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I was gonna say, if it was going to be this simple there's no way the CFPB would have survived Trump's first term.
What can congress even do to stop him? Let's say they even impeached and convicted him, who would have the courage and power to remove him from office at this point? It's a pretty fucked up situation.
They can do a lot. Do you remember the last twenty years under Democrat presidents? Republicans obstructed tons of things successfully, even when they were in the minority.
It's a question of planning and willpower. Of course there are no perfect solutions, so don't ask for those.
Well, yeah, but Democratic leadership is going to be too concerned about moving towards the center to pick up non-existent swing voters. They don’t want to be tOo diViSiVE (heavens forbid).
The Democrat presidents were a lot more respectful of Congress and the house and didn't actively subvert them with unjustified executive orders.