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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHouse GOP passes bill to force Obama to crack down on legal weed in states that allow it
Legislation approved by House Republicans would force President Barack Obama to crack down on marijuana in states that have made the drug legal for medical or recreational use.
The House passed the Enforce the Law Act by a vote of 233-181 on Wednesday. The bill was introduced by Reps. Trey Gowdy (R-SC), Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Jim Gerlach (R-PA) to allow Congress to sue the president for failing to faithfully execute laws.
The Constitution gives Congress the responsibility to write the laws and the Executive to enforce them, Gowdy said Wednesday in a statement. We dont pass suggestions. We dont pass ideas. We pass laws. Regardless of our politics, I hope my colleagues have enough regard for our work to expect those laws would be faithfully executed.
A committee report submitted by Goodlatte cited the Obama administrations decision to not intervene with marijuana legalization efforts in various states as an example of executive overreach.
Colorado and Washington both legalized the recreational use of marijuana through statewide voter referendums in 2012. In addition, 20 states and the District of Columbia have legalized medical marijuana. Federal law, however, still considers the possession and sale of marijuana to be a crime.
More here: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/03/13/house-gop-passes-bill-to-force-obama-to-crack-down-on-legal-weed-in-states-that-allow-it/
Scuba
(53,475 posts)kysrsoze
(6,022 posts)As well as in the wrong side of history on everything. This will die in the Senate. I would hope Obama had the balls to veto if it came to that.
kysrsoze
(6,022 posts)Vincardog
(20,234 posts)arcane1
(38,613 posts)chillfactor
(7,580 posts)of a bill going nowhere....waste of taxpayer money...waste of taxpayer time...funny....rethugs are now against states' rights?
CJCRANE
(18,184 posts)It's a shame they didn't do anything positive though.
frylock
(34,825 posts)ck4829
(35,082 posts)rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)butterfly77
(17,609 posts)I am so sick of these insane ------s! WHERE ARE THE JOBS MFKERS!!!
0rganism
(23,965 posts)Granted it's probably a lost cause in the idiot-dominated house, but surely the Senate could take a stab at it
bvar22
(39,909 posts)Why, Yes ....the Republicans did.
Unfortunately, The Obama Justice Dept doesn't need the Republican Congress to Get Tough on the Pot Smokers,
but the Republicans can take a hike with their Force the President Bullshit.
Elections have consequences, dirtballs.
Holly_Hobby
(3,033 posts)WhiteTara
(29,721 posts)they are without doubts.
TheKentuckian
(25,029 posts)drug warriors in the Senate to give it some kind of shot.
geomon666
(7,512 posts)You fucking pigs!