Washington Week: Focus on Obama's Executive Authority

A top Republican lawmaker is blasting U.S. President Barack Obama as “lawless” in his use of executive orders to advance policy goals in the absence of congressional action.  Additional clues are emerging as to whether or not 2014 will be a year of action in Washington, as the president urged in last week’s State of the Union address. Since Tuesday’s speech before Congress,  Obama has repeated his determination to fight the income gap between rich and poor Americans and to boost...

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