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IDemo

(16,926 posts)
Tue Jan 27, 2015, 01:48 PM Jan 2015

John Boehner To Take Step To Potentially Sue Obama Over Immigration

Source: Huffington Post

WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) told GOP members on Tuesday in a closed-door meeting that the body could take legal action against President Barack Obama over his deportation relief policies.

"We are finalizing a plan to authorize litigation on this issue -- one we believe gives us the best chance of success," Boehner said, according to an email from a source in the room. National Journal first reported the news.

The source said the plan would take the form of a resolution that would allow the House to file its own lawsuit, join a suit from 26 states or take other legal action. The source said no timeline has been set for the resolution. The House will continue to work on legislative efforts to combat the president's executive actions, the source said.

The House voted earlier this month to fund the Department of Homeland Security -- a must-do by the end of February to avoid an agency shutdown -- along with measures to block the president's executive actions on immigration. The largest components of those actions are deportation relief programs: one that would grant temporary work authorization and the ability to stay in the country to undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. years ago as children, and another that would do the same for parents of Americans and legal permanent residents.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/27/john-boehner-house-sue-obama_n_6555694.html

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John Boehner To Take Step To Potentially Sue Obama Over Immigration (Original Post) IDemo Jan 2015 OP
Keep pushing you lying, disgusting waste of space... NoJusticeNoPeace Jan 2015 #1
He's just feeding red meat to the base. louis-t Jan 2015 #2
John Boehner can take a step off... 3catwoman3 Jan 2015 #3
The sooner they file, the sooner it gets tossed. Darb Jan 2015 #4
Can the Justice Department itcfish Jan 2015 #5
Please do it Boner..please, please workinclasszero Jan 2015 #6
Here's an idea -- he could take it to "The People's Court" brooklynite Jan 2015 #7
K&R...Thanks for posting, Idemo red dog 1 Jan 2015 #8
OFFS sakabatou Jan 2015 #9

NoJusticeNoPeace

(5,018 posts)
1. Keep pushing you lying, disgusting waste of space...
Tue Jan 27, 2015, 01:54 PM
Jan 2015

I wonder how many on DU think the President overstepped his bounds on immigration?

louis-t

(23,297 posts)
2. He's just feeding red meat to the base.
Tue Jan 27, 2015, 02:03 PM
Jan 2015

Note the qualifiers, "potentially", "maybe", "no timeline", etc. He's full of it.

3catwoman3

(24,041 posts)
3. John Boehner can take a step off...
Tue Jan 27, 2015, 03:36 PM
Jan 2015

...a steep cliff.

(Funny that spell check has no problem with boner but doesn't recognize Boehner)

 

Darb

(2,807 posts)
4. The sooner they file, the sooner it gets tossed.
Wed Jan 28, 2015, 11:28 AM
Jan 2015

Grandstanding bullshit to disguise their inaction on anything of relevance to the "other than 0.10 %".

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
6. Please do it Boner..please, please
Wed Jan 28, 2015, 11:39 AM
Jan 2015

Just imagine the presidential campaign ads....

That big rethug tent is down to old white male theocratic racists, gun humpers and.....hmmm

I don't believe you can win a national election like that, idiots.

red dog 1

(27,849 posts)
8. K&R...Thanks for posting, Idemo
Wed Jan 28, 2015, 03:50 PM
Jan 2015

From last July:
President Obama Taunts Boehner: "So Sue Me!"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/110224145/

My guess is that the President feels the same way now.

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