You’re right. And this congress is only carrying out obama’s wishes.
“Isn’t this what checks and balances are intended to do?
It’s been a long, long time since checks and balances were functional. Congress has ceded it’s power to the executive and the judiciary.”
Not to mention...the invisible fourth branch of government—the administrative branch, which has phenomenal power. Think about the EPA. Think about the czars; though they are in some ways an imperfect example because we associate them w/the exec branch, they are ultimately a great example of power vesting in the unelected.