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by javagram 496 days ago
https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/09/politics/house-vote-protect-o...

The House passed this Act in 2021 to reduce the presidents power, but Biden never asked the senate to act on it. Reducing his own power wasn’t a priority for him, he spent his political capital on pushing for other laws.

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Are senators unable to act independently?

The article alluded to a Republican filibuster as the barrier to passing the senate.