[Truth29]

The first two steps are completely useless with an ideologue like Obama unless they are just messaging to the voters at large. McConnell must be persuaded or somehow forced to only go along with a short term CR and not an Omnibus bill for the entire fiscal year that will make any efforts to stop Obama much more difficult.

[tanknetter]

True.

Censure is a good play, IMHO. While non-binding it would gain a lot of media attention and allow the GOP to draw public attention to and really emphasize the Constitutional violations, and put Congressional Dems on record as supporting them.

[DugwayDuke]

“The first two steps are completely useless with an ideologue like Obama unless they are just messaging to the voters at large. McConnell must be persuaded or somehow forced to only go along with a short term CR and not an Omnibus bill for the entire fiscal year that will make any efforts to stop Obama much more difficult.”

Great idea. Now how do you intend to persuade Reid and Obama to go along with a short term CR? The republicans cannot pass by themselves. Without Reid’s and Obama’s approval, a short term CR will not pass.

Please explain why Reid and Obama would agree to a short term CR knowing that will box them into a corner after the new GOP Congress assumes power.

[kidd]

Yes, the first two steps are useless, but are necessary.

Seeing how the House votes on defunding this action will influence my decision to go all third party or with the GOP in 2016.

A fourth step will be to take this to the SCOTUS, but I suspect the SCOTUS will rule that the House has the power to stop this on their own without the aid of the court.