Posted on 11/22/2014 10:36:25 AM PST by Steelfish
JAKE MILLER November 22, 2014 Obama: Immigration Fight Can't Be "Dealbreaker"
In the face of fierce Republican blowback, President Obama continued defending his recent executive action on immigration in his weekly address Saturday, warning Republicans not to paralyze the government simply because they object to one part of his agenda.
"We can't allow a disagreement over a single issue to be a dealbreaker on every issue," Mr. Obama said in the address, which was taped Friday during the president's trip to Las Vegas. "That's not how our democracy works. This debate deserves more than politics as usual."
Conservatives have accused the president of grossly overstepping the bounds of his authority with the action, which will shield roughly 5 million undocumented immigrants living in the country from the threat of deportation and authorize them to live and work legally in the United States for at least three years. Some Republican lawmakers have pushed their leaders to strip funding for new green cards and visas in a spending bill that must pass Congress by mid-December to prevent a government shutdown.
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, have lodged stiff objections to Mr. Obama's policy changes, vowing a swift response when the new Congress convenes in January, but they've not yet indicated what actions they will take.
Of course, goading Congress into action on immigration is exactly what the president hoped to accomplish by acting unilaterally.
"As you might have heard, there are members of Congress who question my authority to make our immigration system work better," he said in his address. "Well, I have one answer for that: Pass a bill. The day I sign it into law, the actions I've taken to help solve this problem will no longer be necessary."
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The majority of the Senators who voted for Obamacare are no longer Senators.
He can’t extend an EO past his term of office. Unless renewed it is void once a new POTUS takes office.
He’s calling his unconstitutional act a debate?
Said the Dicktator to his serfs!
He can’t extend an EO past his term of office. Unless renewed it is void once a new POTUS takes office.
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Thanks..I didn’t know that.
Whether the Republicans fight this Amnesty or not, the LSM a will still say they did. So they may as well fight.....but they won’t, because they want it too. They’re all in on it.
It's more sad to see so many Conservatives hang their hopes on a party that they refuse to allow themselves to see, is just as supportive of what Obama is doing as Obama himself is.
The GOP will not oppose Obama because he is doing what they in reality, support.
Stop blaming Obama. We know who he is, what be does and we warned the country in 2007. Want to blame someone, blame the MSM. The MSM destroyed this country. Obama was just the vehicle they used.
He must be talking about a bill of impeachment.
Fierce blow-back? Does someone know something we don’t?
It’s a loosing battle because , as you say, “they all want it”.... with a tweek here and there so they can say they did something.
They all went home for the Holiday right after they blew their wind....that speaks volumes.
Stop blaming Obama. We know who he is, what be does and we warned the country in 2007. Want to blame someone, blame the MSM. The MSM destroyed this country. Obama was just the vehicle they used.
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I’m not blaming Obama. I hold the republican’s completely responsible for this travesty. They are enabler’s. If they had stepped up, o would be gone and the MSM would have moved on long ago.
I doubt it....this is just the hype-o’s blowing their wind for a story.
The fact our guys went home for the Holiday week right after does speak louder now doesn’t it? ..and Obama is fazed one bit...they’ve been planing this for a very long time and have no concerns of any backlash......and I don’t believe January is going to change this.
Well, I don’t see it, but I don’t want to discourage everyone else, so I’ll leave it at that.
Your thoughts are along the same lines as my own.
Yep...but I really would rather be more optimistic...it's just the facts of what is NOT being done flies in the face of enormous proof it does seem they are all in this together and put on enough show to make it appear they're fighting.....when in fact they are playing tag.
Yes, sadly, I agree...
How ironic, coming from this dictator.
this puke Obama is sooooooo aggravating
The reason why these bills were DOA in Harry Reid's Senate is because securing the border was included in the bills.
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