When is Enough ,Enough?

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Sen. Jeff Merkley is calling on President-elect Joe Biden to employ "bold executive action" to address climate change, urging unilateral changes to transportation and spending on alternative energy.

"The climate crisis is an emergency, and President-elect Joe Biden needs to treat it that way," Merkley, D-Ore., said in a Washington Post op-ed Monday. "That means using every tool available to him, including declaring a national climate emergency and using emergency powers to take unilateral executive action."

He added that the country "can't wait" for legislative action, even from a Democratic Senate. Instead, he said Biden should leverage the Defense Production Act and the National Emergencies Act to take sweeping action.

Biden could redirect spending to build renewable energy systems, implement large-scale clean transportation solutions and finance distributed energy projects to boost climate resiliency, Merkley wrote. All of those tactics would help safeguard communities and slash harmful pollution, the senator wrote.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mer...mate-emergency

After Congress refused to give Trump money for his wall, he declared a national emergency that allowed him to steer billions to building a wall. At the time, I was wondering what would stop any President from just declaring "an emergency" for anything to circumvent Congress.

It would certainly suck if Presidents just started doing this to circumvent Congress. If Trump did it for his wall, why couldnt Biden do it for climate change? Anyways ..... just another of the many things republicans cant complain about anyone doing in the future because they didnt complain when Trump did it.

Not that Biden should or would do it ... I just dont want to hear the Ted Cruz' of the world talk about Congress and Constitution blah blah blah bc those constraints only apply when theres a D next to the Presidents name.