Political Quotes

“I think there is also something important about how we change ObamaCare. If a law has problems and we incorrectly pass the law that has the least blemishes, it should come back and we should re- debate and fix it or try to make it less bad. I think it is the best way to put it. The thing is that it is illegal, it is unconstitutional, and it is unprecedented to do this on his own. To my mind, win or lose this week, this is an important philosophical battle, bigger than ObamaCare. It is as big and as broad as the country is. That is whether or not the Congress writes the law and the President executes the law. If the President gets to vote, write, and execute, that is a type of tyranny. Montesquieu talked about the separation of powers. He said when the legislative power becomes the executive power, that is a type of executive tyranny. We have to do something that says to the President--and that is why I think this needs to be pursued all the way to the Supreme Court-- rebukes the President and says you are not a king. You are the President, and the legislation comes from Congress, not from you. Mr. McCONNELL. We have another example of this that affects our State. The President, even when he had a 40-seat majority in the House and 60 votes in the Senate, couldn't get cap and trade through the Congress. Yet last Friday he has announced he is going to do it anyway. All indications are there won't be another coal-fired generation plant built ever.…”