President Donald Trump said Monday that he has accomplished more than any other president aside from Franklin Delano Roosevelt during his first six months in office, The Hill reports.
“Never has there been a president, with few exceptions, case of FDR, he had a major depression to handle, who has passed more legislation and who has done more things than what we’ve done,” Trump said during his first-ever Cabinet meeting at the White House.
Many of the bills Trump has signed, such as designating buildings and appointing board members to the Smithsonian, do not have a major, direct impact on Americans, and Trump’s ambitious legislative agenda on tax reform and infrastructure is largely stalled. The outlook is also uncertain for the ObamaCare repeal bill, which passed the House and is now facing a tough road in the Senate, Politico writes.
However, Trump used the Cabinet meeting to show that his administration is getting things done, pushing back on the notion that the Russia investigation is slowing down his legislative agenda.
Trump has yet to sign a major piece of legislation, and his highest-profile executive order, the travel ban, has been put on hold by the courts.
During his first 100 days in office, Trump did sign the most bills into law of any president in the last 70 years. The President has also approved more than a dozen measures rolling back Obama-era regulations.
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