UM Romney...President Obama can't make legislation

[demtenjeep]

his speech this morning said that President Obama is the "leader of the free world" he should "draft his own legislation"


Really Mitt do you not know the constitution?

[MH1]

1. What, he can't?? I saw here on DU that he can!!

(wish I could say I was just kidding.)

[cthulu2016]

2. The executive routinely drafts proposed legislation

The executive cannot unilatterally cause such drafted legislation to be passed, but there's nothing odd about the executive putting its ideas about needed legislation in the form of real legislative language.

[WI_DEM]

3. Actually he can draft legislation and present it to congress

FDR did that with much of his early New Deal as did LBJ with the Great Society. But that is mute point because the GOP isn't going to pass anything this president wants.

[tammywammy]

4. He can draft legislation

Presidential administrations routinely draft legislation and then send it to Congress to be introduced. Anyone can draft it, you just have to get someone in Congress to introduce it and take it from there.

[FarLeftFist]

5. Didn't he try that with the Jobs Bill? Yeah, the GOP isn't going for it/anything.