http://thehill.com/policy/transportation/211100-obama-to-executive-action-critics-sue-me
President Obama on Tuesday defended his use of executive actions and dared critics to stop him as Republicans weigh a legal challenge to his powers.
"Middle-class families can't wait for Republicans in Congress to do stuff," Obama said defiantly during a speech in Washington. "So sue me.
"As long as they do nothing, I'm not going to apologize for doing something," the president continued.
Obama made the comments as House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) considers a lawsuit against the president over his use of executive actions.
Obama has issued a number of executive actions, working to bypass Congress and push his agenda, including measures raising the minimum wage for federal contract workers and deferring deportations for many young illegal immigrants.
Those decisions have Republican critics accusing him of executive overreach, but the president has said that he can't wait for Congress to act on many of the nation’s problems.
kudo's to Pres. it's worth it to call their bluff America's future is at risk he is the Pres. he honors his oath of office they can't make the same claim. what the other half of the country fails to grasp is the overlying issue is the failure of republicans to honor their oath, saying no and going on TV and saying your number one hob is to make this Pres. fail and proceed to do nothing for 6 years and have the audacity of arrogance to sue him for doing his hob and theirs, and the right wing base is just as blind as a bat with it's eyes poked out if they can see that.
Obama blamed the infrastructure funding standoff solely on Republicans in Congress, saying they "have refused to act" on his idea to use corporate tax reform savings to pay for transportation projects.
"Republican obstruction is not just some abstract political stunt," he said. "It has real and direct consequences for middle-class families all across the country.
"I haven't heard a good reason why they haven't acted [on transportation funding]," Obama continued. "It's not like they've been busy with other stuff."
telling it like it is, will anyone listen or will there be crickets at the ballot box Nov. 4th? he's been doing his part have you if not last chance that bell ringing on Nov.5th you don't want it ringing for you. recognize
