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<blockquote data-quote="728ups" data-source="post: 1350456" data-attributes="member: 33372">John Boehner Wants to Sue President Obama for Being Presidenthttp://aattp.org/john-boehner-wants-to-sue-president-obama-for-being-president/Boehner and other wingnuts feel that President Obama is using executive powers to sidestep the legislative process to perform such atrocious actions as adjust the minimum wage for federal employees and employees of federal contractors, ease student loan debt, and prevent discrimination against the LGBT community.While Republicans tout his 180 issuances of executive orders as proof of corruption, they ignore that George W. Bush issued nearly 300 during his Presidency. Ronald Reagan issued 381 executive orders. In fact, so far, President Obama has issued fewer executive orders than any President since the Carter administration, with the exception of George H.W. Bush.“President Obama issues an executive order, on average, about every 11 days. President George W. Bush issued them every 10 days. President Reagan issued about one a week. President Carter issued more than one every five days,” John Hudak, a Brookings fellow in governance studies, explained.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="728ups, post: 1350456, member: 33372"] John Boehner Wants to Sue President Obama for Being Presidenthttp://aattp.org/john-boehner-wants-to-sue-president-obama-for-being-president/ Boehner and other wingnuts feel that President Obama is using executive powers to sidestep the legislative process to perform such atrocious actions as adjust the minimum wage for federal employees and employees of federal contractors, ease student loan debt, and prevent discrimination against the LGBT community. While Republicans tout his 180 issuances of executive orders as proof of corruption, they ignore that George W. Bush issued nearly 300 during his Presidency. Ronald Reagan issued 381 executive orders. In fact, so far, President Obama has issued fewer executive orders than any President since the Carter administration, with the exception of George H.W. Bush. “President Obama issues an executive order, on average, about every 11 days. President George W. Bush issued them every 10 days. President Reagan issued about one a week. President Carter issued more than one every five days,” John Hudak, a Brookings fellow in governance studies, explained. [/QUOTE]

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