Defund NLRB in Response to Obama Appointments

Martin Gould, Thursday, 05 Jan 2012 06:03 PM

Newt Gingrich on Thursday called for Congress to defund the National Labor Relations Board in retaliation for President Barack Obama¹s decision to make three recess appointments to it.

Speaking at a rally in Plymouth, N.H., the Republican presidential candidate said cutting money from the agency would be the "correct response" to Obama's move.

The answer to an imperial president is a Congress which stands on its own rights. And the correct response to what the president just did would be for the Congress to zero out and refuse to fund the National Labor Relations Board," Gingrich said.

"The National Labor Relations Board now has a majority of members who were never confirmed by the U.S. Senate. This is a clear violation of the spirit of the law, and Congress has an obligation to defend our rights, and the correct way is the power of the purse."

Obama made the recess appointments ­ -- two Democrats and a Republican -- on Wednesday, claiming that Congress was trying to defang the agency. He employed a similar tactic to appoint Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

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Thoughtsjustoffcenter: At the same time, Congress can investigate and sue the President for violation of the U.S. Constitution. They can also press ahead add all the other stuff to the pot (kettle) and impeach him, which I think they should do. No - it probably won't make it past the Senate, eg. Clinton, yet it will help prosecuters once he loses his reelection bid and is out of office. I would dearly love to see the results of a real investigation into his birth certificate, school and college records, and his passport/travel activities. The first and last being the most important.

Question: When is Obama going to start growing that mustache? You do remember Stalin, Hitler, ect?