I heard that part of the show today and I thought Rush was soft on McConnell. He didn’t “give him hell” in my opinion. I think he was easy on him. I don’t think he even brought up the point that the plan is unconstitutional. The power is not McConnell’s to just hand off to Obama. The Congress is to control the purse strings of the U.S.
McConnell is trying to give Congress’ constitutional control over to the arrogant, power hungry Obama. If they hand that over to Obama and the executive branch, what in the world do we need Congress for?! McConnell is either an idiot, or he knows exactly what he’s doing and he is evil.
The only way that Congress can give that power to the President is through the passing of a Constitutional Amendment. In his 1996 majority opinion, Stevens concurred:
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