nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor3|||Obama White House Veterans Urge Biden To Embrace Executive Action||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||President-elect Joe Biden may face divided government that could stall his agenda. Some Democrats say he should actually channel President Trump in taking aggressive executive actions.

President Obama and then-Vice President Joe Biden appear at a bill signing in Dec. 2016. Late in his term, Obama was using executive actions to advance much of his agenda in the face of congressional opposition. President Trump was unapologetic about taking such actions, which some Democrats think should be Biden’s approach.

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Obama White House Veterans Urge Biden To Embrace Executive Action

President-elect Joe Biden may face divided government that could stall his agenda. Some Democrats say he should actually channel President Trump in taking aggressive executive actions.