The
House of Representatives voted along party lines to sue the president
for overstepping the bounds of his authority and violating the
constitution
The Republican-led US House of Representatives has cleared the way for a lawsuit accusing Barack Obama of overstepping his authority in carrying out his healthcare reforms. The
225-201 vote, along party lines, to authorise the suit will allow House
lawyers to draft legal documents over a five-week summer recess
starting
on Friday. The planned lawsuit is expected to generate
months of bitter campaign rhetoric from both Republicans and Democrats
ahead of November elections that will determine the political control of
Congress next year. The suit is expected to claim that the
president, a Democrat, exceeded his executive authority in making
unilateral changes to the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare.
Republicans argue that by delaying some healthcare coverage mandates and granting various waivers, he bypassed Congress in violation of the US constitution. Republicans have complained about other unilateral actions that Obama has taken to advance his agenda, from executive orders on immigration policy to same-sex partner benefits. But they have narrowly focused the suit on the healthcare law because "it is the option most likely to clear the legal hurdles necessary to succeed," said Republican representative Pete Sessions of Texas, who chairs the House rules committee. "This administration has effectively rewritten the law without following the constitutional process," Sessions added. Democrats have slammed the lawsuit effort as a politically motivated waste of taxpayer resources while Congress has failed to act on other pressing issues including emergency funding to deal with a flood of migrant children. "This is a veiled attempt at impeaching the president," said Democratic representative Sheila Jackson-Lee of Texas
Republicans argue that by delaying some healthcare coverage mandates and granting various waivers, he bypassed Congress in violation of the US constitution. Republicans have complained about other unilateral actions that Obama has taken to advance his agenda, from executive orders on immigration policy to same-sex partner benefits. But they have narrowly focused the suit on the healthcare law because "it is the option most likely to clear the legal hurdles necessary to succeed," said Republican representative Pete Sessions of Texas, who chairs the House rules committee. "This administration has effectively rewritten the law without following the constitutional process," Sessions added. Democrats have slammed the lawsuit effort as a politically motivated waste of taxpayer resources while Congress has failed to act on other pressing issues including emergency funding to deal with a flood of migrant children. "This is a veiled attempt at impeaching the president," said Democratic representative Sheila Jackson-Lee of Texas
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