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forward slash express. Hello and welcome to the 538 politics podcast.

I'm Galen Drook.

In honor of President's Day, we are talking about presidential power and its limits.

So take a step back in time with me.

In 1879, Congress created a new federal holiday to honor George Washington's

birthday, February 22nd. For decades, the 22nd would, like any birthday, fall unpredictably on

different days of the week, including on weekends. So in 1968, Congress passed the Uniform Monday

Holiday Act. Under that law, Memorial Day,

Columbus Day, and yes, Washington's birthday would henceforth be celebrated on Mondays.

I should say, even though it's more common to refer to Monday's holiday as President's Day,

partly because Lincoln's birthday is also in February, the text of the law calls it Washington's

birthday. And so, if you had a long weekend like we did here on the podcast, you have Congress to

think, Congress and its decision to honor the first man to hold the office of the president.

Today, the current occupant of that office is testing the limits of its power,

and Congress has yet to do all that much to reassert its own. Last month, the Trump administration's

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