It is not just window dressing. We have a responsibility to conform the actions of this body and to counteract actions of other branches of government if those actions are not consistent with the Constitution. And so here we have an instance in which the President is on record 22 different times saying he does not have the authority to grant work permits unilaterally. 5 million of them. to people in the country illegally. He cant give Social Security numbers or benefits without an act of Congress. And yet. after losing the election. he did it. When he did it. a number of Members in his own party in the Senate said they were concerned about what he did. and they didnt think that it could be done by executive fiat and that changes to immigration law had to happen through Congress. And so we are in a curious situation now because the House has passed a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security but to constrain the President from acting illegally. because the government has to follow the law just like any other citizen. And you have a situation in the Senate in which the Democrats. including those seven Senators who said that this is problematic. they are blocking even having a debate on the bill.
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