Comment by rurp
6 months ago
If anything it has been the opposite problem, with modern congresses having been more than happy to delegate away their powers. You might have heard the recent tariff news for example.
6 months ago
If anything it has been the opposite problem, with modern congresses having been more than happy to delegate away their powers. You might have heard the recent tariff news for example.
Modern being what? The main tariff laws in question happened 50+ years ago. The republicans in congress have been going out of their way to not interfere, but that's significantly different from creating new delegations.
Presidencies last 4-8 years, congressional careers last decades.
Avg for house is 12.5 and 8.5 in senate
Mitch McConnell has been serving in the senate since 1985. He's been a senator longer than most Americans have been alive.
I think the outliers are far more consequential than the averages in this case.
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