Weekly Newsletter:  Next week, America welcomes a new president, and the days ahead promise to be chock full of executive orders. Here is how No Labels is working to support leaders committed to common ground, even in turbulent times.

Dear John,

Next week, America will have a new president, and this much we can say for sure:

  

It will be an eventful week.

  

Reports suggest President-elect Trump plans to implement as many as 100 executive orders beginning Monday. These orders could cover everything from energy and immigration to cryptocurrency and education. This would accelerate a growing trend of presidents aggressively using executive orders to begin their first term: President Biden signed 41 in his first 100 days, President Trump signed 33, and President Obama signed 19. The No Labels policy team just did a primer on executive orders. 

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This is partly a response to congressional inaction: As Congress has become less willing or able to solve big problems, presidents feel compelled to deal with more issues with the stroke of their pen. However, a president’s executive orders may only last as long as they are in office, and are often easily reversed by their successors.

  

It is a reminder why No Labels’ work supporting courageous Democrats and Republicans in Congress is so important. The most durable changes happen when Congress passes, and a president signs, a bill into law. This is the kind of change most Americans want to see, and it is what our allies in Congress want to deliver. This week, Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi set the tone when he said: 

“You've got to resist when it's appropriate … But the people want us to work together to try to solve problems, and we have tried all the stuff of just tearing [Trump] down as much as we can, and it didn't work. He won. Now people want us to work together to address the border, to address cost-of-living and inflation, to address the things that really happen in their lives.”    

Maintaining this honorable commitment will not be easy. Once President-elect Trump’s executive orders start flowing and all the outside activist groups in Washington start agitating—and fundraising—for or against them, the pressure on members to unquestionably follow their party will intensify. People will get angry and agitated, and there will be moments when it looks like Democrats and Republicans have no chance of finding common ground in Washington. 

  

But in those moments, we hope the No Labels community – and the leaders we support – will keep in mind a famous quote from the author Rudyard Kipling, who wrote, “If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs … yours is the earth and everything in it.” 

  

No Labels is playing a long game—to support and protect congressional leaders who dare to seek common ground and govern with common sense. We are not concerned with getting a few clicks to win the news cycle. We are concerned with empowering our Congress to notch bipartisan wins that can meaningfully and measurably improve Americans’ lives. 

  

In these chaotic days ahead, we will do our best to keep our heads, and we hope our fellow Americans can work to do the same. 

Ryan Clancy

No Labels

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Wednesday, January 29 at 3 PM ET

Join our CEO, Nancy Jacobson, and our Chief Strategist, Ryan Clancy, for No Labels’ exclusive monthly membership call, taking place Wednesday, January 29 at 3 PM ET. This is a great opportunity to stay updated on our work, hear about recent successes, and learn how you can play an even bigger role in giving power to the middle.

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A Conversation with Sen. John Curtis (R-Utah) at Playbook: The First 100 days ([link removed] )

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“The tone right now is there are things the American people expect us to get done, and they are not all partisan. The American people do expect a fix at the border. The American people expect inflation to come down. I sense from my Democratic colleagues many of them want to be part of the solution. That’s a good place. It’s never perfect, Republican and Democrat but we have the potential to really find some synergy here and do some things the American people are expecting us to do.”

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Cabinet Gridlock ([link removed] )

By Peyton Lofton

Cabinet confirmation votes are becoming more and more partisan each year. As senators take it upon themselves to play the role of “resistance,” major federal agencies are left without key leadership positions for weeks.

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A Presidential Farewell Address Vibe Check ([link removed] )

By Sam Zickar

This week, President Biden delivered his presidential farewell address, reflecting on his four years in office and the legacy he wants to leave behind. How does Biden’s speech compare to other presidential farewell addresses?

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