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Luke Messer: A headline in today's Roll Call reads: White House, Democrats cry foul over GOP push to enforce immigration and other…

On the recordMarch 13, 2014
A headline in today's Roll Call reads: White House, Democrats cry foul over GOP push to enforce immigration and other laws. Really? The Constitution is clear about how our government is supposed to work. Congress makes the laws; the President enforces them. President Obama should know that, since he used to lecture about constitutional law. The President isn't the first to stretch the bounds of executive authority, but the proper constitutional limits on the President's power are long in this administration's rearview mirror. He has disregarded laws that he disagrees with, even when they are his own. The American people are demanding respect for the rule of law. They want our system of checks and balances restored so that their government reflects the will of all, not just one. That is why we passed the ENFORCE the Law Act yesterday, and that is why we will continue to demand the President do his job, not ours. ____________________
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Mar 13, 2014

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