Liberal Democrats in the House are so frustrated by Senate standoffs that they’re now imploring President Biden to pursue as much of the party’s agenda as he can without them
Nearly eight months out from the midterms, some House Democrats are acting like they’ve already lost their majority.
“People are realizing that, at this point in the cycle, executive order is probably where you’re going to start seeing more things get done,” said Rep. Anthony Brown , ticking off still unfinished items, including voting reforms and a policing overhaul bill named for George Floyd. Brown’s among the Democrats eyeing the congressional exits this year; he’s running for attorney general of his state.
For some liberal Democrats, it’s also a reflection of how many of their dearly held aims required a filibuster overhaul to get done — including reforms to elections and gun control, areas where bipartisan deal-making efforts have always fallen short. And dreams of weakening the filibuster got effectively squashed last year by resistance from Manchin and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema .
Jayapal’s isn’t the only influential House Democratic group preparing lists of potential actions for the Biden administration to take on priorities that have stalled out in Congress. That group also includes leaders of the Black Caucus, the Hispanic Caucus and the Asian Pacific American Caucus, whose leaders are talking with the White House about the policy areas where they’d like to see change.
Lawmakers acknowledge the orders are hardly a substitute for legislation and could easily be undone by the next administration. Despite the prospect of legal challenges, some view Biden’s executive powers as perhaps their best chance to spur immediate action. Still, the push for executive actions emerged as a dominant theme at House Democrats’ retreat in Philadelphia last week. There, House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn endorsed the idea, even noting that the Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order. Speaker Nancy Pelosi, too, acknowledged the role of presidential powers, though she reiterated the need for Congress to pass its own bills.
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