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Question for Boehner: Will you use the power of the purse to stop Obama’s executive power grabs?
Hotair ^ | 07/19/2014 | AllahPundit

Posted on 07/20/2014 5:52:16 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 07/20/2014 5:52:16 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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Weepy tears up at the thought of being able to carry the purse of POSOTUS


2 posted on 07/20/2014 5:54:47 AM PDT by PGalt
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Q2 Why should We the People be expected to pay for an Illegal Alien and his tranny’s lavish lifestyle? Why haven’t you ganked his credit card yet?


3 posted on 07/20/2014 5:55:22 AM PDT by rawcatslyentist (Jeremiah 50:32 "The arrogant one will stumble and fall ; / ?)
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To: SeekAndFind

This would just be the ‘shut down the government’ strategy again.

I believe almost all department funding is written into law for multiple years. House can’t repeal existing funding by itself; the Senate would have to go along.


4 posted on 07/20/2014 5:57:24 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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"Power of the purse? What's he talking about?"


5 posted on 07/20/2014 5:58:45 AM PDT by Paine in the Neck (Socialism consumes EVERYTHING)
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EXEMPT Boehner had no interest in stopping Obama this week,
or last week, or the week before.
Or next week.


6 posted on 07/20/2014 5:59:50 AM PDT by Diogenesis (The EXEMPT Congress is complicit in the absence of impeachment)
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7 posted on 07/20/2014 6:06:00 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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Boehner is elected by the Republican members of the House. He's apparently doing what they want him to do. What else do you need to know about the Republican Party. Let's see, weak, impotent, stupid, cowardly, timid, oh did I say that they're cowards?

Democrats are evil. Republlicans pretend not to be evil. Which is worse?

8 posted on 07/20/2014 6:12:27 AM PDT by Jabba the Nutt (You can have a free country or government schools. Choose one.)
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Boenher, who was preparing for a GOPe surrender conference, could not offer a response...


9 posted on 07/20/2014 6:17:32 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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Vichy Republicans attack their base more than the Democrats, sorta like the Vichy French who attacked fellow Frenchmen and Jews rather than the Nazis.


10 posted on 07/20/2014 6:24:43 AM PDT by MuttTheHoople (Ob)
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To: SeekAndFind

No. That is what the TEA Party would do.


11 posted on 07/20/2014 6:24:52 AM PDT by jch10 (WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM THE COYOTE IN CHIEF?)
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Democrats are evil. Republlicans pretend not to be evil. Which is worse?

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You could easily make a case that Republicans are more deceptive than Democrats. They tell their base one thing and then do another. They complain about liberal policies but do little if anything to stop them. They claim to be conservative but continue to support the growth of big government and massive spending.

The Republicans are sheep in wolves clothing.


12 posted on 07/20/2014 6:28:23 AM PDT by Starboard
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Boenher, who was preparing for a GOPe surrender conference...

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GOP = White Flag Party


13 posted on 07/20/2014 6:29:38 AM PDT by Starboard
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Is there anyone left who thinks Obama would respect a LEGAL limitation on his spending priorities?

No?

So, do you expect the House to send its Master-at-Arms to seize the Treasury Department? And just padlock Obama’s favorite “lockboxes”?

No?

So, what makes you think a sitting president, who thinks he is above the Law, will be POWERLESS when he is challenged by “the power of the purse”?

Let’s work to get a veto-proof Congress. IMHO, that is more likely to work.


14 posted on 07/20/2014 6:31:29 AM PDT by pfony1 (Add just 6 GOP Senators and we "bury" Harry)
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Is there anyone left who thinks Obama would respect a LEGAL limitation on his spending priorities?

No?

So, do you expect the House to send its Master-at-Arms to seize the Treasury Department? And just padlock Obama’s favorite “lockboxes”?

No?

So, what makes you think a sitting president, who thinks he is above the Law, will be POWERLESS when he is challenged by “the power of the purse”?

Let’s work to get a veto-proof Congress. IMHO, that is more likely to work.


15 posted on 07/20/2014 6:32:16 AM PDT by pfony1 (Add just 6 GOP Senators and we "bury" Harry)
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To: SeekAndFind

No, he won’t.


16 posted on 07/20/2014 6:32:20 AM PDT by sport
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“Foregettaboutit!”


17 posted on 07/20/2014 6:39:56 AM PDT by DaveA37
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RE: I believe almost all department funding is written into law for multiple years.

But what if Obama runs out of money for this or that program and asks for more Billions?

And oh BTW, if Obamacare is written into law for multiple years, how long will the money last since it was passed in 2010?


18 posted on 07/20/2014 6:43:47 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (If at first you don't succeed, put it out for beta test.)
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That would be a Negative.


19 posted on 07/20/2014 6:45:10 AM PDT by grobdriver (Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
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Obama leaves office before any of this could come down.

Don’t forget the courts: They’re the real legislature these days. They can mandate spending, and the executive will go along. That means the House must take a positive action to stop spending. That means the Senate will have to go along. Good luck.


20 posted on 07/20/2014 6:48:34 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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