DHS Secretary to Congress: 'You Cannot...Micromanage' the Executive Branch

CNSnews ^ | May 30, 2014 | Susan Jones

[Cheerio]

(CNSNews.com) - Congress "needs to be careful not to intrude on the discretion that the Executive Branch should normally have," Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson told the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday.

"You cannot, with all respect, micromanage certain functions that the Executive (Branch) is charged with carrying out."

Johnson was responding to Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), who asked him to explain the difference between prosecutorial discretion and "wholesale" failure to enforce the law.

[morphing libertarian]

ditto

[Nifster]

we can do what we want...so there

[oldbrowser]

Congress "needs to be careful not to intrude on the discretion that the Executive Branch should normally have,"

The executive branch should have limited discretion in following the law and their budgets.

By eliminating the omnibus budgets the congress can more precisely define the discretionary limits of the administration.

As it is now the executive and the congress battle over the number of billions and then the executive spends it as they please. The congress has no control other than the hearings they convene with are mostly theater.

[tumblindice]

“You cannot, with all respect, micromanage certain functions that the Executive (Branch) is charged with carrying out.”

Charged by who? The executive branch? This is why things are so topsy-turvy: your boss seems to think he can legislate with EOs.
Also he’s exercising the `power of the purse’ writing huge checks to pet causes, obligating the US to even more Chinese debt, by executive fiat, while giving his wife extensive co-executive powers so that she can impose her views on America.
So your boss, King Obama, has basically coopted a spineless Congress and is micromanaging functions of a coequal branch of government.
And you’re complaining that Congress wants something to do? We wish they were doing something besides kow-towing to the International Kow-towing Man of Mystery!

[tiki]

Just leave us alone we only obey the dictator.

[circlecity]

There’s a world of space between micromanaging and just steering the boat.

[Cheerio]

Also he’s exercising the `power of the purse’ writing huge checks to pet causes, obligating the US to even more Chinese debt, by executive fiat, while giving his wife extensive co-executive powers so that she can impose her views on America.

I am no fan of the GOP-e led House that gave the national clown a new credit card with no maximum - White House celebrates House debt vote

This is NOT ALL the blame of little boy king barry

"Carney’s statement comes an hour after the House voted 221-201 to increase the $17.2 trillion debt limit through March 15, 2015.

The White House statement did not take a victory lap for President Barack Obama’s latest stare-down with House Republicans over the debt limit, his third since winning re-election in November 2012.
...........
The White House saw House Speaker John Boehner’s move as vindication of its no-negotiating strategy. The House vote on a clean debt limit increase marks the third consecutive time Republicans have received nothing from Obama in exchange for a debt limit increase.

[hosepipe]

Maybe so.. BUT you can defund the hell out of them..
Cut them off at the knees.. clean out the White Hut COLON..
and INDITE as many as possible..

[hosepipe]

This is why things are so topsy-turvy: your boss seems to think he can legislate with EOs.
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UGH!.duh.. He "IS" legislating with EO's.. and who's to STOP him?..
The Justice Department..?..

Anyone that believes that is beynd help..

[Maceman]

"You cannot, with all respect, micromanage certain functions that the Executive (Branch) is charged with carrying out."

And the Executive (Branch), with all due respect (which is to say, none) cannot micromanage the lives of the American people, whose rights and freedoms the government is charged with protecting.

[factoryrat]

They can't micromanage the executive branch. BUT, they can easily cut off all of the funding to the executive branch. Unfortunately though, they won't.
The executive branch under obama has amassed so much power by wielding the alphabet soup agencies like a club, and has built up a personal domestic army that is just as powerful as the military, just as he said he would. Now everbody who isn't a part of that free shit-illegal alien-flaming liberal socialist-LIV-jackboot thug cop-alphabet soup agency swat team army is going to be in for a nasty surprise.

[Agamemnon]

The GOP is running so scared that IMHO they will lose the US House in Nov 2014

You are so busy posting stupid apocalyptic pictures that you have lost all perspective. Not even (D)s believe the (R)s lose the House in 2014.

Buy a clue.

[Hoodat]

So our only choices are either micromanagement or no management at all? I don’t think so.

[NormsRevenge]

O lackeys are a bunch of uppity little pricks.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

It’s so nice to be lectured by a lackey bureaucrat as to what should and should not be micromanaged. Who is this fool, Van Jones’ quirky uncle?

[USCG SimTech]

Congress needs to write the laws to ensure agencies DO NOT have discretionary nor regulatory powers. Well written law, just like a well written Statement of Work for a contract, is a complete set of instructions having taken into account every possible contractors semantics wriggle room, unforeseen circumstance, and unintended consequence.

I know. I’ve been writing statements of work for federal contracts for +30 years for some hefty electronics projects.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

But Congress can cut your funding.

OK. I can dream, can’t I?

[Cheerio]

see post 31

[ElkGroveDan]

PLEASE STOP SHOUTING IN MY EAR!!

My use of the word "deal" was a rhetorical device. I did not seriously suggest anyone propose or enter into any deal for what is already written in the Constitution.

[Bubba_Leroy]

Obama also ignores the fact that Democrats control the undemocratically elected Senate. Republicans control the more populist and democratically elected House.

What puts Democrats at a disadvantage is the fact that they have to lie about what they believe in to get elected.