Lies... Lies... And Damned Lies... The powerful Republican Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, Hal Rogers, actually issued a press release which read, in part: It would be impossible to defund President Obama’s executive actions on immigration because the primary agency responsible for implementing Obamas actions is funded entirely by user fees. But wait just a minute... who authorizes the collection of those user feed? ... You guessed it... Congress. But Rogers and our so-called Republican leaders refuses to be daunted by simple reason, so much so that Rogers actually told reporters that stopping the collection of these user fees would take an act of Congress. You read that right. Congress is powerless to stop Barack Obama because doing so would require an act of Congress; and if youre seeing red over this pathetic attempt to lie to the American people, youre not the only one. Rank-and-file Republicans and conservative pundits immediately denounced the ridiculous lie: - Congressman Steve King called the so-called GOP leadership on the carpet: Theyre contriving red herring arguments to get to the point that enough members will walk out of this Congress and go home for Thanksgiving saying, Well, theres nothing we can do. - Senator Jeff Sessions blasted the leadership as well: The American peoples Congress has the power and every right to deny funding for unworthy activities. It is a routine and constitutional application of congressional power. There is no question that Congress has the power to block this expenditure and no doubt that it can be done. - Senator Richard Shelby added: To say you cant do something, maybe we need to explore more options... You can put a rider on a lot of things. There are a lot of ways to skin a cat. - But Sean Davis with The Federalist said it best: That is absolute nonsense. The notion that Congress can turn on a money spigot but is banned from turning it off is nonsense. And the worst part is that it’s willful nonsense... Republicans can add defunding language to any bill whenever they so choose. The issue is not that they can’t use the power of the purse to block Obama’s lawless power grab. The issue is that they don’t want to. The real shame is that they can’t even be honest about that. Yes, Republican leaders are lying to the American people, but there is a way to fight the lie. Patriotic Americans must call them on the lie because, if you dont, theyll only assume theyve gotten away with the lie and theyll hand the keys to dictatorship to Barack Obama on a silver platter. This is an excerpt from an e-mail I received today from GrasstopsUSA Everyone who can, PLEASE call or write your Congressmans office today and let them know you do NOT AGREE WITH THIS ATTITUDE!
Posted on: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 04:11:47 +0000
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