The White House is upset John Boehner bypassed Barack Obama when he invited Benjamin Netanyahu to speak on Iran
Speaker of the House John Boehner invited the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, to speak at an upcoming joint session of Congress on radical Islam and Iran. In doing so John Boehner breached protocol by not informing Barack Obama about the invitation beforehand.
Needless to say, the White House is not happy about John Boehner’s end-around protocol. Here is what White House Spokesman Josh Earnest had to say about this maneuver:
“The protocol would suggest that the leader of one country would contact the leader of another country when he’s traveling there,” press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters traveling with Obama aboard Air Force One.
“This particular event seems to be a departure from that protocol,” Earnest said.
Me thinks thou dost protest too much! After all Barack Obama is a President who does not have a problem with breaking protocol and doing an end-around the Congress when needs be. He did it with his Executive Action on immigration, he is using the EPA to implement cap and trade which failed to pass in the Congress, and he is also ignoring the Congress by using the FCC to implement net neutrality without the help of the Congress.
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Just when I thought Boehner didn’t have any, like magic, there they are! 🙂
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How long will he keep them, that is the question!
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Thank you!
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The poor “babies” in the WH do not like it when they are not consulted! Please tell me that John Boehner will not back down. I KNOW that Netanyahu will come whether the WH approves or not, we know there is no love lost there. I wonder if Boehner is doing this to regain a bit of trust or for some other motive? What ever the reason, I commend him for this move, there some be more of it and more often!
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SHOULD SHOULD SHOULD………
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I love this move as well and at this point I do not think he can back down on this issue. Obama has announced that he will not meet with Bibi and I think that is a big mistake but of course we know how Obama feels about Israel.
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A classic case of the pot calling the kettle black. The Obama administration gave up their rights to claim breach of protocol a long time ago. Finally, Boehner’s actually done something I agree with.
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Exactly, Obama is the last person who has any room to complain about this and I have to give Boehner credit for once.
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Wow…and I didn’t even think Boehner had any round ones left! I have to say, ‘Good for you, Boehner…you finally went out on a limb to make some noise…be it ever so small….’
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It was a step in the right direction and I hope this is just the beginning. Perhaps the conservatives will be able to reign him back in after all.
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Wouldnt that be something! 😊
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Turns out Boehner doesn’t need a prescription for 2 testicles!
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At least not yet, we have to make sure he does not lose them again!
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This news made me very happy, and his follow up statement about the invitation was very good as well. As I have always said, what we need in a speaker is someone who can work the system. I hope Boehner can.
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You might have a point there after all and you know how I feel about Boehner. Hopefully this is just the start and he knows what he is doing after all.
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It seems that there are a couple of shadow/secret societies jockeying for the lead of greed. And members change sides depending who’s ahead or if it behooves them to do so.
There’s no predictability when dealing w/ the insane or possessed. Remember “Congress’ push for indefinite detention includes American citizens on American soil” (without charges), making it “okay to kill” them if the Regime considers them a threat. The definition of ‘threat’ means, “if they present a obstruction” to them moving the Agenda forward – the global progressive plan – down the into the sewer. I like to know the ‘real reason’ Boner’s doing this: “on the grave threats radical Islam and Iran pose to our security and way of life.” He knows these false flags are going on (and it’s those in the Gov. doing it), now he’s spouting a ‘righteous’ cause of ‘way of life’. The guy’s dirty and this thing stinks of something else going down.
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You could be right, another attempt at distraction. What is the other hand doing? Time will tell…
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” If you live by the sword you die by the sword…”
The Speaker of the House openly violated the so-called Logan Act that was signed into law and enacted in 1799 by President John Adams and codified in 18 U.S. Code § 953. The Code addresses precisely what Speaker of the House John A. Boehner did in conspiring with Netanyahu to address a joint session of Congress to defeat the measures of the United States in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States.
The Logan Act prohibits any “Private correspondence with foreign governments” and reads; “Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.” The Supreme Court ruled that Congress cannot and should not conduct foreign affairs; that power rests in the Executive Branch exclusively.
In the 1936 Supreme Court case, United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp, the Court held that “all ability to conduct foreign policy is vested in the President. It is given implicitly and by the fact that the executive, by its very nature, is empowered to conduct foreign affairs in a way that Congress cannot and should not.”
John Boehner deliberately and with substantial malice aforethought violated the Logan Act and people of USA must demand that he be charged, tried in federal court, and convicted with his own confession that he defiantly “carried on any correspondence or intercourse an officer of a foreign government to defeat the measures of the United States” because Israel has a dispute with the United States of America’s Middle East foreign policy.
AmericasWatchTower is totally wrong on this issue.
Ema Nymton
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Ema, I think it is safe to say that far greater legal scholars than you and I have been involved in this, and if there was ANY way Obama could cause Boehner harm, he would. And I would bet anything that Holder has staff working on the same issue. But Ema, from the very law you cited, there is no violation. It “prohibits any “Private correspondence with foreign governments”. This is in no way “private correspondence”. Far from it. It is as public and opened as you can get, and it was not done by an individual, but rather the Speaker on behalf of one of the 3 equal branches of our Constitutional Government. Furthermore, Boehner didn’t invite a foreign government, but rather an individual, and only to “address Congress”, not negotiate with congress.
And again Ema, you quote “with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government” Boehner is in no way trying to influence Israel. At no time, and in no way is the House trying to “conduct foreign policy”. Congress passes laws, and creates budgets, and they have the right to gather information to do that, and that’s all.
So, AmericasWatchTower was totally right on this issue.
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Bruce, you said what I was going to say only you did it much better than I was going to. I fail to see how inviting him to speak in front of the Congress constitutes negotiating.
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“At no time, and in no way is the House trying to “conduct foreign policy”.”
Right ….
Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or_any_officer_or_agent_thereof_, with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, …
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is an _officer_or_agent_thereof_ of a foreign government/country. And Mr Boehner is blatantly trying to defeat the measures of the United States government.
So whose side are AmericaWatchTower and Steve Dennis on?
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http://mythopedia.mediamatters.org/myths/nancy-pelosi-violated-the-logan-act
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Steve Dennis at January 28, 2015 11:27 am
Is this suppose to be some sort of moral equivalency to defend Mr Boehner’s violation of the laws?
One really does need to look beyond one’s blind hatred of President Obama. The damage done to USA, USA government, the Office of the Speaker Of The House Of Representatives, and the Office Of The President for the sake of short term political expediency is too much.
One does realize, doesn’t one, that some day the Republican’T Party may actually win back the White House in the future, say 2024 or 2028? What will AmericasWatchTower say then to such treasonous actions by members of Congress?
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No, in fact it shows that simply speaking to a foreign leader does not violate the Logan act. That is why I posted it.
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Ema, again I have to say much better minds than ours has studied this issue, long before Obama was elected. But the Congressional Research Service says, “The clear intent of this provision … is to prohibit unauthorized persons from intervening in disputes between the United States and foreign governments. Nothing in [the law], however, would appear to restrict members of the Congress from engaging in discussions with foreign officials in pursuance of their legislative duties under the Constitution.”
I don’t think this is the issue that will take Boehner down.
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Ema, if it wasn’t for your post, I wouldn’t have noticed this quote; “Mr. Kucinich, who challenged Mrs. Clinton and Barack Obama for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, acknowledged that he undertook his own conversations with the Gadhafi regime. He said he feared Mrs. Clinton was using emotion to sell a war against Libya that wasn’t warranted, and he wanted to get all the information he could to share with his congressional colleagues.”
If you read this article, Kucinich admits he used his own back channels to circumvent the State Department. No this isn’t moral equivalency, no this isn’t left vs. right, no this isn’t an anti Obama thing, it is just appears to be an example of what you were talking about.
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Thanks for sharing Bruce! It appears as if this is not unusual and because it does not suit Ema’s agenda I think it will be ignored…
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“… because it does not suit Ema’s agenda I think it will be ignored…”
AmericasWatchTower is the one with an agenda. Ema Nymton points outs that for the sake of the short term political expediency to undermine USA and President Obama, AWT is willing to turn a blind eye to Mr Boehner’s using the Office Of The Speaker Of The House Of Representatives to join with a foreign government to defeat the measures of the United States.
One does realize, doesn’t one, that some day the Republican’T Party may actually win back the White House in the future, say 2024 or 2028? What will AmericasWatchTower say then to such treasonous actions by members of Congress? … IOKIYAR, (It is OK if you are Republican’T)
Again, whose side are you on; USA or not?
Ema Nymton
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Perhaps Ema Nymton will agree we all have an agenda. Bruce’s agenda is to do all he can to preserve the USA the founders dreamed of, and outlined in the US Constitution. Bruce will do all he can to fight the USA of the progressives, where the Constitution is an outdated concept to be fooled with as desired. Bruce appreciates Ema Nymton’s passion for the Logan Act and rests assured that Obama’s Justice Department will investigate and take appropriate action.
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Yes, we all have agendas and my agenda is the same as your agenda. This might be the one time Holder will investigate this, we know he did nothing with Pelosi but this is different and we know why…
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