Obama’s proposal is an extra-legal solution to a big problem for millions of Americans around the country.
“I don’t see within the law how they can do this administratively,” said Speaker John Boehner in a press conference on Capitol Hill. “No one can identify anything the president could do administratively to keep his pledge that would be both legal and effective.”
The proposed White House fix so that Obama can honor his commitment is also likely to create more problems and to further distrust the American people have for this administration, which makes law based on what it chooses to enforce while sidestepping the constitutional process that is in place.
Indeed, there’s another problem. As Texas senator Ted Cruz says, the president cannot fix an unfixable law. “We cannot ‘fix’ Obamacare. The damage has been done, as millions of Americans have already been made to pay higher premiums and lose their jobs, wages, and health care plans,” Cruz said today.
Senator Cruz is correct.
I keep waiting for legal challenges.
DC repubs need to come out, RIGHT NOW, and slam this crazy son-of-a-....., they will never have a better chance. Do it NOW, before MediaMatters/OFA can coordinate it’s “You’re a RACIST!” messaging.
Even the sycophants in the media have to mystified by this show.