LongTermGuy
11-26-2014, 11:05 PM
`Congress has the power to defund President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty order, the Congressional Research Service announced Wednesday. This, after a week of bipartisan declarations that Congress was powerless to stop the order.
“In light of Congress’s constitutional power over the purse, the Supreme Court has recognized that ‘Congress may always circumscribe agency discretion to allocate resources by putting restrictions in the operative statutes,’” reads a report from the Congressional Research Service. The report was sent to Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions’ office, first reported by Breitbart News, and has since been obtained by The Daily Caller.
Essentially, this means that agencies can’t operate independently of legislative oversight, regardless of the source of the funds.
The news has come as a relief to conservative opponents of the executive order.
“Of course that’s what CRS says,” a congressional GOP aide told TheDC. ”What’s the point of even having a Congress if that’s not the case? To argue otherwise is untrue and, frankly, ludicrous.”
“CRS confirmed what we all knew to be true: Congress can absolutely use the appropriations process to block President Obama’s executive actions,” Heritage Action for America `
http://cdn01.dailycaller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Obama-surprised-Getty-e1417029348211.jpg
http://dailycaller.com/2014/11/26/actually-republicans-can-cut-the-funding-for-obamas-amnesty/?advD=1248,359653
“In light of Congress’s constitutional power over the purse, the Supreme Court has recognized that ‘Congress may always circumscribe agency discretion to allocate resources by putting restrictions in the operative statutes,’” reads a report from the Congressional Research Service. The report was sent to Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions’ office, first reported by Breitbart News, and has since been obtained by The Daily Caller.
Essentially, this means that agencies can’t operate independently of legislative oversight, regardless of the source of the funds.
The news has come as a relief to conservative opponents of the executive order.
“Of course that’s what CRS says,” a congressional GOP aide told TheDC. ”What’s the point of even having a Congress if that’s not the case? To argue otherwise is untrue and, frankly, ludicrous.”
“CRS confirmed what we all knew to be true: Congress can absolutely use the appropriations process to block President Obama’s executive actions,” Heritage Action for America `
http://cdn01.dailycaller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Obama-surprised-Getty-e1417029348211.jpg
http://dailycaller.com/2014/11/26/actually-republicans-can-cut-the-funding-for-obamas-amnesty/?advD=1248,359653