Well the President did declare the Senate was in recess, so he must think he is.

(03-10-2016 01:46 PM)adcorbett Wrote:  

(03-10-2016 12:56 PM)ClairtonPanther Wrote:  Yes he has veto power but congress has the ability to override a veto. Plus senate has the ability to filabuster. And XO's are merely changing how current laws are enforced.

Congress has rarely been able to override a veto as a percentage. That is why the power of Veto works. For example, Clinton only had 2 of his 38 vetoes overridden, which at just over 5% is the historical average, and even that might be inflated because of two somewhat unpopular presidents (Andrew Johnson and Gerald Ford) who had an unusually high number of vetoes overridden. The numbers are even lower if you include pocket vetoes.

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President    Reg Vet    Pock Vet    Tot Veto    Vet OR    Pct vet OR    Pct Reg Vt OR
Total    1504    1067    2571    110    4%    7%
George Wash'ton    2    0    2    0    0%    0%
John Adams    0    0    0    0    N/A    N/A
Thom Jefferson    0    0    0    0    N/A    N/A
James Madison    5    2    7    0    0%    0%
James Monroe    1    0    1    0    0%    0%
John Q. Adams    0    0    0    0    N/A    N/A
Andrew Jackson    5    7    12    0    0%    0%
Martin VBuren    0    1    1    0    0%    0%
William Harrison    0    0    0    0    N/A    N/A
John Tyler    6    4    10    1    10%    16%
James Polk    2    1    3    0    0%    0%
Zachary Taylor    0    0    0    0    N/A    N/A
Millard Fillmore    0    0    0    0    N/A    N/A
Franklin Pierce    9    0    9    5    56%    56%
James Buchanan    4    3    7    0    0%    0%
Abraham Lincoln    2    5    7    0    0%    0%
Andrew Johnson    21    8    29    15    52%    71%
Ulysses S. Grant    45    48    93    4    4%    9%
Rutherford Hayes    12    1    13    1    8%    8%
James Garfield    0    0    0    0    N/A    N/A
Chester Arthur    4    8    12    1    8%    25%
Grover Cleveland    304    110    414    2    1%    1%
Benjamin Harrison    19    25    44    1    2%    5%
Grover Cleveland    42    128    170    5    3%    12%
William McKinley    6    36    42    0    0%    0%
Teddy Roosevelt    42    40    82    1    1%    2%
William Taft    30    9    39    1    3%    3%
Woodrow Wilson    33    11    44    6    14%    18%
Warren Harding    5    1    6    0    0%    0%
Calvin Coolidge    20    30    50    4    8%    20%
Herbert Hoover    21    16    37    3    8%    14%
F D Roosevelt    372    263    635    9    1%    2%
Harry Truman    180    70    250    12    5%    7%
Dwight Eisenhower    73    108    181    2    1%    3%
John Kennedy    12    9    21    0    0%    0%
Lyndon Johnson    16    14    30    0    0%    0%
Richard Nixon    27    17    43    7    16%    27%
Gerald Ford    48    18    66    12    18%    25%
Jimmy Carter    13    18    31    2    6%    15%
Ronald Reagan    39    39    78    9    12%    23%
George Bush    29    15    44    1    2%    2%
Bill Clinton    36    1    37    2    5%    6%
George W. Bush    11    1    12    4    33%    36%
Barack Obama    8    1    9    0    0%    0%

interesting how the pony express, to the tap tap tap, to the boob tube, to the current has evolved, eh?

(03-10-2016 02:41 PM)miko33 Wrote:  Your buddy is confusing the US system of gov't with the parliamentary systems of the UK, Canada, etc where the Prime Minister is also the head of parliament.

agree.....the current playing field is essentially a parliamentary system....