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(42,609 posts)See, this thing called the Constitution keeps getting in the way of all your grandiose plans to respond to the repubs idiocy with more idiocy. That's what so cool about the Constitution. And with respect to your argument that Clinton's veto of a CR, which resulted in a shutdown not being "premeditated" -- what do you think happened --he slipped on his pen and accidentally signed a veto order? He knew what the likely consequences of his action was. As he stated at the time: "I am returning herewith without my approval H.J. 115, the Second Continuing Resolution for fiscal year 1996. This legislation would raise Medicare premiums on senior citizens, and deeply cut education and environmental protection, as the cost for keeping the government running".
And yes it was Clinton's right, and is President Obama's right to use his veto power, even on a CR. Just as it was and is the right of the House and each of its members to vote for a particular CR or against a particular CR and the right of the Senate to vote for a particular CR or against a particular CR. And it is the right of every member of Congress to propose the repeal or modification of any piece of legislation. That's the whole point: no one has acted outside the boundaries of their Constitutionally-granted rights. Civics 101.