Six Republican senators on Wednesday sent a letter to Democrat Majority Leader Harry Reid warning him they would tie the lame duck session in procedural knots if needed to force Senate action against President Obama’s promised late-year executive amnesty.
“We write to express our alarm with President Obama’s announced intention to take unilateral executive action by the end of this year to lawlessly grant amnesty to immigrants who have entered the country illegally. As majority leader of the Senate, you have the responsibility of not only representing the citizens of your State, but also of protecting the Constitution through vigilant exercise of the checks and balances provided under the Constitution,” wrote Senators Ted Cruz (TX), Mike Crapo (ID), Mike Lee (UT), Pat Roberts (KS), Jeff Sessions (AL), and David Vitter (LA).
“Should you decline to defend the Senate and the Constitution from executive overreach, the undersigned Senators will use all procedural means necessary to return the Senate’s focus during the lame duck session to resolving the constitutional crisis created by Obama’s lawless amnesty,” the senators warned. The six stalwart defenders of Middle America and the Constitution might be able to block spending measures in the short lame duck session and thwart Obama’s plan if enough other senators join them.
Posted 11/6/14 by Andrew Lewis