Congress Ignores Obama's Broad Executive Power Use - Except on Guantanamo : It's not that Obama is exerting presidential power. It's how he chooses to exert it that disturbs Congress and The Washington Post. When presidential power is used to extend empire, to spread violence or to bomb sovereign nations, it always seems permissible to Congress and the corporate media. But using presidential power to help people, to close Guantánamo, "dramatically" upsets the controlling interests in Congress and the media.

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