The president most certainly can with the assistance of congress and no, congress has no requirement to represent the position of their constituents, other than a fear of not being re-elected in the next cycle.
I propose the same thing that I have always, elect those that will listen to their constituents and not work for their own egos. ::michael On 12/13/2010 3:01 PM, Ricardo Araoz wrote: > On 13/12/10 17:19, Michael Oke, II wrote: >> Leland, >> You do realize that you are assuming that the bill that Obama rammed >> through regardless of what the majority of Americans wanted, is >> universal health care. > > I'm not from USA. Can a president there "ram through" a bill against the > will of the REPRESENTATIVES of the people? Can a pres ram through a bill > against congress? > Or are you saying congress does not represent the will of the people? > And what are you proposing? Overthrowing legally elected govt? Direct > democracy? Theocracy? > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
