(CNN) Republicans on Capitol Hill are raising alarms at the White House's resistance to congressional demands, fearing President Donald Trump is bolstering the power of his office at the expense of Congress. "This is a non-traditional presidency," Sen. John Cornyn, a Texas Republican and member of the GOP leadership team, when asked about the White House circumventing Congress. Republican Sen. Ron Johnson, the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, called it "not a good situation." Putting it another way, Republican Sen. Rick Scott of Florida said Sunday that Trump might just be trying to "make everybody crazy." When there's an idea they resist, such as Trump's call to pursue health care legislation, ultimately they push back and the White House backs down .

Source: CNN April 15, 2019 05:03 UTC