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Posted on 01/08/2015 12:04:45 PM PST by jazusamo
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(CNSNews.com) - House Speaker John Boehner (R.-Ohio) vowed today to fight “tooth and nail” against President Obama’s unilateral amnesty of up to five million illegal aliens—an amnesty the administration has been able to move forward with because Boehner’s House permitted funding of it. The 1,603-page omnibus spending bill that Boehner pushed through a lame-duck Republican-controlled House last month put no prohibition on Obama using government funds to implement the amnesty. That omnibus funded almost all the government through the end of this fiscal year on Sept. 30 and the Department of Homeland Security through Feb. 27.
“The House will soon take action aimed at stopping the president’s unilateral action when it comes to immigration,” Boehner said at his press briefing today. “Republicans are in agreement that this is a gravely serious matter.”
“The president's unilateral actions were an affront to the rule of law and our system of government,” Boehner said. “The American people don't support it and as their representatives we cannot let it stand.”
“I said we'd fight it tooth and nail when we had two majorities in the House and Senate and I meant it,” Boehner said. “What is at risk is the rule of law and the sanctity of America’s Constitution. The president has taken action that is beyond the scope of his ability and the Congress cannot just sit here and look the other way. We have to take action.”
Because last month’s omnibus put no restriction on Obama using money to implement his amnesty, the president is free to do so at this time. Had the Republican-controlled House attached language to last month’s omnibus prohibiting spending on the amnesty, Obama would have needed to shut down the entire government (by vetoing the bill) to try to force the Republican House to give him the money.
Now, the only funding bill the Republicans in Congress can use to stop Obama’s amnesty is the bill that will be needed to fund the Department of Homeland Security after Feb. 27. If the Republicans attach language to that bill prohibiting Obama from spending money to implement his amnesty, Obama will only need to shutdown DHS to try to force the Republicans to give him the money to implement it.
At his briefing, Boehner said he did not think the funding of DHS was "at risk" and said that Republicans wanted to fund the department.
A reporter asked: "Is this a wise time to be putting the budget of the Homeland Security Department at risk? The head of the department said it poses a real risk to have a continuing resolution without any certainty. Does he have any validity to his argument?"
"I don't believe that the funding of the department is in fact at risk," Boehner responded. "What is at risk is the rule of law and the sanctity of America's Constitution. The president has taken actions that are beyond the scope of his ability. And Congress cannot just sit here and look the other way. We have to take action, and we will."
The reporter, who made no mention of the fact that it would take a presidential veto to stop the DHS funding bill, followed up, saying: "Can you imagine something like this happening after 9/11 though. Given the attacks yesterday in Paris can you imagine the Homeland Security budget being up for debate a month after, or a day after, something like that happened here."
Boehner responded: "The issue isn't about funding the Department of Homeland Security. Members of Congress support funding the department. But we cannot continue to allow the president to go around the Congress and go around the law and take unilateral action as he has."
Another reporter asked if the House would "never pass a DHS funding bill that doesn't include some sort of provision" to stop Obama's unilateral amnesty.
"The House is going to work its will," Boehner said. "The way the process works is once the House works its will, the Senate will work its will. And then we have options. We can go to conference. We can take the Senate bill. There are a lot of options available to us. When we pass our bill, we'll see what the Senate can do with it and then we will act."
A third reporter asked if Boehner would allow an "open rule" on the DHS bill, which would let members freely offer amendments to the bill.
"I don't know what the Rules Committee will decide," Boehner said. "But I've got my doubts that it will be a truly open rule. But I do suspect that there will be amendments allowed."
If the Republicans pass a stand-alone bill to stop Obama’s amnesty, the president can simply veto that stand-alone bill. It would then take a two-thirds majority in both houses to enact it.
Yeah, I noticed that too.
Right out of the oligarchy playbook of insults.
” I believed the fight against Boehner was a tactical error.”
So did Bhoner. Clearly it was not.
Here’s what he doesn’t get. We don’t want to hear about how he’s going to fight.
TELL ME HOW YOU ARE GOING TO WIN.
Don’t fight Obamacare. Dismantle it. Tell us about it, WHEN YOU’VE DONE IT. I’d rather it be a surprise, than have him talk about how he’s going to do it so that the enemy press can crap all over his head.
Go to the podium, and tell us about the nice, simple bill that restores emergency funding for the southern border fence, then go VOTE IT THROUGH BOTH HOUSES.
Do it next week. Do it tomorrow.
The reason why he has the perception he has of being a squish is because there are too many people around that remember a day when men communicated through their ACTION, and then explained themselves, sometimes awkwardly, afterward.
You know, a guy says something like “Fixed the sh!tter”, and then you go look in the bathroom and find out its been completely remodeled.
That’s how men used to communicate.
Cop: “Why’d you kill him?”
Dad who killed the guy raping his daughter: “He needed killing.”
Speaker Boehner, we’re feeling a little raped out here, especially small business owners and the middle class. I ran a Christmas Bazaar for folks who needed clothes, food, and gifts for needy families to come in and really stock up for free this year.
Illegal alien families rolling up in new cars. I loaded one family’s NEW ESCALADE. I could use a new car. I’m a long way from being able to afford one.
If we are a little cross out here in the flyover (every single square yard outside of DC), it’s because we are sore walking and our backs are sticky.
Don’t tell me your are going to fight. Fight, win, and then tell me ITS OVER.
The game isn’t over. It continues and will come up again. Don’t give up.
Return of the Archons. You NEED to watch it. You will see the Uniparty philosophy on full display.
Thanks to Boehner, Obama has all the money he needs.
"But the Speaker of the House has vowed to fight this tooth and nail."
"That's great. Who is the Speaker of the House?"
"Same guy who-three weeks ago-made sure Obama would have all the money he needs."
“Purity” hurled.
Next.
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Alrighty. I'll check to see if it's on YouTube or some other place. Thanks.
I don't have to post a review, do I?
Code word for “I’m a GOP hack”
ONE HUNDRED PERCENT GET RID OF AMNESTY AND OBAMACARE, ONE HUNDRED PERCENT GET RID OF WASTEFUL SPENDING AND BALANCE THE BUDGET.
When a politician says he is going to ‘fight’ something it means a Karl Rove show of creating little emotional wedge phony issues on the side that don’t accomplish the real job but fake out voters for the next election.
More than ever grassroots people see through this charade.....
LOL
Landru/Romney. Big hair, small minds
That looks like a picture of Romney in a toga without the Grecian Formula. So, ‘Landru’ is his nickname?
You Star Trek nerds are confusing the hell outta me.
You might actually WANT to once you watch it because you will be stunned at the carryover to GOP/America 2015. It’s that good.
No. Put Romney and Landru on the same GOP ticket ans all our problems are solved. Permanently.
We're trying like heck :)
Well, based on the strength of that recommendation, I'll look it up tonight.
Do I get an official Star Trek Nerd card if I post a review?
And doing a bang-up job of it! LOL
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