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Showing Original Post only (View all)43 House Republicans Are Suing President Obama For Being The President of the United States [View all]
Yet Another Not An Onion Article of the Day: 43 House Republicans Are Suing President Obama For Being The President of the United States, Instead of Passing Actual Legislation That Could Help Millions Of People
Forty three House Republicans are sponsoring a bill that if passed would force the House to sue President Obama for behaving like a president.
According to The Hill, Forty-three Republicans have cosponsored the resolution since Obamas State of the Union address, where he threatened to enact policies if Congress didnt act. The Stop This Overreaching Presidency (STOP) measure, introduced by Rep. Tom Rice (S.C.), now has 104 co-sponsors, including Senate GOP hopeful Reps. Jack Kingston (Ga.), James Lankford (Okla.), Steve Stockman (Texas), Paul Broun (Ga.), Steve Daines (Mont.) and Phil Gingrey (Ga.).
The House Republicans are upset because Barack Obama had the nerve to act like a president. They are angry that he delayed the employer mandate, implemented the DREAM Act for the executive branch, let people keep their substandard health insurance policies, and ended work requirements for welfare recipients.
Courts have ruled for decades that presidents have the constitutional power to delay the implementation of a law. Like all presidents, Obamas executive orders only cover the executive branch. President Obama didnt implement the DREAM Act for all of the country, just for the executive branch.
http://www.politicususa.com/2014/02/17/43-house-republicans-sue-barack-obama-president.html
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MrScorpio
Feb 2014
OP
Their own special private constitution states presidents can be only white and male. n/t
sarge43
Feb 2014
#18
I was just asking the other day how these totally insane individuals keep getting elected...
Rhiannon12866
Feb 2014
#7
And count'em... THREE from my state of GA: Broun, Gingrey and Kingston. Total IQ? Low.
CurtEastPoint
Feb 2014
#9
Why bother with the names look where they are from which is no surprise actually
wocaonimabi
Feb 2014
#21
"have ruled for decades that presidents have the constitutional power to delay the implementation of
PoliticAverse
Feb 2014
#28
these fuck heads have completely stopped functioning as humans with actual dignity
Pretzel_Warrior
Feb 2014
#37
US Republicans create ugly and divisive stereotypes for everyone they oppose...
NancyDL
Feb 2014
#42