Programs that you otherwise actually support. In fact, those are more drastic remedies, and frankly they wont remedy the problem. They wont force the executive to faithfully execute the laws. If all you want is congress is for the executive to faithfully execute your laws, peaceful judicial resolution may be the most tailored and appropriate response. So all of this reveals a glaring deficiency in those who criticize the committees draft resolution. States can sue to preserve their power. The executive branch it sue to preserve its power but somehow magically congress cant. I guess under this logic congress is some sort of institutional orphan thats uniquely incapable of being injured enough to establish standing to sue. The absurdity of that position is belied by extensive case law that recognizes that subdivisions of congress in the form of committees have standing to assert institutional injury caused by the executive branch. These cases, most of which have been litigated here in th
Fit with reality. Congress general capacity over funding the executive branch of the government gives Congress Lots of authority to rein in the president. President s have used their Statutory Authority in very large ways. The framers of the constitution came close to giving us a legislatively centered government. But in august of 1787 in a very dramatic period at the very end of the Constitutional Convention led by governor morris of pennsylvania, rufus king of new york, they gave the president independent authority. They gave the president for the first time the authority to negotiate treaties. They gave the president the power to nominate judges, which previously had been the purview of the senate in earlier drafts. They created an independent executive branch because they saw that this government was going to be entrusted with large responsibilities, and you needed a strong executive. Thats what weve seen through washington and lincoln and roosevelt and others, that this country se
Ves. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 6 2015, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for the morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentlewoman from texas for five minutes. Ms. Jackson lee thank you very much, mr. Speaker. Today i rise with a question should america be brought to the brink of her own security and safety . With that question i can my friends on the other side of the aisle, the republicans, i ask the speaker to put on the floor of the house the full funding of the department of Homeland Security. Mr. Speaker, i had the tragic privilege of beginning my tenure on this committee in the aftermath of 9 11. Some of us who serv
Schools, where less than half of the kids that graduate. And those who graduate are nowhere near ready to go to college or go to work. We have seen across the state and across the country and in most states, Charter Schools public Charter Schools popping up. And giving parents hope, giving them a chance to get those kids out of failing schools. I said the other day in the rules committee, because it was so moving to me, i went to a Charter School in north minneapolis, 430 kids in that school, their parents are delighted with the education theyre getting now and thrilled to have gotten their kids out of failing schools and when i asked the principal and founder of the school if she could take more kids she said no, this is the right size for this school. They would like to replicate this school and thats what this bill allows and how successful is it . There are 1,000 kids 1,000 kids on the witnessing list to get into that Charter Schools because parents want to get out of failing schoo
Good morning. The Judiciary Committee will come to order, and without objection the chair is authorized to declare recesses of the committee at any time. We welcome everyone to this mornings hearing on the unconstitutionality of president obamas executive actions on immigration, and ill begin by recognizing myself for an opening statement. Last november president obama announced one of the biggest constitutional power grabs ever by a president. He declared unilaterally that by his own estimation almost 5 million unlawful aliens would be free from the legal consequences of their lawless actions. Not only that, by granting them deferred action, he would bestow upon them benefits such as legal presence, Work Authorization, and access to the Social Security trust fund and the earned income tax credit. President obama took these actions despite having stated over 20 times in the past that he didnt have the constitutional power to take such steps on his own. As the washington posts own fact