54 GOP REPS DEMAND PREEMPTIVE STRIKE ON EXECUTIVE AMNESTY

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Breitbart News -- Jonathan Strong

Dozens of House conservatives are pushing for an upcoming “omnibus” spending bill to prohibit President Obama from implementing his planned executive amnesty.

In a letter to the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY), the lawmakers say an executive amnesty “would be in direct violation of U.S. law” and that “the Congress has the power of the purse and should use it as a tool to prevent the President from implementing policies that are contrary to our laws and the desire of the American people.”

As of Wednesday evening, 54 members had signed the letter, a significant number under the circumstances.

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