Fox NewsWashington Republicans on Sunday restated their argument that President Obama has violated the Constitution by using executive orders to alter the Affordable Care Act but acknowledged they likely have no recourse or ability to stop another incident.
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, told “Fox News Sunday” that congressional Republicans think the president abused the government’s separation of powers by using the executive orders to sidestep Congress and delay the law’s employer mandate.
“The president knows this is wrong.”
– Sen. Mike Lee
However, he said critics would be challenged to win in court because Congress lacks the so-called “legal standing” to present the case and they would have a “tough time” finding somebody hurt enough by the delays to be a good plaintiff.
“The president knows this is wrong,” said Lee, among the most outspoken ObamaCare critics. “What gives him the ability to rewrite the law?”
Last week the president, for the second time in about seven months, delayed the employer mandate, which requires medium- and large-sized businesses to offer insurance to employers.
The original Jan. 1, 2014, start for the mandate, which requires businesses with 50 to 99 full-time employees to offer the insurance or face a tax penalty, was delayed in July for one year. On Monday, Obama delayed it until 2016.
Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif., defended the president’s actions Sunday, telling “Fox News” that Obama is “making sure laws are written and executed” to help Americans.
He also said that if Obama’s actions “were against the Constitution somebody would have sued him by now.”
Obama has used executive order less than modern U.S. presidents — 167 times so far, compared to 238 for President Carter and 256 for President Reagan.
Still, Lee called Obama’s actions “a shameless act, a shameless power grab.”
Do they really believe we would buy this? Is the whole government powerless? No they are in collusion pure and simple.
Yes they are in collusion and that’s not all. They’re the lower tier below the: CFR, trilateralists, club of rome, bank of international settlements, masons, bilderberg and other secret societies. The puppet masters are the families of old. They’ve been pulling the strings for a very very long time.
The US government is just a punching bag…they have no real power. That’s why we can’t stop there.
We must continue and strike the root.
-flek
The title shoud read….
Republicans: Obama violating Constitution, but we’re too gutless and compromised, to do anything about.
I tell everyone that I know to quit supporting these fools. Most cant get out of the paradigm. They just keep saying that the next guy will save us. They go to their Tea Party meetings and complain. Occasionally one of the traitors form DC will come down and talk to them and tell them about all of the good things that they “plan” to do if they will only vote for them and give their campaign some money and they buy into it every time.
No politician is going to do anything to fix this. We are the only ones who can do anything about it. Remember this. After we take our Republic back, the traitors that sat their in DC and claimed that they could do nothing about it need to be held accountable for their non-actions.
I believe its called sins of omission.
The only one that would be able to SAVE us is Henry. He’s going to need one hell of an administration though.
I volunteer for Secretary of OFFENSE!
I had a music teacher back in the 70’s tell me. Can’t means Won’t.
They’re complicit.
As is Corporate Big Media.
“The president knows this is wrong,” said Lee, among the most outspoken ObamaCare critics. “What gives him the ability to rewrite the law?”
He has a pen.