Thursday, July 31, 2014

House approves lawsuit against President Obama

 Recently, House Speaker John Boehner proposed a lawsuit to Congress against President Obama for abusing his executive rights.  This lawsuit passed the House of Representatives this past Wednesday.  I've chosen this current event because like many of you, I noticed the signs and posters outside of the post office in the center of Wolcott and thought that this was a very interesting topic to look into.  This lawsuit passed the House by a vote of 225-201, all Democrats opposing.  Democrats feel as though this lawsuit has been pushed to sway the many Americans into the subject of impeachment for President Obama, although Boehner who is the Republican Representative for the state of Ohio, says otherwise.  He says, "We have no plans to impeach the president".  Many Republicans feel as though the lawsuit was passed to "protect the Constitution" and "keep the president in constitutional check".  They also believe that he abused his power when dealing with the health care situation and that he has used his power to "illegally change the laws".  In the link below, it explains in more detail about different actions President Obama has executed that Republicans believe were done unconstitutionally and without the approval of Congress.
  http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/07/30/house-approves-lawsuit-against-obama-over-alleged-abuse-executive-power/
Question for you:
Do you feel as though this lawsuit was passed to work towards the impeachment of President Obama or to simply keep his executive rights in check?
 

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