

It was definitely touted as one of the benefits of Thirdway politics. However, the real imperative was ending gridlock in Congress. Back in the late 80s and early 90s gridlock was new and actually seen as a big problem, especially after it caused a gov shut down under newt. Bill Clinton basically swept the presidential race for his second term for “solving it”.
Most decks don’t have 12" joist supporting them… Plus, the roof appears to be cantilevered as well.
Tbh it’s hard to tell, it really looks like a house with interesting bones that got wrapped in shitty vinyl in the early 00’. But I’m not seeing any anchoring hardware, so there’s a chance that the joists are interconnected with the ones supporting the second floor.