Posted on 04/17/2012 7:53:38 PM PDT by Semper911
In a double-barrelled blast at President Obama, Senate Republicans today moved to join a lawsuit challenging the White House’s Christmas “recess appointment” of National Labor Relations Board members even though the Senate was technically in session. To handle their case, they hired Miguel Estrada, who in 2002 became the first-ever judicial nominee to be torpedoed by a Democratic filibuster.
“The president’s decision to circumvent the American people by installing his appointees at a powerful federal agency, when the Senate was not in recess, and without obtaining the advice and consent of the Senate, is an unprecedented power grab,” McConnell said. “We will demonstrate to the court how the president’s unconstitutional actions fundamentally endanger the Congress’s role in providing a check on the excesses of the executive branch.”
The fight is over a simple issue: When is the Senate technically in session. The GOP argues that there was enough action over the holidays to determine that the chamber was in session, but the president disagreed and went ahead with the appointments.
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Should???? Maybe he should read the Constitution:
Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings
Should???? Maybe he should read the Constitution:
Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings
And why hasn’t Boehner cut the funding? Tell the appointees to go home there is no job.
"It has been wittily observed that the Constitution has married the President and Senate — has made them man and wife. I believe the consequence that generally results from marriage will happen here. They will be continually supporting and aiding each other: they will always consider their interest as united. They can with facility act in concert, and on a uniform system: they may join, scheme, and plot, against the people without any chance of detection. The Senate and President will form a combination that cannot be prevented by the representatives. The executive and legislative powers, thus connected, will destroy all balances: this would have been prevented by a constitutional council, to aid the President in the discharge of his office, vesting the Senate, at the same time, with the power of impeaching them. Then we should have real responsibility. In its present form, the guilty try themselves. The President is tried by his counsellors."
George Mason, Virginia Ratification Convention, 1788.
Excellent post and very informative.
Right now, we have that bagman and shill Reid being used as a blocker for His Excellency’s running game.
Yesterday was the vote on the “buffet rule”. Since that had to do with Taxes, how did this begin its life in the Senate...I thought all tax legislation must begin in the house? However, in this upside down world of obamaland politics, whatever he wants, he gets out of Reid and those pussheads in the senate, the dems, whom I believe are akin to hemmoroids on the republic including that RINO from Maine who voted with them.
Catch 22. The House can deny funding, but when appropriations bills aren’t earmarked for specific spending, the decision on spending becomes discretionary. That pretty much allows Obama to spend appropriated funds where he wants. Thus his ability to pay his czars. Boehner would have to attach an amendment to an appropriations bill specifically preventing Obama from spending money to fill those positions and Reid’s Senate would never pass it.
That was prescient!
Bam’s Blocker. Perfect.
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