House Held-Over, Passes Immigration Bill

By Douglas V. Gibbs

At Friday Night's MTRA meeting, Congressman Paul Cook was supposed to be the speaker.  He didn't make it.  Bonnie Garcia filled in.

Why did Congressman Cook not make it to California from Washington DC last night?

I hear it had something to do with an immigration bill the House passed, in an effort to reject Obama's vow to act alone on the issue.

The bill has funding for the National Guard at the border, and a plan to speed up the illegals so they can be processed, and sent back home, quickly.

The Senate says they won't vote on it until September, and Obama says if somehow the Senate were to accept the bill and approve it, he would veto it.

The veto would be for partisan reasons, of course.  Obama doesn't care about what is best for America, or what is constitutional.  His actions are about agenda, and standing against any opposition.

Obama has said regarding this issue, "I'm going to have to act alone."

The Constitution says otherwise, hence the lawsuit the republicans want to waste taxpayer monies on using a biased court payed by a biased government.

The way to stop Obama is not through the courts.

Hey, I've got an idea.  Screw playing games, and use the authority given to Congress by the Constitution in Article I, Section 8 to call the militia to the border to repel invasion.

Oh, yeah, that's right. . . Reid's Senate will shoot that down.

Good thing that Article I, Section 10 allows the governor of a State to call forth the militia to protect his State from the imminent danger of invasion. . . and he can do that without federal intrusion.

I just hope governors like Rick Perry of Texas has the cajones to stick to his guns, and the knowledge that he has the authority to do what he is doing in regards to protecting the border.

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