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Posted on 02/03/2017 5:01:02 AM PST by RoosterRedux
On Thursday the U.S. House passed H.J. Res. 40, a joint resolution to revoke the Social Security gun ban enacted by the Obama administration on December 19.
USA Today reports that the vote to revoke the ban was 253-180, and was “largely along party lines.
Breitbart News previously reported:
The Social Security gun ban began to be fashioned behind closed doors in the summer of 2015 and was finalized just before Christmas 2016. It allows the Social Security Administration (SSA) to bar certain beneficiaries from buying guns based on a need for help in managing their finances.Last last week House Republicans made known that the ban was in their crosshairs. Reuters quoted House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s spokesman saying, “The Republican-dominated House will bypass the committee process and go directly to a vote by the entire chamber on a half-dozen resolutions.” The GOP is able to do this via the Congressional Review Act, by which “Congress can use simple majority votes to stop recent regulations in their tracks.”Beneficiaries catch the SSA’s attention by having their checks sent to a third party for management and this results in an investigation into the mental status of the Social Security recipient. That investigation can result in a SSA ruling that certain beneficiaries are mentally defunct, thereby barring them from from firearm purchases.
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Another win!!
What about veterans who were similarly targeted.
Call your congressman about it.
“largely along party lines”
All enemies, foreign and domestic.
This was reported on locfal news as “Trump to allow mental defectives to purchase firearms”, surprisingly.
This was reported on locfal news as “Trump to allow mental defectives to purchase firearms”, surprisingly.
I don’t understand why the House would have to vote to “revoke” any policies or initiatives that the Obama administration implemented, since the Executive branch cannot make law in the first place. It seems to me that all that needs to happen is for Trump to reverse whatever Obama did. Can anybody explain this?
At some point in the future, this should be re-visited and changed.
You have a point. The Congressional Review Act - which allows Congress to abolish a regulation without the possibility of either a filibuster in the Senate or a presidential veto - is a long way better than nothing, tho. The beauty of the CRA is that it is designed to put a stake in the heart of any regulation Congress overturns. That is, if President Trump were simply to abolish this regulation by Executive Order, it could be revived again under a future Democrat president. But under the CRA it takes an actual Act of Congress - with the possibility of a Senate filibuster - to reinstate substantially the same regulation.So in effect, under CRA Congress has given itself veto power over new regulations - independent of the president, and requiring only 51 votes in the Senate.
But still, you have a point - and Judge Gorsuch has written to the effect that the judiciary might have to face up to the implications of the regulatory state - and just say no. Sounds like we could sure use him on SCOTUS.
Cox added, “We look forward to Senate action and President Trump signing this important legislation into law.”My understanding is that under the Congressional Review Act, the Senate can act without a filibuster - and the regulation is revoked without the need of the president’s signature. Which raises the question of why the CRA was not being used by the Republican-controlled 116th Congress to spike Obama’s regulations
Social media airheads of the Democratic persuasion are posting stories about Trump arming the mentally ill. We should put out counter stories and news that this isn’t what this repeal is about.
Since it’s a joint resolution, it needs senate and presidential approval.
Thanks for the reply. That clears things up.
Affects Social Security and Veterans
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GOOD.
Good job, House (well, most of you - there are 180 that may not qualify as followers of the constitution)!
Because 0bama owned the House.
Why would it have to be a recent regulation?? Congress is superior over any agency. They’ve simply delegated some of their legislative authority to the exec branch, but it’s only on loan. If they pass a law explicitly countering a reg, then that’s that, and a majority is all that’s required to pass a law.
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