Presidential power

“The two leaders shared their plans to work together to pass Medicare for All, put a check on Trump’s dangerous and illegal policies, and put working people first.”

“We need Congress to stand up and do its job. Right now, we do not have meaningful checks and balances in Washington. We have a Congress that feels that it’s part and parcel of the Executive Branch of our government. And that’s a recipe for disaster when it comes to trying to mobilize the support we need to defend Social Security, to protect funding for things that New Hampshire deeply cares about and impacts people’s lives here”

“Increase oversight and improve ethics at all levels of government: Defend against government efforts to ignore court rulings or dismantle checks and balances, and only confirm judicial appointees who meet the highest ethical standards and commit to upholding the Constitution.”

“Limit presidential pardon power. No president should be able to put themselves, their family, or their allies above the law. We need to root out corrupt uses of clemency power and punish wrongdoers who try to buy pardons from presidents.”

“Ban presidential pardons: Eliminate the broad power of presidential pardons that has been abused by presidents on both sides of the aisle.”

“Increase oversight and improve ethics at all levels of government: Defend against government efforts to ignore court rulings or dismantle checks and balances, and only confirm judicial appointees who meet the highest ethical standards and commit to upholding the Constitution.”

“Pappas cosponsored the Prevent Tariff Abuse Act to limit Trump’s unilateral tariff authority and defend Congress’s constitutional role.”

“Congress is a critical check on executive power so that decisions of war and peace live up to the principles that have guided us for nearly 250 years, no matter who the president is.”

“We need Congress to step up to the plate. I’m going to support a war powers resolution this week that makes it clear that it’s the American people, through their elected representatives, that should be making decisions about when we go to war.”