Posted on 06/25/2015 5:20:38 AM PDT by JOHN W K
See Boehner doles out new punishment
”Boehner allies have been retaliating against rank-and-file members who voted against a procedural motion earlier this month, nearly derailing a major trade package favored by Republican leaders that is set to clear the House on Thursday.”
Our Constitution is crystal clear that any deals cooked up by our president must receive a two thirds approval vote by our national legislature to be binding law. See Article 2, Section 2, Clause 2: The President shall have power "... by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur" Fast Track unconstitutionally lowers the two thirds vote threshold to a simple majority vote.
Speaker of the House John Boehner, is the one who needs to be punished, no punishment to be left off the table, for pushing through legislation intentionally designed to circumvent our Constitution’s command as stated above.
The irrefutable fact is, without a 2/3 approval vote TPP is not binding law! And yet, Boehner has decided to punish “conservatives” for being loyal to their oath of office to uphold our Constitution.
But, just why did our Founders decide to require a two thirds vote rather than a simple majority to approve deals cooked up by our president? Our Founding Fathers fear is expressed in Federalist No. 75 by Hamilton with regard to the President’s treaty making authority and sheds light on why the President was not granted an arbitrary power to make “CONTRACTS with foreign nations, which have the force of law.” Hamilton points out the president:
“might sometimes be under temptations to sacrifice his duty to his interest, which it would require superlative virtue to withstand. An avaricious man might be tempted to betray the interests of the state to the acquisition of wealth. An ambitious man might make his own aggrandizement, by the aid of a foreign power, the price of his treachery to his constituents. The history of human conduct does not warrant that exalted opinion of human virtue which would make it wise in a nation to commit interests of so delicate and momentous a kind, as those which concern its intercourse with the rest of the world, to the sole disposal of a magistrate created and circumstanced as would be a President of the United States.”
So, as it turns out, the founders intentionally commanded by our Constitution, that any deals cooked up by the president with a foreign power would not have “the force of law” unless approved by two thirds of the Senators present!
Boehner and his despotic allies in the House need to be remove from office this coming election for spitting on our Constitution and punishing those who dare to uphold it.
CLICK HERE for the list of House Republicans who spat upon our Constitution and ignored its expressed requirement for a two thirds approval vote for any deals cooked up by our president with foreign powers.
And here is the list of Senate whores who approved Fast Track on 6/24/15.
Republican whores in the Senate are:
Alexander, Tenn.; Ayotte, N.H.; Barrasso, Wyo.; Blunt, Mo.; Boozman, Ark.; Burr, N.C.; Capito, W.V.; Cassidy, La.; Coats, Ind.; Cochran, Miss.; Corker, Tenn.; Cornyn, Texas; Cotton, Ark.; Crapo, Idaho; Daines, Mont.; Enzi, Wyo.; Ernst, Iowa; Fischer, Neb.; Flake, Ariz.; Gardner, Colo.; Graham, S.C.; Grassley, Iowa; Hatch, Utah; Heller, Nev.; Hoeven, N.D.; Inhofe, Okla.; Isakson, Ga.; Johnson, Wis.; Kirk, Ill.; Lankford, Okla.; McCain, Ariz.; McConnell, Ky.; Moran, Kan.; Murkowski, Alaska; Perdue, Ga.; Portman, Ohio; Risch, Idaho; Roberts, Kan.; Rounds, S.D.; Sasse, Neb.; Scott, S.C.; Sullivan, Alaska; Thune, S.D.; Tillis, N.C.; Toomey, Pa.; Vitter, La.; Wicker, Miss.
And if you don’t think they are whores see Corporations shell out $1.2mn in Senate contributions to fast-track TPP
“What the documents showed was that out of a total of nearly $1.2 million given, an average of $17,000 was donated to each of the 65 “yes” votes. Republicans received an average of $19,000 and Democrats received $9,700.
“It’s a rare thing for members of Congress to go against the money these days,” Mansur Gidfar, spokesman for the anti-corruption group Represent.Us, told the Guardian. “They know exactly which special interests they need to keep happy if they want to fund their re-election campaigns or secure a future job as a lobbyist.”
JWK
To support Jeb Bush is to support our Global Governance Crowd and their WTO, NAFTA, GATT, and CAFTA, all used to circumvent America First trade policies, while fattening the fortunes of international corporate giants who have no allegiance to America or any nation.
Both Ga senators were in favor. Yuk
They ALL should have refused to sign any bill that they were prohibited from discussing with their constituents.
This is quickly moving from soft to hard tyranny.
JWK
All of these “SPINELESS WHORES” were bought and paid for. Whether in the House or the Senate, there was so much money being thrown about, and all these people took the money and ran with it. The average politician got about $19,000/politician. What a shame. None of these people should ever be re-elected. Their picture should be splashed in every state that they represent. And the word “SHAME” be written across their faces. Or better yet, the word “QUISLING”. I beg every conservative organizations in every state to do this. This is how we can fight these “TRAITORS” to the constitution.
Remember when it all would be GREAT once “we” took back the Senate???
Remember?????
Well I do.
All of these people should be “SHAMED” in to retiring from politics
I will vote for a democrat before I’ll vote for another rino. That seems to be the only way to get rid of them.
Oh, how I’d love to see boner crying while handing the gavel over to that old hag Pelosi. Orange tears would be streaming down his face.
Then the next day he would have the opportunity to vote for a conservative speaker.
He was right after all. He warned us...and we didn’t listen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rkgx1C_S6ls
Thanks for that. Sad. I feel bad for my kids.
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