You need to call Speaker Boehner’s office right now at 202-225-0600 and thank him for the extraordinary step he took this week to slow down President Obama’s radical agenda.
With the Obama legislative agenda stalled, the left has turned its attention toward using the Executive power to accomplish their socialist goals. The key to this strategy is to the pack agencies, boards, and commissions such as the National Labor Relations Board and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, with leftists like Craig Becker and Elizabeth Warren who will advance the collectivist agenda, regardless of whether there is any legal authority to do so.
The Senate has blocked several of the more radical nominees, but under the Constitution, President Obama has the power to appoint them during a Congressional recess.
Republican Senators warned Obama not to use his recess powers to appoint Becker to the NLRB. He did it anyhow. Becker didn’t disappoint, leading the NLRB to accuse Boeing of violating workers rights by opening a plant in South Carlolina.
Observers expect him to appoint leftists to the Obamacare Independent Payment Advisory Board, they expect him to appoint liberal Peter Diamond to the Federal Reserve Board, along with Warren, Becker, and a host of other leftwing radicals. He can even recess appoint Federal judges to rubber stamp his agenda until the end of the Congress.
Obama needs two things in order to do this – (1) a pen (or, I suppose, an autopen), and a (2) a Senate recess. The Constitution is unclear how long a recess is required. Most constitutional scholars say ten days is the minimum. However, there is almost universal agreement among scholars that a recess of less than three days does not trigger the recess appointment power. In 2007, Reid held “pro-forma” Senate sessions every three days, which successfully prevented Bush from making recess appointments.
Which brings us to another provision in the Constitution. Article 1, Section 5 says “Neither House, during the session of Congress, shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days[.]”. This means that without the consent of the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, the Senate cannot adjourn for more than three days, and thus President Obama cannot make any recess appointments.
On Wednesday, 20 Senators led by David Vitter and Jim DeMint wrote a letter to Speaker Boehner asking him to use his authority under Article 1, Section 5 to block the recess appointments.
On Friday, the Examiner reported that Speaker Boehner did not pass a resolution giving the Senate permission to adjourn. Therefore, as he did in 2007, Harry Reid will convene pro-forma sessions today, on Tuesday May 31, and on Friday June 3rd, in order to block his own President from doing recess appointments.
Reid was forced to do this because of the leadership of Speaker Boehner. We must thank our Speaker.
Call Speaker Boehner at 202-225-0600 and thank him for his leadership.
Tell him to continue to refuse to allow the Senate to adjourn for the remainder of the Obama Presidency.
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For all the complaining we have done about Boehner doing wrong,
gekster (Diary) Tuesday, May 31st at 6:52AM EST (link)Lets give him praise for getting one right.
They say Republicans are for the rich, Democrats are for the poor.
If they need more voters,
then they have to make more of who they are for.
We are there in the various Tea Party groups, leaderless, but not rudderless.
We steer always toward the Constitutional principles this nation was founded upon.
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Ok folks, 2012 is here. Get involved
I'm guessing Boehner was already on vacation and just didn't do anything.
ihateliberals Tuesday, May 31st at 9:02AM EST (link)How else could he get anything right? Either tht or he just didn’t know what he was doing. Praise him all you want but one but one right thing doesn’t make up for the RINO that he is. I am a hardcore Conservative Republican and there is no room for RINO’s in my Party.
President Obama says 'thanks,' ihateliberals.
Moe Lane (Diary) Tuesday, May 31st at 9:44AM EST (link)He always appreciates it when people like you try to stop-thrust any and all attempts to give the GOP any positive feedback .
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Moe -- ihateliberals didn't stop me from calling
earlgrey (Diary) Tuesday, May 31st at 9:47AM EST (link)and I imagine it won’t stop most other Red State activists (activists not readers).
Me either.
davidmadison Tuesday, May 31st at 4:34PM EST (link)I called. I thanked. I approved.
Sorry to disappoint but I am a Reagan Conservative
ihateliberals Tuesday, May 31st at 12:19PM EST (link)and I hate RINO’s almost as much as Liberals. Neither one of them is worth a damn. I have been a Conservative Republican since i was just a little guy and started voting 63 years ago. I have never voted tor a Democrat and i never will.
John Boehner is not fit to lead the Republican Party and guess what ???? He isn’t leading it at all. He gets this one thing right and WaHoo all of a sudden he is a hero. I am so glad that he did this but I still can’t get that warm and fussies for him to lead the House to the 2012 elections. Then I actually would like to see him gone and a Speaker that has some balls take his place and God forbid that it would be a Democrat.
Wow. That's the most unintentionally funny...
Moe Lane (Diary) Tuesday, May 31st at 1:14PM EST (link)…thing that I’ve read this morning, up to and including Weiner’s explanation of why he’s not calling in the FBI to investigate people ‘hacking’ his account and posting pictures of some guy’s genitals.
Whatever, neighbor.
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RINO?
kenchely Tuesday, May 31st at 3:04PM EST (link)Boehner’s no RINO. There are very few true RINO’s left. Those who would call Boehner a RINO must not be old enough to remember John Lindsay, Lowell Weicker, Jacob Javits, Clifford Case, Ed Brooke, Frank Sargeant, Nelson Rockefeller, Thomas Kuchel, etc.. THOSE were RINO’s. In our time, Michael Bloomberg, before he left the GOP, was a RINO. Lincoln Chafee was a RINO. In the last ten years, a number of RINO’s have left. Basically, at this point there are almost no Republicans left of center any more. Probably the last was Mike Castle. The left-most Republicans now are dead-center types like Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, and a handful of others.
RINO?
kenchely Tuesday, May 31st at 3:04PM EST (link)Boehner’s no RINO. There are very few true RINO’s left. Those who would call Boehner a RINO must not be old enough to remember John Lindsay, Lowell Weicker, Jacob Javits, Clifford Case, Ed Brooke, Frank Sargeant, Nelson Rockefeller, Thomas Kuchel, etc.. THOSE were RINO’s. In our time, Michael Bloomberg, before he left the GOP, was a RINO. Lincoln Chafee was a RINO. In the last ten years, a number of RINO’s have left. Basically, at this point there are almost no Republicans left of center any more. Probably the last was Mike Castle. The left-most Republicans now are dead-center types like Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, and a handful of others.
On vacation?
bobandruth2416 Tuesday, May 31st at 10:25AM EST (link)You missed something….he DID ‘git-er-done’.
Gotta’ read the whole piece!
Noone is perfect
blarman Tuesday, May 31st at 10:47AM EST (link)Want to know why the liberals win so many elections? It’s because they are willing to elect someone who isn’t their perfect candidate. Conservatives are idealists.
The problem is that there is only one “perfect” candidate, and He isn’t in the race. So we have to take someone else: a flawed mortal.
I think that one of the biggest problems we as conservatives have is that we can’t give praise unless someone is 100%. We need to reverse this trend and give praise to anyone and everyone who is at least trying to do something right. We need more positive feedback and less negative feedback to encourage our leaders. Yes, we know what is right to do, but it takes courage sometimes to do the right thing. Let’s help each other out and be a little less harsh on each other.
When you reverse this trend then you become either a liberal or a RINO and
ihateliberals Tuesday, May 31st at 1:03PM EST (link)there isn’t much difference in either. This is not about just winning elections it si about doing the right thing. If you don[‘t have someone that stands hard on the conservative principles then you might as well have a liberal. The reason the so many liberals have won n the past few years is RINO’s in teh Republican Party. We lost the independent voters and Micheal Steele in as much told us Conservatives to go to Hell so they stayed at home. Thus you end up with a George W Bush RINO and then and Un-American Obama. It is time fo the Party to get some Balls and put these Progressive Liberals out and that can’t be done with compromising away the store. Democrats only want to compromise when they are losing, otherwise no deal.
it IS about winning elections first and foremost
texasproud (Diary) Tuesday, May 31st at 1:52PM EST (link)I am sorry, but it is about winning elections. RINO is a phrase that gets thrown out more than it should. If someone does one thing that some people, who have annointed themselves as the sole arbiter of who can call themselves a conservative, disagree with, they are automatically shamed with those four letters as if everything else they have done is irrelevant. See the big picture. For all of the imperfections of McCain, if he was President right now, Government-Run Healthcare, Stimulus package, Auto Bailouts for the UAW never happen, nor do the appointments of Sotomayor or Kagan to the Supreme Court. I am not saying we don’t hold our elected officials accountable, but if you can’t see the difference between the two sides then I worry about you.
$1.6 Trillion deficit, $800 million to Hamas to rebuild West Bank, kowtowing to the whims and demands of Hugo Chavez, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and Raul Castro, and bowing before a Saudi Prince. I guess that’s ‘Change we can believe in’
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it IS about winning elections first and foremost
texasproud (Diary) Tuesday, May 31st at 1:52PM EST (link)I am sorry, but it is about winning elections. RINO is a phrase that gets thrown out more than it should. If someone does one thing that some people, who have annointed themselves as the sole arbiter of who can call themselves a conservative, disagree with, they are automatically shamed with those four letters as if everything else they have done is irrelevant. See the big picture. For all of the imperfections of McCain, if he was President right now, Government-Run Healthcare, Stimulus package, Auto Bailouts for the UAW never happen, nor do the appointments of Sotomayor or Kagan to the Supreme Court. I am not saying we don’t hold our elected officials accountable, but if you can’t see the difference between the two sides then I worry about you.
$1.6 Trillion deficit, $800 million to Hamas to rebuild West Bank, kowtowing to the whims and demands of Hugo Chavez, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and Raul Castro, and bowing before a Saudi Prince. I guess that’s ‘Change we can believe in’
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How is the 'right thing' going to be done...
riverking Tuesday, May 31st at 3:06PM EST (link)…if you lose elections to the left?
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It's nice
jlsankot Tuesday, May 31st at 6:53AM EST (link)to hear some positive news. I will be calling this AM to give my positive reinforcement when his office opens.
I agree
ellemae Tuesday, May 31st at 2:50PM EST (link)I did the same.
Speaker Boehner did something right?
caliray Tuesday, May 31st at 7:02AM EST (link)I didn’t know about this Constitutional provision. How refreshing to see Constitutional provisions being used as a tool to govern and slow down Obama’s push toward socialism.
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Call made
frankieb (Diary) Tuesday, May 31st at 8:31AM EST (link)Thanks for the head’s-up.
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Done.
Green_Lantern (Diary) Tuesday, May 31st at 8:44AM EST (link)Left message with a hearty pat on the back. We need to continue to put the screws to these guys, not worry about whether someone in the media is going to express their like or dislike of us.
calling Speaker
cbondi Tuesday, May 31st at 8:47AM EST (link)Just called his office and gave him my Thanks for standing firm on this issue. Also asked him to stand firm on spending cuts, to stop this president from further harming this country. I thanked him for all his efforts.
Excellent, and...
livefreenh Tuesday, May 31st at 8:53AM EST (link)thank you Erick for pointing this out. I will call the (202) number as soon as I hit “Post comment”.
Thanks again.
credit when its due.
aldutt9mm Tuesday, May 31st at 9:00AM EST (link)boehner got it right this time please keepthe ball rolling…
The sad thing here is that two Senators had to contact
ihateliberals Tuesday, May 31st at 9:08AM EST (link)Boehner to get him to do this. This is something he should have been the leader on. Anyone can be a follower it takes something to be a leader and Boehner doesn’t have that. I’m sure Pelosi was allover this When Bush ws President. harry Reid didn’t have to send her a letter. I’m glad he read the letter and did something but I’m still not all tinkly with excitement over Boehner.
Reading comprehension problems?
NightTwister (Diary) Tuesday, May 31st at 10:01AM EST (link)Reid didn’t need Pelosi to do this. I’d explain, but I doubt you’d get it since you didn’t the first time.
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Maybe I didn't read it right
ihateliberals Tuesday, May 31st at 12:23PM EST (link)so I am sorry for that but it still doesn’t change my mind about Boehner. He is a RINO and I hate them as much as I do Democrats.
Called
ag8tor Tuesday, May 31st at 9:10AM EST (link)Glad he finally stepped up. It’s way past time for that but it’s nice to see some backbone for a change. Maybe if he gets enough credit he’ll contnue to take the steps necessary to slow this conspiracy down. There has never been a more despicable group in the US government than this administration! Wonder why we didn’t see this on CNN or PMSNBC.
Well color me pleasantly
Gmac Tuesday, May 31st at 10:28AM EST (link)surprised and calling in just a moment to leave a positive message of congratulations for the speakers action.
Odd, but when one wishes to ruin a nation,
johnt Tuesday, May 31st at 10:36AM EST (link)they’re always in a rush, no patience at all. They can’t just enjoy a slow death for their hate object, it’s got to be hurry, hurry. More so in O’s case and the cannibals around him. O never made it to adulthood, consequently he violates the statutory age requirements for the office he slimes de facto if not de jure.
Thanks Speaker Boehner. Keep it up.
And I hope O enjoyed his golf outing yesterday, it must have been tough after all those earlier ceremonies.
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Maybe Harry Reid is Crying Now
cestmoi312 Tuesday, May 31st at 10:51AM EST (link)Just called Boehner’s office with an “Atta Boy”
Maybe some positive reinforcement will cause him to grow a pair.
But don’t forget, one “Aw S–t wipes out a thousand “Atta Boys”.
Ths is what I've tried to say. He has 100 in the
ihateliberals Tuesday, May 31st at 12:26PM EST (link)negative column and 1 in the positive column. He has a ways to go to raise that positive number.
Thank the Tea Party Movement
Brookhaven (Diary) Tuesday, May 31st at 12:13PM EST (link)We should be thanking the Tea Party movement. Without them lighting a fire under the GOP, it would have been business as usual (GOP go-along-get-along) with the same old excuse (the president should be able to appoint whoever he wants).
These powers were given to congress for a reason: as a check to balance the power of the president.
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Thank the Tea Party Movement
Brookhaven (Diary) Tuesday, May 31st at 12:13PM EST (link)We should be thanking the Tea Party movement. Without them lighting a fire under the GOP, it would have been business as usual (GOP go-along-get-along) with the same old excuse (the president should be able to appoint whoever he wants).
These powers were given to congress for a reason: as a check to balance the power of the president.
The Conservative Hand: a Manifesto to Achieve Conservative Political Goals
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What good is it if the Obama/Soros Regime...
cja99 Tuesday, May 31st at 1:02PM EST (link)can just turn around and appoint the sleaze anyway during recess? I wonder what all the czars are up to…..more ways to make America “hit bottom” I’m sure! The country is going down the tubes thanks to them.
We can't let the perfect
patryott Tuesday, May 31st at 1:51PM EST (link)be the enemy of the ‘better’ or we’ll keep getting beat. I’ll call to thank him, and hope it helps buoy him up to bigger and better things. I’m sure most of them need some encouragement, and they should know when they’ve done something we like. I despise all progressives, and think they should be charged with treason, then publicly flogged and ‘ex-patriot-ed’ to drift upon the sea of no country to call home. Been reading RedState for some time now, keep up the good work, thanks. **==