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duderium ,

I forget, is Joe Manchin president, or Joe Biden? Some liberal experts with knowledge of civics and critical thinking, please enlighten me.

GBU_28 , (edited )

I am not a “liberal expert”, but am generally familiar.

The president can’t do anything they want, forever.

Biden used an executive order to enact a bunch of assistance programs during the end portion of covid. Included in that were things related to this topic.

Executive orders are temporary, and exist to allow the president to make fast adjustments to hopefully help people out or protect the country, on lots of topics. For example, if the president believes there is an imminent security risk, they can mobilize the military for a short time without Congressional approval.

If it seems like a topic that should be continued (like this one), Congress takes the issue up for a vote. Only Congress can make longer term budget decisions.

In this case Joe manchin campaigned on being aligned with this type of issue, and being aligned with Democrats on a variety of core positions. On several occasions in his career he has gone against this alignment at critically painful moments, and sided with republicans. Essentially not acting as he advertised. With Congress being closely split, his vote really matters.

So bidens temporary appropriations are now ending, and Congress didn’t continue them when it was expected they should be able to.

If Biden tried to just order it again, it would be struck down in courts due to this vote. This is an example of the balance of power between executive, representative, and judicial.

duderium ,

Biden is literally the most powerless person ever to exist while Trump was a dictator, even though both guys occupied the same political office. I am extremely intelligent.

GBU_28 ,

Dunno about that but you’re just another hb kid, cya

rjs001 ,
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Awww does baby not understand what was said and that’s why they insult and can’t actually respond to the question?

duderium ,

I’m in my thirties.

BurgerPunk ,
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pigpoop

spaceghoti OP ,

Today you learned about separation of powers and that in spite of what Donald Trump told you, Presidents aren’t kings.

duderium ,

How did separation of powers apply in 2008 when Obama was president, 60 democrats were in the senate, and the SCOTUS was “moderate”? Why didn’t the democrats pass universal health care and codify Roe during that time? Oh yeah, because they’re controlled by the same white supremacist bourgeoisie that controls the republicans. Now you’ve learned about the existence of class struggle—congratulations! And you’ve also learned that you’ve taken the side of the global 1% versus the global 99%, so pat yourself on the back!

Ubermeisters ,

You do realize using the word bourgeois instantly lets people know that you aren’t to be listened to, right? I’m going to call it a cat whistle because it’s the opposite of a dog whistle.

ghost_of_faso2 ,
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Way to write off an opinion in a way that tells everyone else how cucked you are by your paymasters.

Ubermeisters ,

Lmao ok bub, have a great life

ghost_of_faso2 ,
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thanks its been getting better in the last 5 minutes and its still going

duderium ,

Why?

ShimmeringKoi ,
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Aww you think your beliefs are your own, adorable

Ubermeisters ,

Aw you’re worried about my beliefs at all how inappropriate

asteroidnova ,
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The person you’re looking for is Joe Lieberman. He took that 60th vote away which kept the filibuster going.

Congratulations!

5ublimation ,
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football-lucy

Grimble ,

Lol fuck your shitty do-nothing government system. You look like a nerd in high suspenders for pretending it can be saved

Ubermeisters ,

Oh wow how unusual, a hexbear user being an absolute useless pile of garbage, how unusual…

duderium ,

Usefulness is when you lick the boots of Nazis, I am extremely intelligent, when has this approach ever failed? Excuse me now while I steal every penny to my name from the global poor!

rjs001 ,
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Okay boomer

Ubermeisters , (edited )

-posting error-

rjs001 ,
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Not sure where I mentioned you being young in anyway.

Ubermeisters ,

Tbh my comments seem to be showing up in the wrong areas and idk if it’s a lemmy issue or an app issue but it’s happened in a few spots today. I’ll delete the comment contents because at this point idk where it was supposed to be.

BurgerPunk ,
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smuglord

ShimmeringKoi ,
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hitler-detector

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