The fence rider does it again. NumbersUSA Action Alert Senator John Cornyn (R-Tex.) voted to fund Pres. Obamas executive amnesty during the lame-duck session contrary to his earlier statements. He was one of several Senators who had come out against the presidents actions, but then voted much differently. These Senators, including Sen. Cornyn, had an opportunity to back up their rhetoric with action when Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) raised a point of order challenging the constitutionality of the presidents executive action while the Senate debated the 2015 spending bill. While 21 other Senators stood up and voted with Sen. Cruz, 28 Senators who had previously come out against executive amnesty voted in favor of fully funding it. After the President announced his executive amnesty on November 20, Sen. Cornyn issued the following statement: But the answer is not, and it cant be, a Presidential abuse of power. So I wish the President wouldnt do this. It wont work. Its unconstitutional. It purports to exercise a power he himself said he does not have, but he seems determined to do it, nonetheless. -- Sen. John Cornyn
Posted on: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 17:04:28 +0000
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