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Originally Posted by MaDef
Yes and no, the Defense Production Act, (has been around for 70 yrs) allows the President to take certain liberties during an emergency, however he still has to work through congress.
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You know that puzzle game that has one space missing and you have to move everything around to spell something?
Same with the Congress and the Senate and the White House
In order for the WH to get what it wants it has to have the US Congress and the Senate votes all on their side to get what they want.
In the middle 60's President Johnson could just pick up the phone and call Sam Rayburn the speaker of the House and ask for and get anything he wanted.
