Well said Ray I'm with
you.
Chris
At 10:05 PM 1/21/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>Dr. Fink,
>thank you for pointing out that it is certainly the job of Congress to make
>the laws. The President can sign or veto legislation and it can be passed
>with
>greater numbers over his veto.
>
>My students had to be pried away from their belief that the President makes
>the laws. However, the President does set policy and propose laws, for which
>he uses his political abilities and allies to get passed .
>
>As Greg has correctly pointed out there are such things as "Executive
>Orders" - by Executive Order I understand that Clinton rescinded this ban
>on stem
>cell research, then Bush revived it. Clinton had to contend with a Republican
>Congress, Bush has all 3 branches of the government, so he should be able to
>get what he wants. Obviously, he does not want stem cell research, I
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