@SpeakerBoehner - 'It Is True,' Republicans Plan to Sue Obama Over Executive Amnesty

by Susan Jones, CNS News: House Republicans are finalizing a plan to sue the Obama administration over its unilateral decision to defer deportation for millions of illegal immigrants.

"It is true," House Speaker John Boehner told Fox News Wednesday night. "The president's overreach when he took executive action to -- to deal with the immigration problems in our country, frankly, in my view, is a violation of our Constitution, is -- it's a violation of his oath of office.

"I said in December, we were going to do everything to try to stop it."
Boehner said that's why the House blocked funding for Obama's immigration plan in a Homeland Security appropriations bill, which now awaits action in the Senate.

"But in addition to that, we believe that the filing of a lawsuit to try to stop the president from -- from violating our Constitution is an important step for our institution. This isn't about immigration. This is the president violating the Constitution, violating his oath of office and, frankly, not upholding the rule of law."

This is the second lawsuit challenging Obama's executive overreach. Last November, Republicans sued the Obama administration for unilaterally waiving provisions of the Affordable Care Act.

Earlier this week, a spokesman for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) accused Republicans of "crawling to the courts to relieve them of their responsibility to govern." Drew Hammill said Republicans "should stop wasting millions of taxpayer dollars suing the President, and start showing some seriousness for the security of the American people."

At her confirmation hearing on Wednesday, Attorney-General nominee Loretta Lynch said Obama's directive to prioritize the removal of criminals and other dangerous people instead of aliens that pose no threat seems "to be a reasonable way to marshal limited resources to deal with the problem."

Boehner noted that President Obama himself said 22 times that "he did not have the authority to do what he did...Yet he decided to do it anyway."

Boehner said a border security bill pending in the House eventually will pass, after Republicans expand it.

"We've got members who want more in the bill outside of the committee's jurisdiction. We have some members who believe that we ought to include a lot of other things. So there's a lot of conversation going on about how best to address this," Boehner said.

On another topic, Obamacare, Boehner said Republicans plan to come up with an alternative, after they once again vote to repeal the law"

"There are three committee chairmen that have the jurisdiction over the health care policy in our country. And those three chairmen are working together to craft what we believe would be a better approach with regard to health care for the American people than ObamaCare...There will be an alternative, and you'll get to see it."

Boehner listed several areas where Republicans should be able to find common ground with the president, including trade promotion authority; an authorization for the use of military force against ISIS/ISIL; a long-term infrastructure bill; and cyber security.

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