Republicans Plotting Extreme Measures To Sabotage Obama’s Immigration Action
Republicans Plotting Extreme Measures To Sabotage Obama’s Immigration Action
by Esther Yu-Hsi Lee Posted on November 20, 2014 at 11:49 am Updated: November 20, 2014 at 4:11 pm
To the consternation of congressional Republicans, President Obama will make a prime time announcement on Thursday that he will take executive action to fill the void left by Congress on immigration reform.
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) has warned that his party would fight “tooth and nail” if Obama “continues down this path.” He added: “This is the wrong way to govern. All options are on the table… if he wants to go off on his own, there are things he is just not going to get.”
The list of threats from some Republican lawmakers is growing by the day. They claim Obama is exceeding the scope of his office by taking executive action, and that Obama should leave the job to Congress. But Congress hasn’t passed a thing. Earlier this year, the President backed off promises to take action before the end of summer, banking on the hope that Congress would work out permanent immigration legislation. It never happened. At the cost of advocate ire, Obama again delayed executive action until after the midterm election. Even now that Republicans will control both houses of Congress, Boehner refused to guarantee a House floor vote on immigration reform — even if the president doesn’t take executive action.
And so now, as President Obama announces his executive action tonight, here are some of the many other government programs Republicans are threatening to sabotage in retribution:
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http://thinkprogress.org/immigration/2014/11/20/3592411/republican-threats-over-immigration-executive-action/
