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Boehner Vows to Fight ‘Tooth and Nail’ Against Executive Amnesty He Funded
CNSNews ^ | January 8, 2015 | Ali Meyer

Posted on 01/08/2015 12:04:45 PM PST by jazusamo

48 second Video at link.

(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.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 114th; aliens; amnesty; amnestypimps; boehner; boner; crimenibus; cromnibus; executiveaction; executiveamnesty; funding; gopestablishment; illegals; immigration; kisspelosi; obama; rino; rinos; spineless; squish; toothandnail; uniparty
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To: jazusamo
He was against it before he was for it and now he against it again.

I'm starting to lose track of the bastard's lies!

61 posted on 01/08/2015 12:29:39 PM PST by The Cajun (Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Mike Lee, Louie Gohmert....Nuff said.)
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To: jazusamo

Anybody who would continue to vote these same schlubs into office deserve the nation they are getting. We are in a spiritual conflict that can only be resolved by returning to the Founding Fathers and the God whom they wrote into the founding documents. No election of anybody can fix humpty dumpty at this time he is too broken.
IMHO
Freegards
LEX


62 posted on 01/08/2015 12:30:28 PM PST by lexington minuteman 1775
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To: Paine in the Neck

“Man, if I were contemplating running for Pres on the GOP side, I’d be pushing hard to get rid of Boehner. He’s going to let all of the air out of the GOP’s electoral chances for ‘16.”

Neither Party has the guts or brains to do what they need to win. As you point out, the GOPE is on track to piss away any chances the Republicans have to take the Presidency. Most likely the “hand picked choice” will be Romney 3, or Bush 3, and either Hitlary or Warren will roll over either of them. And we all know that third party candidates only make the numbers better for the RATs. If ISIS manages to do a big thing here, the RATs will get the MSM to blame it on the GOPE.


63 posted on 01/08/2015 12:31:25 PM PST by vette6387
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To: heshtesh

The Tea party was co-opted the day they invited GOP to work together. Look at the big TEA groups. GOP on all boards.

Is this not a blinding neon flashing panic sign warnings to anyone that TEA is no longer what it was intended to be?


64 posted on 01/08/2015 12:31:48 PM PST by Norm Lenhart (1000...and climbing.)
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To: Loud Mime
The People voted for a reckoning Loud Mime ... only to be stabbed in the back again. How long should People, like me, remain silent. Should I go to my death being silent while my so-called government takes away my Freedom to be whom my ancestors were? We have a Republic, if you can keep it ... Ben Franklin
65 posted on 01/08/2015 12:32:15 PM PST by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: jazusamo

Someone forgot the SATIRE tag.


66 posted on 01/08/2015 12:32:25 PM PST by Organic Panic
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To: jazusamo

You tell ‘em, Squishy.


67 posted on 01/08/2015 12:32:47 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: exnavy
He’s a maroon.

A tra la la boob de ay

68 posted on 01/08/2015 12:33:23 PM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: lexington minuteman 1775; jazusamo; Norm Lenhart; All

There are a number of us here, who share your humble opinion.


69 posted on 01/08/2015 12:33:24 PM PST by stephenjohnbanker (The only people in the world who fear Obama are American citizens.)
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To: stephenjohnbanker

Dammit don’t tell people we are Illuminati. Never talk about Illuminati business here. Its the first rule of Illuminati Club. You know the punishment!

We are simple seekers of the truth. Monks walking a path of self discovery...


70 posted on 01/08/2015 12:34:03 PM PST by Norm Lenhart (1000...and climbing.)
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To: expat2
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.

Time for john to go.
I think he's planning to anyway.
71 posted on 01/08/2015 12:34:15 PM PST by novemberslady
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To: Organic Panic

shhhh


72 posted on 01/08/2015 12:35:34 PM PST by novemberslady
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To: stephenjohnbanker

still dislike your tagline friend but seems you know the score.


73 posted on 01/08/2015 12:36:00 PM PST by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: Norm Lenhart

I’m well aware your correct in your opinion and totally agree with you,i just have no patience for the stupid Loud Mime posted!


74 posted on 01/08/2015 12:37:08 PM PST by heshtesh (I believe in Sarah Palin, the rest not so much.)
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To: expat2

“I’m not fan of Boener but, to be fair, you can’t de-fund a program that doesn’t need funding. No-action action like letting people stay needs no funds.”
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You do realize that they are working (overpaid federal bureaucrats do NOT work for free) on “registering” all the millions of “deferred deportation” illegal aliens, give them work permits/social security numbers, etc. They will be spending many hundreds of millions of dollars in this effort.


75 posted on 01/08/2015 12:37:20 PM PST by House Atreides
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To: heshtesh

The stupid is exactly he posted. It was also direct GOP propaganda to keep people on Rez.


76 posted on 01/08/2015 12:39:00 PM PST by Norm Lenhart (1000...and climbing.)
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To: jazusamo

And I’m the Pipe’s daughter.


77 posted on 01/08/2015 12:39:24 PM PST by Politicalkiddo ("I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!")
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To: stephenjohnbanker; Norm Lenhart

New tagline


78 posted on 01/08/2015 12:41:06 PM PST by stephenjohnbanker (Batting average 1,000 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: i_robot73

Maybe it takes TEA leaders to wipe butts for these traitors too. Hear US yet D.C.?


79 posted on 01/08/2015 12:41:24 PM PST by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: stephenjohnbanker

Thank You


80 posted on 01/08/2015 12:41:57 PM PST by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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