In a speech late Tuesday night, Minority Leader and probable future Speaker John Boehner announced, “The people’s priorities will be our priorities, and the people’s agenda will be our agenda” (“Boehner: Election a ‘repudiation of Washington’“). Based on this statement, I have to question Boehner’s commitment to the Constitution and conservative principles. Just because the people have a certain priority or agenda doesn’t mean that Congress has the authority under the Constitution to pursue that priority or agenda. I want the Constitution to be the House Republicans’ priority and agenda.
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