President Trump’s constitutional authority to nix bills will impede the Democrats’ agenda on Capitol Hill, but it isn’t a silver bullet
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- WSJ reports: “The president’s constitutional authority to nix bills will impede the Democrats’ agenda on Capitol Hill. But it isn’t a silver bullet.”
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