PBS In The Bag For o'Bumma: How much power can the president wield by sidestepping Congress?

6/20/2014
PBS

Facing partisan gridlock, President Obama has bypassed Congress by using executive actions on issues like equal pay, student loans and carbon pollution. But each order faces backlash that the president has overstepped his power. Jeffrey Brown gets debate from Jonathan Turley of The George Washington Universitynd Michael Waldman of the Brennan Center for Justice.

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