Meanwhile citizens prepare
Posted on 11/18/2014 12:01:09 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
The White House has been debating the timing of an announcement on the president's executive action on immigration reform, press secretary Josh Earnest acknowledged Tuesday.
Earnest said the president likely would not allow Capitol Hill considerations to weigh heavily on the timing of his announcement because Republicans have signaled a willingness to pre-emptively defund executive action.
"This is something that has been discussed at the White House," Earnest said.
Earnest acknowledged that some think "Republicans are less likely to attach some kind of rider that would defund any of the president’s actions” if the White House waits until after Congress passes a continuing resolution (CR) or omnibus bill to fund the government.
But he said the issue could be argued "both ways."
"My sense is that even if the president doesn’t announce anything until late in December, that will not prevent Republicans from pre-emptively trying to attach to the CR or an omnibus bill a proposal to make the implementation of that executive action harder," Earnest said.
Last week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said the president should wait to make an announcement because of concern it could impact legislative work on a budget deal.
“The president has said he's going to do the executive action. The question is when. It's up to him," Reid said, according to Reuters. "But I'd like to get the finances of this country out of the way before he does it."
But in an interview airing Monday, Reid appeared to backtrack, saying he believed "is should be done now."
Earnest said he did not have "any additional updates as it relates to timing," but that reviewing proposals for executive actions were "something that’s on his agenda this week."
The White House also indicated that it would not "view very favorably" any "unwarranted" Republican efforts to attach measures undercutting executive action to a spending bill, although it stopped short of an explicit veto threat.
"It’s hard to render a particularly definitive judgment on those kinds of proposals, because they haven’t been put forward yet," Earnest said. "But I think, as a general matter, as it relates to the immigration reform decision that rests on the president’s desk, that the president is confident that whatever action he will take will be within the confines of the law."
The White House also indicated that it would not “view very favorably” any “unwarranted” Republican efforts to attach measures undercutting executive action to a spending bill
Who the HELL CARES what you Like mr president
The Friday after Thanksgiving is of course, by definition, racissss
Meanwhile citizens prepare
Getting it aligned with that dingbat liberal Missouri Governor and Holder, don’t you know, to give the go ahead in releasing the grand jury decision. Now, they are reporting Muslim, Palestinian sympathizers and joining groups, Cair are in Ferguson, Mo., who may cause trouble to take a stand. Those groups cause havoc, no way! </ sarc
The answer is: "Because, as I said, I want to transform this country. What you rubes don't understand is I intend to transform it into a turd-world hellhole."
You have to cut and paste.
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If it is such a great idea, then why weigh anytbing?
The answer is: “Because, as I said, I want to transform this country. What you rubes don’t understand is I intend to transform it into a turd-world hellhole.”
If so, it may not be a such a great place for him to live in a few years.
” What if Obama comes out with his immigration fiat at the same time the Ferguson grand jury announces its decision? “
I have been posting for days that this is Obama’s plan.
THE MSM WILL ONLY COVER THE RIOTS.
The afternoon of the day the Ferguson grand jury announces its decision?
Black Friday, more likely. He doesn't want conservatives influencing moonbat relatives on Thanksgiving.
No imposible for GOP-e to grow a pair. Must be waiting for maximum political advantage. My guess right after Ferguson announcement.
He will announce it just after (almost immediately after) the grand jury in Ferguson makes their decision public. He is in hopes that the media will spend all their time covering the riots, burnings, rapes, murders and lootings instead of the illegal amnesty issue. Like a thief in the night he will give the executive order.
Hey Dumbass.... How about never? Is never good for you?
I think the election doesn’t concern him. At all. Any more than Fast&Furious, Benghazi, ISIS and on and on.
The big problem is that, regardless of PC interpretations of the Constitution’s Uniform Rule of Naturalization Clause, interpretations used to defend federal immigration laws, the states have never delegated to the feds, expressly via the Constitution, the specific power to regulate immigration. This is evidenced by the following excerpt from Thomas Jefferson’s writings which indicates that immigration is a 10th Amendment-protected state power issue.
“4. _Resolved_, That alien friends are under the jurisdiction and protection of the laws of the State wherein they are: that no power over them has been delegated to the United States, nor prohibited to the individual States, distinct from their power over citizens. And it being true as a general principle, and one of the amendments to the Constitution having also declared, that “the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people,” the act of the Congress of the United States, passed on the — day of July, 1798, intituled “An Act concerning aliens,” which assumes powers over alien friends, not delegated by the Constitution, is not law, but is altogether void, and of no force [emphasis added].” —Thomas Jefferson, Draft of the Kentucky Resolutions - October 1798.
What Obama is looking at right now is that he actually has no broken federal immigration laws to pardon since all federal immigration laws are constitutionally indefensible anyway. So Obama must first work with Congress to propose an immigration amendment to the Constitution to the states. And if the states choose to ratify Obama’s amendment then he will not only be a hero, but he be able to pardon people who have broken federal immigration laws which will actually be legitimate.
H O W E V E R …
Regardless that we will soon have a Republican RINO-controlled Congress, I’m not expecting RINOs to put pressure on Obama to do the right thing concerning illegal immigration. This is because the 10th Amendment is probably the best kept secret in DC.
You can bet they are considering every conceivable and inconceivable option...
After the White house acts Obama will read about it in the paper
Bank on it.
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