While most of their House colleagues are home in their districts for the traditional August recess, eight freshman House Republicans are providing a great service to all Americans. They have pledged to hold pro-forma sessions in the House chamber every three days for the remainder of the summer, effectively blocking the Democrat-controlled Senate from adjourning and blocking Obama from making recess appointments.
The move prevents Obama from unilaterally making new appointments to federal agencies, which can be done only if both chambers are in recess. And the Constitution states that neither the House nor the Senate can be in recess without the consent of the other chamber.
The group has singled out their intent to stop Obama from appointing Richard Cordray as the director of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Several of the freshmen used a similar maneuver over the July Fourth recess.
The group of freshmen, which consists of Jeff Landry (R-LA), Andy Harris (R-MD), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Mick Mulvaney (R-SC), Jeff Denham (R-CA), Trey Gowdy (R-SC), Steve Stivers (R-OH), Allen West (R-FL), and three-term Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH), has agreed to each take one of the nine remaining days over the course of the summer to preside over the House.
Kudos to these fine Americans who are sacrificing their time away from their families to prevent the Obama regime from potentially doing even more damage to the Republic.
