Senator Rob Portman MIA while Cruz & Senate Conservatives Oppose Amnesty by Executive Order

Senator Ted Cruz has sent a letter to lame duck Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid opposing President Obama's threat of using an Executive Order granting amnesty to illegal immigrants to again undermine the power of Congress.

Joining in with Senator Cruz in standing strong against President Obama continued abuse of his Executive Powers are Sens. Mike Crapo, R-ID; Mike Lee, R-UT; Pat Roberts, R-KS; Jeff Sessions, R-AL; and David Vitter, R-LA. 

And in contrast, reminding us what spineless looks like, Senator John McCain has taken to pleading with President Obama not to use an Executive Order for granting amnesty to illegals.  

Being from Ohio, when speaking of spineless on illegal immigration - having been a keynote speaker at a pro-amnesty event last year, Senator Rob Portman leads the jelly fish jubilee. 

Though his voting record shows he would be a better nominee for the Democrats than the GOP, it is being widely reported that Senator Portman, instead of running to keep his U.S. Senate seat, has not ruled out running to be the GOP nominee for the White House in 2016.

When you stop laughing about Portman looking to run as the GOP nominee for POTUS, please contact his office and tell him - if he is looking to be reelected to anything -- now would be the time to at least act like a conservative and sign onto the letter from Senator Cruz.

Senator Rob Portman (R-OH)

DC Office: (202)224-3353
Contact: Click Here
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From Senator Ted Cruz --

Don’t Enable Obama’s Executive Amnesty in Lame Duck


GOP SENATORS SEND WARNING TO HARRY REID AFTER RESOUNDING REFERENDUM

November 5, 2014

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WASHINGTON, DC - Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, today sent a letter to Sen. Harry Reid, D-NV, the outgoing Senate Majority Leader, signed by Sens. Mike Crapo, R-ID; Mike Lee, R-UT; Pat Roberts, R-KS; Jeff Sessions, R-AL; and David Vitter, R-LA expressing opposition to President Obama's announced intention to take unilateral executive action by the end of this year to lawlessly grant amnesty to immigrants who have entered the country illegally.

"The Supreme Court has recognized that ‘over no conceivable subject is the power of Congress more complete' than its power over immigration," the letter said. "Therefore, President Obama will be exercising powers properly belonging to Congress if he makes good on his threat. This will create a constitutional crisis that demands action by Congress to restore the separation of powers."

The letter continued: "As majority leader of the Senate, you have the responsibility of not only representing the citizens of your State, but also of protecting the Constitution through vigilant exercise of the checks and balances provided under the Constitution. Therefore, we write to offer our full assistance in ensuring expeditious Senate debate and passage for a measure that preserves the power of Congress by blocking any action the President may take to violate the Constitution and unilaterally grant amnesty; however, should you decline to defend the Senate and the Constitution from executive overreach, the undersigned Senators will use all procedural means necessary to return the Senate's focus during the lame duck session to resolving the constitutional crisis created by President Obama's lawless amnesty."

The text of the letter is below:

November 5, 2014


Senator Harry Reid
Majority Leader
S-221, The Capitol
Washington, D.C. 20510


Dear Leader Reid:

We write to express our alarm with President Obama's announced intention to take unilateral executive action by the end of this year to lawlessly grant amnesty to immigrants who have entered the country illegally. The Supreme Court has recognized that "over no conceivable subject is the power of Congress more complete" than its power over immigration. Therefore, President Obama will be exercising powers properly belonging to Congress if he makes good on his threat. This will create a constitutional crisis that demands action by Congress to restore the separation of powers.

As majority leader of the Senate, you have the responsibility of not only representing the citizens of your State, but also of protecting the Constitution through vigilant exercise of the checks and balances provided under the Constitution. Therefore, we write to offer our full assistance in ensuring expeditious Senate debate and passage for a measure that preserves the power of Congress by blocking any action the President may take to violate the Constitution and unilaterally grant amnesty; however, should you decline to defend the Senate and the Constitution from executive overreach, the undersigned Senators will use all procedural means necessary to return the Senate's focus during the lame duck session to resolving the constitutional crisis created by President Obama's lawless amnesty.

Sincerely,

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Is Senator Rob Portman really "Against" Obamacare?

In light of the John Kerry like flip-flops we have seen from Senator Portman lately, a fair question to ask would be is, "is Senator Rob Portman 'really' against Obamacare and is he dedicated to defunding it?"

In fairness to Senator Portman, it should be noted that he has signed on as a co-sponsor of a bill to defund Obamacare and also joined in with all 46 Republican Senators in a letter urging President Obama to permanently delay the implementation of Obamacare.

But, as we have so painfully seen, just because Senator Portman say's he is against something, doesn't mean he is "really" against it.  

Highlighting just some of  Senator Portman's recent triple lindy flips off the high dive of conservatism and belly flopping into the pool of progressive politics, we see Senator Portman.... 

• Was once strongly against same sex marriage -- he now supports same sex marriage.

• Continually claimed he was against Richard Cordray being appointed to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau -- he voted in support of Cordray's confirmation.

• Continually claimed he was against the Senate Immigration Reform bill (S. 744) -- he voted in support of Cloture which allowed the bill to move forward and eventually pass.

Well thanks to Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), Senator Portman has an opportunity to do the right thing and show conservatives where he stands by reinforcing his claims of being "against" Obamacare.

Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) and 14 of his fellow Senate Republicans sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Reid (D-NV) urging him to delay all of Obamacare, and declaring their intent to defund the law in any Continuing Resolutions or other measures to fund the federal government.

So, with Senator Portman co-sponsoring a bill to defund Obamacare, his joining with fellow Senators urging the permanent delay of Obamacare and, being fully aware that voters in Ohio have soundly rejected Obamacare with passage of the Ohio Health Care Freedom Amendment, one would think it would be a no-brainer that Senator Portman would support Senator Mike Lee's letter and additional attempts to defund Obamacare -- right?  Wrong!

To date, even though he claims to be against Obamacare, Senator Portman has not signed onto Senator Lee's letter to defund Obamacare in Continuing Resolution talks. Taking into account the above items Senator Portman also claimed to be against, his not supporting this effort should be a cause of great concern.

If we are to defeat or defund Obamacare - the do or die fight is now and Senator Portman needs to decide and show us whose side he is on.

Please contact Senator Portman's office and urge him for once to keep his word and not abandon his conservative base again.  Please urge Senator Portman to sign Senator Lee's letter and support this do or die effort to defund Obamacare.  

Senator Rob Portman
DC Office: (202)224-3353
Contact: https://www.portman.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact-form
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To read the full text of Senator Lee's letter and to sign it yourself, please click here or on the picture below.

It's Not About Our Borders

It's Not About Our Borders

The Reality of the Senate Amnesty Bill

Senator Sessions, along with Senator Cruz, has been one of the leading voices in exposing the hypocrisy of the Senate's Amnesty Bill.  

Click here to see a brief speech delivered by Senator Sessions at the rally on Wednesday.

 

Prior to Senator Session brief speech, the Founder of a national remembrance project for victims of illegal alien violence spoke  click here to watch.

 

Both of these speakers are reiterating what we already know.  This bill has nothing to do with protecting our borders, our sovereignty, and everything to do with special interests.

 

Following is a link to a Washington Post whip count of Senators who are likely to vote for the bill, or on the fence.  As expected, Senator Portman is one of them Click Here to See the Count .

 

TAKE ACTION!

Call Senator Portman on Monday 6/24!

 

Tell Senator Portman that anything other than a "NO" vote on S. 744 is unacceptable.  He is elected to represent us, not special interests or illegal aliens who have broken our laws, living in the shadows while benefiting from our social programs.

 

Senator Portman's DC Office:  (202) 224-3353

Columbus Office:  (800) 205-6446

Email:  http://portman.senate.gov

 

The Senators need to hear from us now!  

This can be stopped, but only if we make our voices heard. (h/t Marianne)

PS Sen. Ted Cruz was a guest on Fox News last week and when asked if making these calls actually make any difference, he said yes. Emphatically. Cruz urged citizens to melt the phones to stop this bill. It's our best shot at piercing the DC bubble.