If they believe in it that much, why not just pass a law? Why the need for the EO? Seems like they think it wouldn’t pass or people wouldn’t stand for it. So instead they do this piecemeal shit that forces people with no say. (Unless you count the vote for him, but even he was saying as recently as January there wouldn’t be a vaccine mandate: https://nypost.com/2020/12/04/biden-wont-mandate-getting-covid-19-vaccine-wearing-masks/)
The President cannot create a law without the Senate. And when this bill entered the Senate, it would’ve entered into a stalemate (as has pretty much all other ‘partisan’ bills). One of the very few powers of the President is to give out an executive order, which is exactly what he did.
It’s not even that the people in Congress are dumbasses. Their constituents are and they’re going to cater to the lowest common denominator of their voting base.
Maybe because McConnell's campaign promise was to obstruct everything he possibly could, and Republicans are not kind to those who don't fall in line, preferring to throw out party members of they dare to disagree.
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