“They can impeach him”
The House can initiate proceedings, but it takes the Senate to try/convict, and we know that won’t happen w/Reid and the Dums.
Can the House defund his stuff without the Senate or not? (I know funding has to originate there, but to defund, can’t remember if they can do that by themselves.) Sorry I’ve forgotten my civics on that one.
The house can impeach; whether or not the senate caries through is a different matter. But the act of impeachment itself is solely a house function.
As for the funding, since funding must originate in the house, the senate is again not an issue.
Say that Barry goes back to the LOTS treaty nonsense for example. The house can at that point stop dead on funding anything further and shut down the govt until he retracts. They have it within their authority and power to do so every time that Obama tries ANYTHING they do not like. And no one but the voters can do anything about it.
Right this moment, Bohner could say “Since Obama has repeatedly exceeded his authority on Libya, Obamacare, Gulf Drilling et all, We have decided to withold all house votes on all issued before us until he complies with the constitution, repeals his ExOrders and returns to constitutional governance. Should he not comply or etaliate by threatening to use old people and our military as financial hostages, we will immediately file impeachment proceedings.”
The press can scream, the dems can scream, whatever. The only people with the authority to do anything about it are the American voters. Period. The Supremes have no say in this, nor do appeals courts. At best Obama could declare martial law, but then he gets to face the country one on one.
From day one they have had this authority. But they out of fear of it being done to a Repub prez will not do it. So they too must be voted out wholesale ASAP.