however, i do think there are things that are core executive functions and negotiating for the release of a member of the armed services on active duty is a core function. and i don t think congress can give him instructions on how to exercise that kind of power on a retail basis. why go ahead and sign the law? presidents sign all kinds of things that are presented to them in legislation that are hundreds and hundreds of pages long. it has happened repeatedly. presidents have had to swallow deeply. show me a president who will veto a defense appropriation. let s get realistic about how the system works in washington, d.c. it s unrealistic to assume that a president is going to say, i m sorry, i m not going to sign the defense appropriation because you ve got two or three or four things that could be applied in a way that trenches on my power under the constitution. it s not realistic. you cannot run the kboft on that
to national polls that show the overwhelming majority of parents want healthier food in schools. of course, who doesn t want the kids to eat healthier? and we want the school lunches to be healthier. of course we do. the question is how do you go about it and are you take aing away in some cases as apparently we are what the school s core function is education and funneling programs that they can t afford into this. i think we ought to be giving schools a year to figure it out. that s the least we can do. it s interesting difference. i think if you asked the question should struggling districts have some flexibility to meet federal standard, you would have gotten an almost equally large number. we ll try that out one night. i m not surprised by the results myself. thanks to margo smooth wootan and genevieve wood. the debate continues online as well as on facebook and twitter prchlt the left, i m stephanie cutter. from the right, i m newt gingrich. join us next time for another
florida. all right, congressman. what do you say that the president s attempt at an obama care fix is unconstitutional? well, good evening, judge. when the president announced this fix he said we re going to extend the grandfather clause to cover some of these plans that people have signed up for in the last couple years. the problem with that is that obama care, the statute, does not cover any of those plans. so those cancellations are by design of the law. so he doesn t want congress to be able to go in and grandfather them, because he knows we ll give people way more relief than he wants to. so he s trying to say that he can kind of extend protection. the problem is, only congress can legislate. that s just our core function. the president is supposed to take care that the laws are faithfully executed. this president thinks that he can rewrite laws as he sees fit. that s just not constitutional government. congressman, the president counts the fact that he was a
florida. all right, congressman. what do you say that the president s attempt at an obama care fix is unconstitutional? well, good evening, judge. when the president announced this fix he said we re going to extend the grandfather clause to cover some of these plans that people have signed up for in the last couple years. the problem with that is that obama care, the statute, does not cover any of those plans. so those cancellations are by design of the law. so he doesn t want congress to be able to go in and grandfather them, because he knows we ll give people way more relief than he wants to. so he s trying to say that he can kind of extend protection. the problem is, only congress can legislate. that s just our core function. the president is supposed to take care that the laws are faithfully executed. this president thinks that he can rewrite laws as he sees fit. that s just not constitutional government. congressman, the president counts the fact that he was a
every security firer security first. it is board every security period. it s not some bargaining chip or box you check off, now it s done and now let s have it s not conditional on anything, okay? not a means to the en. it is the end. it is the basic core function of government. and, you know what you have here is this gang of eaters, especially republicans, mccain, graham, rubio, think this is and they can give away and get something in return and apiece all of the people who think that the ultimate goal is building a pathway to citizenship for 20 million illegal aliens. no, that s not the fundamental goal of our government and shouldn t be of any republican worth his salt. what do you think of paul ryan arguing to the conference