Kamala Harris is preparing to govern by executive order
by Philip Klein
| July 18, 2019 04:17 PM
Sen. Kamala Harris is leading the pack of 2020 Democratic presidential candidates when it comes to outlining executive action she would take if she were elected and her proposals were thwarted by Congress.
For all the focus that there has been on big ticket items Democrats are proposing, the reality is that even in the best case scenario, the next Democratic president will be taking office with a razor-thin Senate majority, and passing anything major would require nuking the filibuster and winning the votes of Democrats representing traditionally red states.
So, the sweeping proposals that have been the focus of so much attention — free college, student loan cancellation, free healthcare, free day care, guaranteed government jobs, the Green New Deal — none of them have a realistic path to legislative passage.
President Barack Obama famously adopted the "pen and phone" strategy to implement key priorities from healthcare to immigration when he couldn't get what he wanted out of Congress. President Trump has continued that tradition, most prominently, with his moves on immigration and efforts to invoke emergency powers to build his border wall.
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