out in front of our eyes.
Weak, nation of morons.....
malaise
(269,219 posts)Go Nancy!