The Trump administration has ordered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to stop nearly all its work, effectively shutting down the agency that was created to protect consumers after the 2008 financial crisis and subprime mortgage-lending scandal.
They can do a lot. Do you remember the last twenty years under Democrat presidents? Republicans obstructed tons of things successfully, even when they were in the minority.
It’s a question of planning and willpower. Of course there are no perfect solutions, so don’t ask for those.
Well, yeah, but Democratic leadership is going to be too concerned about moving towards the center to pick up non-existent swing voters. They don’t want to be tOo diViSiVE (heavens forbid).
The Democrat presidents were a lot more respectful of Congress and the house and didn’t actively subvert them with unjustified executive orders.