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To: onyx

“because E.O.’s can be undone.”

I think the rule is that the House can vote down an EO within 30 days. Boehner has that power now.


89 posted on 09/24/2014 6:08:46 AM PDT by DBrow
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To: DBrow

http://www.bizpacreview.com/2012/12/20/jeffrey-shapiro-debt-ceiling-powers-vested-solely-in-congress-11906

This has a summary. 2/3 vote in House can void an EO, but only 2 EOs have ever been rescinded and that was via court action, not Congress.


90 posted on 09/24/2014 6:11:58 AM PDT by DBrow
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