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milestogo

(21,277 posts)
Mon Jun 23, 2025, 02:53 PM Jun 23

Congress Passes Blank Bill For Trump To Write Whatever Law He Wants



Published: June 20, 2025

WASHINGTON—After weeks of eliminating what many lawmakers called “frivolous” and “unnecessary” provisions, Congress reportedly passed a blank bill Thursday in which President Donald Trump can simply write whatever law he wants. “Today we are sending to the president’s desk 200 completely clean sheets of paper that are hereby codified such that anything he chooses to fill those pages with will have the full force of law,” House Speaker Mike Johnson said as he ushered the bill through his chamber, overcoming minor pushback to ultimately win bipartisan support for the measure, which gives Trump the power to enact federal statutes, declare war, or spend the entirety of the U.S. Treasury without a single check or balance.

“With this bill, the president will finally be able to take any thought that crosses his mind, write it down, and have it instantly become an enforceable part of the U.S. Code,” Johnson added. “Americans have spoken, and they want Donald Trump to have carte blanche to do whatever he wants. It’s our job as members of Congress to simply get out of the way.” Just hours after the bill’s passage, President Trump took to Truth Social and sharply criticized Congress for making him write down anything at all.

https://theonion.com/congress-passes-blank-bill-for-trump-to-write-whatever-law-he-wants/

(satire, kinda)
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Congress Passes Blank Bill For Trump To Write Whatever Law He Wants (Original Post) milestogo Jun 23 OP
My irony meter must be broken. greatauntoftriplets Jun 23 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author lame54 Jun 23 #2
Sad thing is you could see Trump sycophants doing this Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 23 #3
Just like Germany's Enabling Act of 1933 dalton99a Jun 23 #4

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dalton99a

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4. Just like Germany's Enabling Act of 1933
Mon Jun 23, 2025, 03:54 PM
Jun 23
Article 3
Laws enacted by the Reich government shall be issued by the Chancellor and announced in the Reich Law Gazette. They shall take effect on the day following the announcement, unless they prescribe a different date.
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