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To: PizzaDriver
I believe it is within the power of the Congress to ground Air Force One and limit presidential air travel until a plan to reduce spending is submitted. Obama should be grounded until the work is done.

Likewise, Congress can cut the money being spent on the Executive Office of the President (staff). By cutting the funds Congress could shut down or squeeze departments and agencies like EPA, Education,and even Obamacare itself.

Congress has the power to inflict great pain and embarrassment on a president that will not play ball. They can charge the president with dereliction of duty for not submitting a budget as required by law. The House can bring charges against the president. The Senate would have nothing to say (no vote) on bringing charges.

20 posted on 11/29/2012 3:35:41 PM PST by Rapscallion ( OBAMA: You own it now. See if you can govern it.)
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To: Rapscallion

Bonehead and co in the house can cut off funding to everything.

They won’t.

but they could.

There is a reason the founders put control of the money in the house. Sadly, they never realized that at some point the house would be full of spineless Rino’s.


36 posted on 11/29/2012 4:48:33 PM PST by cableguymn (The founding fathers would be shooting by now..)
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To: Rapscallion
I agree with everything you said about Congress (the House) grounding 0dumb0's travel especially his freguent (weekly) boon doggles, etc., etc.

Now if only the Pubbies had the balls of a one-celled organism, it might work. However the Pubblies will never do it. They (especially the Pubbie leadership) are scared SHITLESS of 0dumb0 & the demoRATs.

Let the country go down the crapper is what I say!
Bring it on!
Fiscal cliff, go for it!
Rioting in the streets, hilarious (especially when the blacks burn down their own neighborhoods)
Vigilante squads to patrol our neighborhoods, sounds great, sign me up!

39 posted on 11/29/2012 7:22:14 PM PST by rcrngroup
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To: Rapscallion

Congress ran in 2010 saying they would defund obamacare. Of course, they didn’t defund it. But apparently they have the power otherwise the dems and their media would have screamed constantly that “They’re lying! They can’t defund it!”


49 posted on 11/30/2012 8:58:35 AM PST by Terry Mross (I haven't watched the news since the election. Someone ping me if anything big happens.)
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