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
NoJusticeNoPeace
(5,018 posts)I wonder how many on DU think the President overstepped his bounds on immigration?
louis-t
(23,297 posts)Note the qualifiers, "potentially", "maybe", "no timeline", etc. He's full of it.
3catwoman3
(24,041 posts)...a steep cliff.
(Funny that spell check has no problem with boner but doesn't recognize Boehner)
Darb
(2,807 posts)Grandstanding bullshit to disguise their inaction on anything of relevance to the "other than 0.10 %".
itcfish
(1,828 posts)Indict Boner for treason????
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)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.
brooklynite
(94,727 posts)red dog 1
(27,849 posts)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.