The Hill
By Cristina Marcos
April 15, 2015
Rep.
Ted Yoho (R-Fla.) has authored a resolution that seeks to define
President Obama's executive actions on immigration as impeachable
offenses.
The
Yoho resolution defines impeachable "high crimes and misdemeanors" in a
way that is clearly aimed at Obama's actions to unilaterally delay
deportations for certain
illegal immigrants.
Listed
impeachable crimes in his resolution include "failing to take care that
the laws be faithfully executed through signing statements or
systematic policies of nonenforcement,"
"misusing federal agencies to advance a partisan political agenda," and
"issuing executive orders or presidential memoranda that infringe upon
or circumvent the constitutional powers of Congress."
But Yoho insisted that his proposal isn't directly aimed at Obama.
"Let
me be clear, this resolution isn’t directed at any one president and
doesn't favor one party or the other. Essentially, it will put all
presidents — current and future,
both Democrat and Republican — on notice that Congress will finally
begin holding them accountable," Yoho said in a statement this week.
The
resolution would also establish "intentionally lying to Congress to
obtain an authorization for war" and "intentionally lying under oath to a
Federal judge or grand
jury" as impeachable crimes.
House GOP leaders have distanced themselves from talk of impeachment among hard-line conservatives.
Speaker
John Boehner (R-Ohio) insisted last summer that impeachment is a "scam"
perpetuated by Democrats to boost their fundraising.
But
some Republicans, notably 2008 vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin
and former Rep. Michele Bachmann (Minn.), have explicitly called for the
president to be impeached.
Yoho launched a long-shot bid for Speaker in January and accrued just two votes, including one from himself.
The
Florida Republican also authored a symbolic bill passed by the House in
December to block the executive branch from deferring deportations of
illegal immigrants.
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