House passes GOP-backed bill aimed at Obama's 'imperial presidency'

[alp227]

Source: LA Times

WASHINGTON -- The House passed the first of a pair of bills aimed at reining in what Republicans call a pattern of overreach by the executive branch under President Obama.

Democrats decried the base-pleasing measure as a political stunt. Immigration reform advocates said it threatens the administration's deferred action deportation program.

The legislation is a response to what Republicans say has been an "imperial presidency" under Obama -- a term that one conservative lawmaker noted also fit the Nixon administration during the Watergate scandal. Obama's new push to work around Congress using his "pen and phone" strategy only reinforces the need to, as House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) said, "restore balance to our system of government."

"This administration's blatant disregard for the rule of law has not been limited to just a few instances," said House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.). "The president's dangerous search for expanded power appears to be endless."


Read more: http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/politicsnow/la-pn-house-imperial-presidency-bills-20140312,0,5992100.story

[madaboutharry]

1. But I thought he was a feckless,

ineffective, not very intelligent accomplished nothing guy who wears Mom jeans and bike helmets.

[Cha]

16. Yeesss.. so sayeth the

Oxymoronassholes.

[JoePhilly]

28. He's an appeasing thug!!!

He's also a Harvard elitist, but very dumb.

He's a dictator, but in over his head.

He's also Hitler, Mao and Stalin, all rolled into one. But he's ineffective.

[RoccoR5955]

29. And here I thought it was f*ckless!

Meaning that he could not reproduce for some reason. Like that matters.
You know, some of those people have weird local accents from their area.

[tofuandbeer]

2. Chripes! It was an imperialist's failure to take the Whitehouse in 2012!

Romney was an obvious JOKE! We all know that.
Lying sociopaths.
Does anyone recall Bohener after that election saying the GOP needs to reevaluate their agenda? Well, this is what they came up with.
HA HA!

[Phlem]

3. oh the F'ing irony.

-p

[Zambero]

4. Can they just settle on one and only one caricature?

Let's see, a couple weeks ago he was the imperial lawless tyrant, too much like that guy Putin.

Then a week later he was weak and wobbly-kneed, nothing like that guy Putin, who was starting to be perceived as an all right guy in their book.

But hold the phone. Now he's re-embarked on an endless power grab, just like that guy Putin.

How will conservatives be portraying the President in coming weeks? Hard to say, but it will flip-flop 180 degrees any which way, be it the Putin-clone or the anti-Putin.

Stay tuned in to Sean, Rush, Glenn & the rest of the gang for the next exciting episodes of "Obama's Week: Wimp or Weasel?"

[joesdaughter]

7. That about sums it up.

Well done!

[tofuandbeer]

8. AM radio congress.

[Nanjing to Seoul]

10. Obama: Pond Scum or Scum of the Earth. . .Glenn, Sean and Rush bloviate and pontificate over this

next week on "Blowhard AM Radio."

They can't keep their bullshit straight anymore.

[steve2470]

5. waste of time and taxpayer money par excellance nt

[joesdaughter]

6. The Cost ?

How much does this cost the tax payer? How much money has been spent on 50 Repeal Obamacre votes? The RNC should have to reimbuse the American tax payers for this legislative grandstanding that is nothing more than campaign talking points.

[Nanjing to Seoul]

9. Tell a lie long enough, loud enough, to enough people, the lie becomes reality

Cantor learned from the best.

[pangaia]

26. Exactly.

That is why ALL this ignorant, fascist, hate-filled ranting must be answered right away,, blatantly and forcefully..
Every single time some stupid fuck says something or right wing extremist politicians and mouthpieces open their mouths.. they should be shut down immediately.

REAL Democratic politicians should be all over this, 24/7...

[SoapBox]

11. Thanks for wasting MORE time and MORE money!

Stupid fucking TeaTalibanPukeBaggers.

Worst...Money...Managers...EVER!

[davidpdx]

12. One has to wonder if this is part of an impeachment ploy

[Bernardo de La Paz]

18. Nope, but it is a kind of impeachment/conviction by freezing out & obstructionism. nt

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

22. Possibly

When the Radical Republicans wanted to impeach Andrew Johnson in 1867, Johnson was having a fight with his Secretary of War, Edwin Stanton. Stanton was the darling of the Radical Republicans, and to keep Johnson from firing him, they passed (over Johnson's veto) the Tenure of Office Act, which said that the President could not remove any official without Senate approval, and for a President to do so was a "high crime and misdemeanor".

After Johnson fired Stanton, he was impeached by the House and tried by the Senate, his impeachment failing by one vote. The Tenure of Office Act was decreed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in Myers v. United States, 272 U.S. 52 (1926).

The point is that one of the specific intentions of the Tenure of Office Act was to give Congress specific grounds to impeach Johnson. So it's been done before.

[ReRe]

13. Yeah right...

... like PO is going to sign it.

[xxqqqzme]

14. May the

Goddess save us all if we lose the Senate.

[ReRe]

20. Listen...

... I'm packen' it in if Democrats don't sweep all the elections this fall.

[Kablooie]

15. Over and over they pass idiotic, over the top, insane, fantasy bills that mean nothing.

That's sure worth paying them $174,000 a year for.

Sheesh.

[Cha]

17. Oh goody.. the teabagger house is throwing a hissyfit.. and flinging their

poo.

[blkmusclmachine]

19. Bipartisanship You Can Believe In!!!

[Adrahil]

21. Wait... They just said he was weak and indecisive! Which is it!? NT

[lostincalifornia]

23. The rethugs are the worst garbage. This is absolute abuse of what they were elected to do in the

house.

I really hop they meet their Karma

http://news.yahoo.com/house-backs-bill-sue-president-over-laws-210926368.html

[santamargarita]

24. They can roll the bill up real tight and shove it up their ass-it won't go any further!

[RussBLib]

25. The GOP's blatant disregard for the truth should not be tolerated

but unfortunately uneducated people believe anything FOX and Rush put out.

[Turbineguy]

27. The repubs are after Obama's blood

for not collapsing the economy.

[Dem4ever27]

30. Nasty repukes!

What they really want is to limit immigration, and deny a good life to Latinos who need to come across our border for jobs. What are Republicans afraid of? That Americans can't compete with undocumented workers in the workplace? Of course they can. And if undocumented workers get US jobs, then that's just how our system works. Let the best man (or woman) win!

[muntrv]

31. But the repukes want Obama to be like Putin, I thought!