The US House voted today on a bill to expedite congressional lawsuits against Obama to enforce federal laws.
House action to rein in executive branch overreach, protect #Constitution continues today: pic.twitter.com/zFJMXS2Z0y
— Speaker John Boehner (@SpeakerBoehner) March 13, 2014
The vote comes after Barack Obama’s more than 28 delays to Obamacare.
Five Democrats joined 228 Republicans in supporting the bill.
The AP reported:
Casting Barack Obama as a president run amok, the House voted on Wednesday for a bill that would expedite congressional lawsuits against the chief executive for failure to enforce federal laws.
The vote was 233-181 in the Republican-led House as GOP lawmakers excoriated Obama for multiple changes to his 4-year-old health care law, steps he’s taken to allow young immigrants to remain in the United States and the administration’s resistance to defend the federal law banning gay marriage.
Ignoring a White House veto threat, the GOP maintained that the bill was necessary as the president has selectively enforced the nation’s laws.
“Throughout the Obama presidency we have seen a pattern: President Obama circumvents Congress when he doesn’t get his way,” said Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., chairman of the Judiciary Committee.