Ron Paul threatens to object to Obama’s job speech request | Daily Caller - C.J. Ciaramella, Aug. 31, 2011:
"Republicans are crying foul over President Barack Obama’s Sept. 7 jobs speech, announced Wednesday, which will ... be at the same time as a GOP presidential candidate debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif.
"Texas Representative and GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul has hinted that he is considering objecting to the president’s request.
"'Dr. Paul is weighing his options,' Paul’s campaign spokesman Jesse Benton told Slate. 'Our campaign, however, thinks it is undignified that the President of the United States would resort to such transparent tactics to step on our Republican debate....'
"Paul could not block the president’s request by himself, but he -— or any other member of Congress —- could force a roll-call vote. Since Congress is currently out of session, the most likely way for Obama’s request to be approved would be through a 'unanimous consent' vote during a pro forma session of Congress.
"If a member of Congress requests a recorded vote, Congress would have to reconvene sometime before the speech. Unified Republican opposition in either the House or the Senate would block the president’s request."
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2011/08/31/ron-paul-threatens-to-object-to-obamas-job-speech-request/#ixzz1WhuEjDFs
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"Republicans are crying foul over President Barack Obama’s Sept. 7 jobs speech, announced Wednesday, which will ... be at the same time as a GOP presidential candidate debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif.
"Texas Representative and GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul has hinted that he is considering objecting to the president’s request.
"'Dr. Paul is weighing his options,' Paul’s campaign spokesman Jesse Benton told Slate. 'Our campaign, however, thinks it is undignified that the President of the United States would resort to such transparent tactics to step on our Republican debate....'
"Paul could not block the president’s request by himself, but he -— or any other member of Congress —- could force a roll-call vote. Since Congress is currently out of session, the most likely way for Obama’s request to be approved would be through a 'unanimous consent' vote during a pro forma session of Congress.
"If a member of Congress requests a recorded vote, Congress would have to reconvene sometime before the speech. Unified Republican opposition in either the House or the Senate would block the president’s request."
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2011/08/31/ron-paul-threatens-to-object-to-obamas-job-speech-request/#ixzz1WhuEjDFs
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