Obama False Power

Unshared Power of the American Government

On January 3, 2015, the 114th Congress with the Republicans being the majority party in Congress, in both the Senate and the House of Representatives, seated the Capitol Building. The controversy takes place in Washington D.C., the capital city of the United States, inside the Senate chamber and the House of Representatives of the Capitol Building. The people involved include President Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, and all of the senators and representatives. Many people believe that with a Republican filled Congress can come great results such as fixing all the mistakes Obama made. Others believe that a Democrat President and a Republican Congress will not mix efficiently, as they will tend to veto

One of the controversies that sparked out almost immediately with Congress and Obama are the issues facing the economy, which Congress believes that Obama will not solve. Zack Colman of the Washington Examiner says in the title of the article, “Republicans in Congress Try to Block Obama Administration’s Environmental Plans.” Republicans attempt to handicap Obama’s environmental plans to help resist issues like droughts and global warming. Colman explains that, “House lawmakers are trying to block a number of Obama's regulations through the House Interior and Environment spending bill for fiscal 2016... tighter standards on the amount of ground-level ozone, or smog, allowed in the atmosphere.” Republicans understand that they will not be able to fully stop all of Obama’s plans due to his sneaky behavior, but since they control a majority of Congress, they are in a strong position to negotiate with Obama. Even though they trend to bash Obama for being a greedy and selfish president who wants money, the Republicans do want to see Obama make America great. Democrats and environmental groups, however, hated the measures proposed in the Republican House bill, as well as others, “Such as one rider that would prevent the Interior Department from listing the greater sage grouse as an

The House of Representatives, according to Jonathan Weisman’s New York Times article, “House Rejects Trade Measure,” canceled Obama’s push to expand trade negotiated power and his chance to secure an accord spanning across the Pacific Ocean. Surprisingly, the push did not come from the Republicans, but from the Democrats, Obama’s home party. The House Democrats voted to end assistance to workers displaced by global trade, a program the Democrats wanted to keep running for the four years of Obama’s second term as President of the US. Representative Nancy Pelosi of California, the House minority leader, comments, “We want a better deal for America’s workers.” The Democrats likely thwarted Obama’s goals of more trade because Obama wanted to double the trade with every ally of the US on the Pacific coast. But by increasing the money due for the foreign countries, Obama’s wealth will increase by 40%. Meanwhile, the Republicans passed a bill that would grant the president the trade negotiation authority as long as he follows the order of it, but the Democrats voted down the bill to where Obama cannot review it to accept or veto the bill. After hearing about the Democrats’ decision, Obama attempts to play down the defeat, by commenting, “These kinds of agreements make sure that the global economy’s rules are not written by countries like China; they’re written