As soon as I read this headline, I was going to offer a rebuttal, but TPM pretty much took care of the big points.
I would add that both Lincoln and FDR enjoyed legislative majorities. Lincoln was somewhat hampered in 1861 by the lack of Congress being in session, so he resorted to some extra-legal means to cement Maryland to the Union.
Given the way the House functions (or doesn't function) that seems roughly analogous.
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