Trump Says He Has Signed More Bills Than Any President, Ever. He Hasn't.

[DonViejo]

By MICHAEL D. SHEAR and KAREN YOURISH
JULY 17, 2017

WASHINGTON — To hear President Trump tell it, his first six months in the White House should be judged in part by the legislation he has signed into law.

At rallies, in speeches and on Twitter, Mr. Trump repeatedly boasts of the bills he has signed — 42 as of this week. He has said no president has “passed more legislation,” conceding once earlier this year that he trails Franklin D. Roosevelt, who he notes “had a major Depression to handle.”

On Monday, he went even further, claiming to have bested all of his predecessors in turning bills into law. “We’ve signed more bills — and I’m talking about through the legislature — than any president, ever,” Mr. Trump said at a “Made in America” event at the White House. “For a while, Harry Truman had us. And now, I think, we have everybody.”

Turning to Vice President Mike Pence, he added an aside about news media fact-checkers: “I better say ‘think’; otherwise they will give you a Pinocchio. And I don’t like Pinocchios.”

In fact, as he approaches six months in office on Thursday, Mr. Trump is slightly behind the lawmaking pace for the past six presidents, who as a group signed an average of 43 bills during the same period. And an analysis of the bills Mr. Trump signed shows that about half were minor and inconsequential, passed by Congress with little debate. Among recent presidents, both the total number of bills he signed and the legislation’s substance make Mr. Trump about average.

President Jimmy Carter signed 70 bills in the first six months, according to an analysis of bills signed by previous White House occupants. Bill Clinton signed 50. George W. Bush signed 20 bills into law. Barack Obama signed 39 bills during the period, including an $800 billion stimulus program to confront an economic disaster, legislation to make it easier for women to sue for equal pay, a bill to give the Food and Drug Administration the authority to regulate tobacco and an expansion of the federal health insurance program for children.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/17/us/politics/trump-laws-bills.html

[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. The Washington Post's Fact Checker columnist, revealing the truth behind the rhetoric.

https://twitter.com/GlennKesslerWP

Glenn Kessler looks at each and every lie, so you don't have to.

[forgotmylogin]

2. He likes writing his name.

Probably if you count the bills he has signed for food delivery...

[progressoid]

3. He opens his mouth and a lie comes out.

Always.

[bhikkhu]

4. Choco rations going up! n/t

[Proud Liberal Dem]

5. Most of what he's signed have been Executive Orders

and some bills undoing Obama-era regulations. Big whoop. His doesn't even scratch LBJ's or even President Obama's records of legislative accomplishments.

[smirkymonkey]

6. He still doesn't know the difference between a bill and an executive order

So the biggest differences between regular statute laws and executive orders boils down to these points:

1. If statute laws and executive orders contradict each other, statute law wins and the executive order is nullified.
2. The general US population is required to obey statute laws, but not executive orders.
3. Statute laws require a vote in Congress to become law, and executive orders do not.

He thinks he is much more powerful than he is. He is a fucking idiot.

[Wounded Bear]

7. If you factor in how much he owes the Russians, he might be right...

Oh, you were talking about a different kind of "bill."

[Gothmog]

8. Trump is a liar