Virtually every president including George Washington has issued an executive order which mainly gives the president the power to change the way the federal government operates without congressional approval. While President Barack Obama has been severely criticized for making executive orders, he’s been the post-WWII two-term president who’s made the least number of them with 226. His predecessor George W. Bush had 291, Bill Clinton had 364, Reagan had 381, Eisenhower had 484, and Truman had 907 executive orders.