Congress Hands Trump a Blank Check for Lawmaking—What Will He Do With It?

Ever wonder what would happen if Congress just threw up their hands and plopped a stack of blank paper on the President’s desk—literally saying, “Here, write whatever you want!”? Well, buckle up, because apparently, we’re living in that universe now . I can’t decide if this is peak democracy, or like, the world’s laziest “Choose Your Own Adventure.” Just imagine the creative possibilities: new laws scribbled in Sharpie between lunch orders and Twitter drafts . Is this the legislative equivalent of ‘just wing it,’ or a surrealist sequel to Schoolhouse Rock? Either way, if absolute power wore a clown nose, this would be it . To marvel (or weep?) at how our government now runs on blank sheets and blind faith, click <a href="https://theonion.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/CongressPassesBlank-NIB-PH.jpg”>LEARN MORE.

WASHINGTON—After weeks of eliminating what many lawmakers called “frivolous” and “unnecessary” provisions, Congress reportedly passed a blank bill Thursday in which President Donald Trump can simply write whatever law he wants.  “Today we are sending to the president’s desk 200 completely clean sheets of paper that are hereby codified such that anything he chooses to fill those pages with will have the full force of law,” House Speaker Mike Johnson said as he ushered the bill through his chamber, overcoming minor pushback to ultimately win bipartisan support for the measure, which gives Trump the power to enact federal statutes, declare war, or spend the entirety of the U.S. Treasury without a single check or balance. “With this bill, the president will finally be able to take any thought that crosses his mind, write it down, and have it instantly become an enforceable part of the U.S. Code,” Johnson added. “Americans have spoken, and they want Donald Trump to have carte blanche to do whatever he wants. It’s our job as members of Congress to simply get out of the way.” Just hours after the bill’s passage, President Trump took to Truth Social and sharply criticized Congress for making him write down anything at all.