Posted on 01/08/2015 12:04:45 PM PST by jazusamo
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(CNSNews.com) - House Speaker John Boehner (R.-Ohio) vowed today to fight “tooth and nail” against President Obama’s unilateral amnesty of up to five million illegal aliens—an amnesty the administration has been able to move forward with because Boehner’s House permitted funding of it. The 1,603-page omnibus spending bill that Boehner pushed through a lame-duck Republican-controlled House last month put no prohibition on Obama using government funds to implement the amnesty. That omnibus funded almost all the government through the end of this fiscal year on Sept. 30 and the Department of Homeland Security through Feb. 27.
“The House will soon take action aimed at stopping the president’s unilateral action when it comes to immigration,” Boehner said at his press briefing today. “Republicans are in agreement that this is a gravely serious matter.”
“The president's unilateral actions were an affront to the rule of law and our system of government,” Boehner said. “The American people don't support it and as their representatives we cannot let it stand.”
“I said we'd fight it tooth and nail when we had two majorities in the House and Senate and I meant it,” Boehner said. “What is at risk is the rule of law and the sanctity of America’s Constitution. The president has taken action that is beyond the scope of his ability and the Congress cannot just sit here and look the other way. We have to take action.”
Because last month’s omnibus put no restriction on Obama using money to implement his amnesty, the president is free to do so at this time. Had the Republican-controlled House attached language to last month’s omnibus prohibiting spending on the amnesty, Obama would have needed to shut down the entire government (by vetoing the bill) to try to force the Republican House to give him the money.
Now, the only funding bill the Republicans in Congress can use to stop Obama’s amnesty is the bill that will be needed to fund the Department of Homeland Security after Feb. 27. If the Republicans attach language to that bill prohibiting Obama from spending money to implement his amnesty, Obama will only need to shutdown DHS to try to force the Republicans to give him the money to implement it.
At his briefing, Boehner said he did not think the funding of DHS was "at risk" and said that Republicans wanted to fund the department.
A reporter asked: "Is this a wise time to be putting the budget of the Homeland Security Department at risk? The head of the department said it poses a real risk to have a continuing resolution without any certainty. Does he have any validity to his argument?"
"I don't believe that the funding of the department is in fact at risk," Boehner responded. "What is at risk is the rule of law and the sanctity of America's Constitution. The president has taken actions that are beyond the scope of his ability. And Congress cannot just sit here and look the other way. We have to take action, and we will."
The reporter, who made no mention of the fact that it would take a presidential veto to stop the DHS funding bill, followed up, saying: "Can you imagine something like this happening after 9/11 though. Given the attacks yesterday in Paris can you imagine the Homeland Security budget being up for debate a month after, or a day after, something like that happened here."
Boehner responded: "The issue isn't about funding the Department of Homeland Security. Members of Congress support funding the department. But we cannot continue to allow the president to go around the Congress and go around the law and take unilateral action as he has."
Another reporter asked if the House would "never pass a DHS funding bill that doesn't include some sort of provision" to stop Obama's unilateral amnesty.
"The House is going to work its will," Boehner said. "The way the process works is once the House works its will, the Senate will work its will. And then we have options. We can go to conference. We can take the Senate bill. There are a lot of options available to us. When we pass our bill, we'll see what the Senate can do with it and then we will act."
A third reporter asked if Boehner would allow an "open rule" on the DHS bill, which would let members freely offer amendments to the bill.
"I don't know what the Rules Committee will decide," Boehner said. "But I've got my doubts that it will be a truly open rule. But I do suspect that there will be amendments allowed."
If the Republicans pass a stand-alone bill to stop Obama’s amnesty, the president can simply veto that stand-alone bill. It would then take a two-thirds majority in both houses to enact it.
Good job!
Boehner reminds me of a boxer who shows up at the televised pre-fight weigh-in, shaking his fist in the other guy’s face, trash talkin’, the whole bit, while knowing all along he already made a deal to take a dive. The whole thing is for the cameras, for the suckers watching at home. That’s what Boehner’s doing, it’s just for the suckers watching at home. Starting to despise him right up there with Hussein, Pelousy and Red.
Yea but our suckers are proud of it. I hear the DeSade Corp is hiring though. They are qualified for grunt work I guess.
Thank you, dear Landru : )
Was wondering who’d get it first ;)
Ahh, ...yes I do know that, which brings me back to my point. What is Bonehead going to do to stop the actions of a government acting outside the law? There is no actual policy in place, just an agenda. Its an agenda that is shared by Bonehead’s buddies on the Republican left. Bonehead is speaking out his arse when he says he is going to fight it.
Same to you “Prophet SrevenJohn””
yeah right. boner isn’t going to fight obama. he is just saying this to fool stupid people like you on freerepublic again, lol. it must get really stinky on that plantation you live on, lol.
Landru/Romney 2016
Now THERE is a guaranteed GOP landslide.
One of the body, One of Kolob, Both severely conservative. We cannot lose.
Blah, blah, blah. No one believes this liar any more.
Actually THAT is the tagline for me
Would you like to join me in a trip to D.C. We need to destroy
a bunch of “ inferior biological infestations “
Don’t ya sometimes wish you had Boehner’s blackmail file, the one the globalist oligarchs have? Can you imagine the Boehner head exploding when you play the ‘John, do the conservative thing or I will release the file’ card?
Ping to 111
JPG needed badly
LMAO!
1)” We need to pick our battles “ SO WE CAN STAY WELL FED ON THE PLANTATION
2) “We need to give Boehner a chance...I mean, maybe we DID need to FUND it, in order to KILL it” SO WE CAN LOOK SMART LIKE PELOSI!
3) “Keep your powder dry! “ SO WE CAN USE IT AS TOOTHPASTE
4) “ We tried “ BUT AMERICAN IDOL WAS ON
5) “ Yeah, they funded Obamacare, and amnesty, which will destroy the country. But a Democrat would have been WORSE ! BECAUSE THEY WOULD TAKE FULL CREDIT FOR IT
” The lesser of two evils” “ IS STILL EVIL
Surely Capt John T Bhoner of the Farceship Wrecktheplace can fix this. All we need do is accept the will of Landru Brother. And have sex with green women.
I thank you for your replies, but some reek of stubborn hillbilly feudin. He dun this bak den an I ain’t forgettin!
May there have been a reason for all that? What recess appointments were made?
I will continue to fight with our new congress. I see no reason to whine, sit in a corner of FR, complain and call others names. We have a new congress, work with it, or give up and shut up. Believe me, our nation is worth the continued effort.
I’m sure Boehner will find a way to completely eliminate Executive Amnesty. All he has to do is pass an even more sweeping amnesty bill of his own and 0bama won’t have a leg to stand on. Good going, John!
You are correct, and his words don't mean anything. Obama will call and
offer him another case of MadDog 2020 and Bonehead will come out and say
"I tried" move on.
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