Ahhhh that makes sense thanks
schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
It doesn’t restrict Trump, by himself, at all. Trump is the president, i.e. the head of the federal executive branch, which is by itself unaffected. Anything that Trump (or his successor) had the authority to do last week, he still has now and will still have after the new Congress is inaugurated.
What has been changed is the majority in the legislative branch, this means that all new federal statutes in the US will (after January) need to be passed by a majority in that new Congress, in which both houses have a Democratic majority, meaning that the Republicans can no longer pass new legislation all on their own.
LadyButterfly@reddthat.com 1 day ago
daychilde@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
Coture in the Senate, required to vote on legislation, required ⅘ or 60 votes. Dems will have around 55.
yukichigai@kbin.earth 1 day ago
It's worth noting that Trump has claimed to have authority over a lot of things that were previously considered under the control of the Senate and Congress, or at least something that they had a say in. However, the current Senate and Congress for some reason have not stepped in to tell Trump that he doesn't have full/any authority over those things. That will almost certainly change when the new batch of legislators is sworn in, so there will be at least some additional restrictions on Trump in the sense that some of the restrictions he should have already been subject to will finally be applied.