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Boehner: House Has No Plans to Defund Unconstitutional Acts by Obama
CNS News ^
| July 21, 2014
| Brittany M. Hughes
Posted on 07/21/2014 12:27:43 PM PDT by lilyramone
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) indicated today that if President Barack Obama takes actions that exceed his constitutional authority, the House of Representatives has no plans to use its own constitutional authority to withhold funding from those actions.
At his weekly press briefing, CNSNews.com asked Boehner: “You’ve said you disagree with calls to impeach the president over abuse of power via executive actions. But under the Constitution the House actually has the power of the purse. So, if the President takes actions that exceed his Constitutional authority, will you withhold funding for those actions in the next must-pass appropriations bill?
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 113th
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To: lilyramone
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posted on
07/21/2014 12:29:52 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.)
To: lilyramone
Bohner has just abdicated his responsibility, can we impeach him first then obama?
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posted on
07/21/2014 12:30:38 PM PDT
by
GraceG
(No, My Initials are not A.B.)
To: lilyramone
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posted on
07/21/2014 12:30:52 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: lilyramone
Just like he said in 2012 that Obamacare was the law of the land and would be funded. And he was still re-elected.
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posted on
07/21/2014 12:31:21 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: lilyramone
Sorry, the date on this should read July 17, 2014
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posted on
07/21/2014 12:31:24 PM PDT
by
lilyramone
("Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.”)
To: GraceG
Bohner has just abdicated his responsibility, can we impeach him first then obama? Where do I sign?
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posted on
07/21/2014 12:31:34 PM PDT
by
Alex Murphy
("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
To: lilyramone
So that makes him an accessory...
To: lilyramone; MeshugeMikey; Diogenes; BuckeyeTexan; All
Always a coward to do his Constitutional Duty, crybaby Speaker Boehner pledges, AGAIN, to keep on paying Obama to “Fundamentally transform the United States of America” into the Socialist Haven that both Boehner and Obama want.
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posted on
07/21/2014 12:31:55 PM PDT
by
Graewoulf
(Democrats' Obamacare Socialist Health Insur. Tax violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
A name that rhymes with wussie. Boehner needs to go!
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posted on
07/21/2014 12:32:38 PM PDT
by
Catsrus
(A)
To: lilyramone
I wonder what the NSA and Obama have on Boehner?
What a coward and traitor!
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posted on
07/21/2014 12:33:11 PM PDT
by
DH
(Once the tainted finger of government touches anything the rot begins)
To: lilyramone
What a sorry SOB leader. Why should anyone vote for these mutts?
To: lilyramone
That lawsuit business is for cowards. How about getting rid of this Boehner instead?
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posted on
07/21/2014 12:34:08 PM PDT
by
onedoug
To: lilyramone
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posted on
07/21/2014 12:34:42 PM PDT
by
InterceptPoint
(Remember Mississippi)
To: DH
I wonder what the NSA and Obama have on Boehner?
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That must be it;only thing that makes any sense.
To: lilyramone
Headline Change:
Boehner: House Has No Plans to Defund Unconstitutional Acts by Obama
Boehner: House Has No Plans to Defend the Constitution
To: lilyramone
Of course not. For the same reason they don’t defund all the alphabet agencies Congress has created.. because they WANT it that way.
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posted on
07/21/2014 12:36:11 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(The cure has become worse than the disease. Support an end to the WOD now.)
To: lilyramone
Will someone remove this pebble from our shoe
To: lilyramone
Without a scintilla of hyperbole: GOPe = Accessories to Treason
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posted on
07/21/2014 12:37:45 PM PDT
by
tomkat
To: lilyramone
Boehner has to go, or be impeached. He is defying his oath to preserve and defend the Constitution of the United States.
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posted on
07/21/2014 12:38:04 PM PDT
by
Oldeconomybuyer
(The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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