Obama will do all he can so that spending is not cut.
“Obama ready to deploy executive powers against GOP Hill
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With Republicans taking over the House and increasing their number in the Senate, Obama faces the possibility of having his agenda stalled with limited room to maneuver — making for tough sledding in the two years leading up to his 2012 re-election bid.
In response, Obama is expected to make more frequent use of executive orders, vetoes, signing statements and policy initiatives that originate within the federal agencies to maneuver around congressional Republicans who are threatening to derail initiatives he has already put in place, including health care reforms, and to launch serial investigations into his administration’s spending.
Read more at the Washington Examiner:
http://washingtonexaminer.com/politics/white-house/2011/01/obama-ready-deploy-executive-powers-against-gop-hill
Obama has already been legislating from the White House, but now we can expect much more of this.