Courtesy Americans for Limited Government
Republicans should not allow Democrats with nothing to lose to hobble the incoming 114th Congress or inhibit the election mandate to stop the Obamanation. Among many concerns we want to emphasis two in this post:
Continuing resolutions —
The primary thing the lame-duck 113th Congress must do upon reconvening later this month is to deal with the matter of funding the government past December 11 when the current kick the can down the road continuing resolution expires. Democrats will try brinkmanship in an effort to fund all manner of programs near and dear to them and to do so for at least a year (in and effort to appear reasonable). Republicans must not allow it and at most extend government funding no further than soon after the start of the reconstituted 114th Congress where Republicans will also hold the majority in the Senate. Allowing a continuing funding resolution for a year would mean that Obama has made the new congress lame for one half of his remaining term, cutting their clout in half. That is not what Republicans were elected to allow. More reading here.
Rubber stamping executive power abuses —
The second thing is to not rubber stamp Obama’s nomination of Loretta Lynch to replace Eric Holder as attorney General. The basis of the advice extended by Bill O’Reilly and Megyn Kelly of Fox News approving of her is irrelevant and overblown at that, and their obliviousness to essentially rubber stamp Holder’s reign is appalling. If Orin Hatch says don’t rubber stamp Lynch then O’Reilly and Kelly are out on a limb. She must be asked, and the answers must be satisfactory, about her views on the constitutionality of Obama’s executive power abuses and matters related to Holder’s performance ein office. No attempt at dodging the question can be allowed.
The AG is not a judicial position, as practiced by Obama and Holder it is an advocacy position that ignores the law and should be treated as such. Of course she would not be nominated unless she is on board with Obama and Holder on all essential (to them) matters. If some how she is as independent as O’Reilly says, and she answers that his actions are an abuse of power, her name will be withdrawn. And so what? That would be a huge embarrassment to Obama and Holder and is their problem.
Holder is in disrepute but his departure is contingent on confirmation of his replacement. Approving someone of the same ilk is the same as approving Holder all over again, after it is known how willing he is to utterly corrupt law and the Constitution and thumb his nose at Congress. Better to leave such a festering sore visible than hide it with a new infection. DLH and R Mall
