Posted on 11/10/2014 2:01:48 PM PST by afraidfortherepublic
Incoming Senate Budget Committee chairman Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) is calling on Republicans to follow through on Republican National Committee (RNC) chairman Reince Priebus's commitment to do everything possible to block President Barack Obama’s planned executive amnesty.
“Before the election, RNC Chairman Reince Priebus said: ‘We can’t allow it to happen and we won’t let it happen… I’m telling you, everything we can do to stop it we will,’” Sessions said in a statement provided exclusively to Breitbart News. “We must now follow through on that commitment.”
Currently, conservatives say congressional Republican leadership is considering breaking the promise Priebus made before the election. His promise was explicitly bold, and included the specific guarantee that if voters turned the Senate Republican—as they have now done—Republicans will do everything possible to stop Obama’s planned executive amnesty, including defunding it.
After calling Obama’s plans “illegal,” “unconstitutional” and “un-American,” Priebus vowed Republicans would stop him.
“While I can’t speak for the legislature, I’m very confident we will stop that,” Priebus said on a conference call with TheTeaParty.Net after an exclusive interview with Breitbart News a week before the election. “We will do everything we can to make sure it doesn’t happen: Defunding, going to court, injunction. You name it. It’s wrong. It's illegal. And for so many reasons, and just the basic fabric of this country, we can’t allow it to happen and we won’t let it happen. I don’t know how to be any stronger than that. I’m telling you, everything we can do to stop it we will.”
Recent news reports indicate that House GOP leaders have been—since before the election—working on a long-term government funding deal with Senate Democratic leaders. The deal is still in the works but negotiators, are reportedly aiming to use it to fund the government through...
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“It’s already in the Constitution that ONLY CONGRESS has the power over naturalization of citizens.”
Ah! But he can grant Presidential Pardons to lawbreakers, and that could be his angle?????????
Remember the song: The Whole World’s Watch’in
If you go a head and attempt this we will do this, impeach
I don't know what, but something. No more cute tricks like letting amnesty by during the lame duck session because too much of the HOR is bought and paid for by the Chamber of Commerce. How else can it be explained that Boehner is still Speaker and Obama's illegal executive orders are funded?
After this election, it could not be clearer that US citizens are (1)opposed to the invasion of the US and (2) want a return to the rule of law
God bless Senator Sessions.
This will be the test whether the GOP is willing to fight to protect its legislative prerogatives from Obama’s depredations.
I don’t think they’re up to it.
Ann, please! Lady up!
Sessions is up to it. He will go down fighting. This has always been the hill he has chosen to die on. I suggest we all being willing to stand with the gallant Senator.
Elect Reince for Speaker!!
lolz
They would have to be convicted first, I would think.
Rinse Prepuce doesn’t really mean it.
Don't care where it came from - would be refreshing to see them actually coalesce around something good for America for a change.
Maybe nobody in DC has read the ... thing.
Article 1
Section. 8.
The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
To borrow Money on the credit of the United States;
To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;
To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;”
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Your post bears repeating. Maybe we should send Article 1 Section 8 to all the senators and also to John Boehner. If Obama uses executive order to give amnesty to illegals, he should be impeached.
The Washingtonians have utter contempt for the constitution and call us stupid.
That attitude usually leads to unfortunate consequences for those espousing it.
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