Graphs Show How Obama's Been Abusing His Power (Or Not)

“The United States Constitution guarantees the American people that its government will be free from activity. Again and again, President Obama has broken that sacred trust.”

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Boehner Calls Obama’s Practice of Accomplishing Things Unconstitutional,

Graphs Show How Obama's Been Abusing His Power (Or Not)

Boehner Calls Obama’s Practice of Accomplishing Things Unconstitutional

Graphs Show How Obama's Been Abusing His Power (Or Not)

Filibusters*

Recess Appointments**

Executive Orders***

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* This graph was produced by Senate Democrats based on statistics compiled by the Congressional Research Service

** This graphic appeared on the CBS Evening News June 26, 2014

*** This graphic was published by New York Magazine in January 2013

Boehner Calls Obama’s Practice of Accomplishing Things Unconstitutional

By Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) said today that he plans to sue President Obama for violating the United States Constitution with what Boehner called “his outrageous practice of accomplishing things.”

“The United States Constitution guarantees the American people that its government will be free from activity,” Boehner told reporters. “Again and again, President Obama has broken that sacred trust.”

Ripping the President for his “willful insistence on doing things,” Speaker Boehner said that his lawsuit was intended “to restore the inaction and inertia that have been the hallmarks of our democracy.”

The Speaker acknowledged that suing the President was an extreme measure, but added, “I take this step only after exhausting every other method to prevent him from getting anything done.”

Concluding his remarks, Boehner said that he hoped his lawsuit would send a “powerful message” to President Obama: “If you stubbornly continue to take actions that result in tangible outcomes, you will be very, very sorry.”