I’m hearing you here on facebook, and in calls and emails to my office, and wanted to take a moment to further talk about my vote last week. President Obama’s immigration action is an affront to our republic, and against the grain of our over 200 years of constitutional rule of law. We’ve got to fight it and I’m up for that fight. I just want to make sure we’re fighting to win, not just fighting for fighting’s sake. The American people spoke last month, and those who opposed the President’s unconstitutional immigration action won. We just need to be patient enough for them to be sworn in. Knowing this, we’ve set the stage to rebuke President Obama’s unconstitutional immigration action when we take control of the Senate in January. Beyond setting up an immigration showdown with the President that we can win, we’ve passed dozens, if not hundreds, of reforms and spending cuts that would not otherwise ever pass, let alone have the President sign. From real cuts to Obamacare, the EPA, and the IRS, to strengthened pro-life and 2nd amendment provisions, we’ve secured numerous wins that haven’t happened in the last 4 years, despite Republicans controlling the House. This is because we’ve been doing continuing resolutions (CRs) since 2010 – since Nancy Pelosi was Speaker and her priorities were codified into law and continued when every CR was passed. Another 3 month CR would continue these. Importantly, we have separated the Department of Homeland Security (responsible for immigration) into a CR. This is identical to what would happen in a 3 month CR for the whole government. Below, I’ve linked to some articles that outline how the legislation that passed last week is a step in the right direction for conservative governance. We can’t restore constitutional balance by playing checkers when President Obama is playing chess, but neither can we win by just shouting “checkmate” as loud as we can over and over. We’ve got to challenge this Administration on their unconstitutional actions in a deliberate and winnable manner, to restore the rule of law that has gotten our great nation this far. wenstrup.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=398518
Posted on: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 16:45:00 +0000
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