Move over executive orders. President Obama has another tool to push policy absent congressional stamp � and it�s far less known and controversial. It�s called executive action.

The beauty of the action is that it avoids Republican criticisms and conservative charges that Mr. Obama acts like a �monarch� when issuing executive orders, The Hill reports. So while on paper, Mr. Obama may actually appear as if he�s issuing fewer executive orders than many other presidents who have served two terms, the reality is he�s still finding plenty of ways to bypass Congress. He�s just not calling those ways executive orders.

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"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less."
"The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things."
"The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master - - that's all."
(Through the Looking Glass, Chapter 6)

Obama has acted like a Monarch since day one. It's not only when he's issuing executive orders.
The republicans seem to react in a half-hearted way about it as if there's nothing they can do.