[ChildOfThe60s]

Why doesn’t the current President make an executive order....immediately?

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Who do you expect him to order and what would those orders be? The president has very little power to affect market prices. Only additional supplies can do that, and Congress is the roadblock to drilling for new supplies.

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Maybe someone out there can shed some light on this: Carter issued an executive order blocking off AVWR, Clinton did the same for Utah’s coal. It would seem logical that the current worthless occupant of the White House could undo those the same way.

Anyone want to weigh in on that line of reasoning?

[gura]

Perhaps to our credit or detriment, Republicans tend not to govern by executive fiat.