The White House is serving notice that, when it comes to energy policy, the president doesn’t always need Capitol Hill.
President Obama, during a speech Thursday in Holland, Mich., urged Congress to quickly pass a slew of bills on issues ranging from patent reform to trade deals. But one topic was conspicuously missing from his to-do list for lawmakers: energy legislation.

Obama instead touted steps his administration has taken without Congress, including the new vehicle-fuel economy standards announced in recent weeks.

“Think about it. That’s what we got done — and by the way, [like all good dictators] we didn’t go through Congress to do it,” Obama told workers at an advanced battery plant. “But we did use the tools of government — us working together — to help make it happen.”

http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/176541-on-energy-obama-has-little-hope-for-congress