Last month, Pres BO went around Congress and gave "legal" status to 800,000 young people in the US. He did this to compensate for the fact that he couldn't get an immigration reform or The Dream Act from Dem majorities in the House and Senate.
It was a very cynical move and intended to pander to Hispanics. It was also unconstitutional and will be challenged in the courts.
This week, Pres BO kept the "executive decree" machine running. He went after one of the most successful laws passed by Pres Clinton & the GOP Congress of the late 1990s:
"The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a policy directive
on July 12 that grants waiver authority for the work requirements in
the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. The new
directive give states the authority to waive work requirements, “opening
the door for activities like bed rest, smoking cessation and exercise
to be counted as work,” the lawmakers warned. Congress specifically excluded this action when it adopted the law in 1996 to prevent abuse." (via Hot Air)
Like the aforementioned Dream Act decree, this is another example of a president who does not understand that his job is to enforce the law rather than go around Congress when he can't get his way.
We should all be outraged with this kind of presidential overreach. It surprises me that the left is so silent about this. Are they saying that future GOP presidents should go around Congress when they don't like the law on the books?
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