By: Dale Weckbacher
John 10:10
The thief does not
come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may
have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
NKJV
The thief that Jesus is speaking of in John 10:10 is the
Devil or Satan. The verse is a call for
believers in Christ to be diligent and aware that there is a thief seeking to
steal, kill, and destroy them and that abundant life comes from belief in Jesus
Christ. It is easy to be diligent when
facing struggles but it is also important to remain diligent when experiencing good
times.
I am not a big fan of reality TV but the show Duck Dynasty
is an exception. The show has come under
fire for its stand for God, mainly because they pray at the end of the
show. Love for the Lord is the number
one passion in the lives of the Robertson family but duck hunting is their
number two passion, after all, the family business is making duck calls. I am not a duck hunter but after the recent
electoral victory for Republicans, we must all be diligent in hunting down a
very dangerous breed of duck, the lame duck.
It would be ideal if after the election of a new congress,
they were immediately sworn into office.
It would also be ideal if a sitting president that loses both houses of
congress had to resign if he refused to work with the new legislature. However, that is not how the founders set up
our Constitution so we must to deal with the extremely dangerous breeds of a
lame duck legislative session and the more dangerous breed of a lame duck
President.
Ideally, if legislators held themselves accountable to
voters, the lame duck legislature would do little more than closing up shop
during their lame duck session. However,
we do not live in an ideal world and the fact of a lame duck legislative
session is a reality but that does not have to mean that we must allow the
outgoing congress to sabotage their successors.
Republicans have majority control of the lame duck House of
Representatives. The House is where all
government spending legislation originates.
One of the pending issues the lame duck congress must deal with is a
continuing resolution to keep government operating. The current spending resolution expires on December
11, 2014. (1) Liberals would prefer to pass an omnibus
spend bill funding the government through the end of the fiscal year or
September 30, 2015. (2)
Passage of an omnibus spending bill will strap the incoming
congress with the out of control spending of the outgoing congress. Much of the reason people fired Democrats
from control of the Senate and lessened their power in the House is because of
their fiscal irresponsibility. Voters
have to live within their means and on a budget and expect their elected
representatives to do the same. However,
the federal budget continues to increase and the national debt grows. (3) Obviously, government leaders like to live of
their credit cards leaving future taxpayers with the bill.
Voters elected to change leadership in the legislature from
Democrat to Republican control in this past election but for the outgoing
congress to strap them with a debt-increasing deficit producing spending
resolution until September 30 will only cause further fiscal damage to the U.S.
Treasury. It makes much more sense for
the outgoing congress to pass a temporary spending bill keeping the government
open until around the end of January or middle of February and allow the new
Congress to pass a more fiscally responsible omnibus spending bill funding the
government till September 30, 2015.
As dangerous as the upcoming lame duck session of Congress
is, the much more dangerous problem facing the United States is two more years
of a lame duck President Obama. Obama
has already expressed his intention to go around the newly elected Congress and
issue an unconstitutional executive amnesty order granting legal status to an
estimated 4.5 million illegal immigrant adults with U.S.-born children. (4)
It would appear to be compassionate to keep families
together by allowing parents of children born in the U.S. to have some form of
legal status allowing them to remain in the country but since Congress passes
immigration laws, any change in those laws must go through Congress first. For the nation’s chief executive to bypass
congress’ constitutional authority by issuing an executive order is a high
crime against the Constitution of the United States which Obama has twice sworn
to defend. Such a high crime is an
impeachable offense. However, Speaker
John Boehner has taken the option of impeachment off the table, plus,
impeachment would leave us with two years of President Biden. However, Congress still has the power of the
purse.
It will require money to enforce any Presidential executive
order and Congress can block this funding.
However, if the President issues his executive amnesty order and the
outgoing congress funds it through some omnibus spending bill, Obama will be
able to implement his executive amnesty and the damage will have been done even
if the new congress is able to defund it in the next fiscal year. Once we grant amnesty in any form, it is
irreversible. (5) Once again, this illustrates the need for the
outgoing House to stand strong and only allow funding of the government for a
short term, allowing the incoming congress to pass an omnibus spending bill
that does not include funding for any executive orders, including executive amnesty.
Unfortunately, the lame duck congress and presidency are a
reality of our republic but it is possible to prevent these dangerous species
of duck from doing any damage to our nation.
We therefore must light up the phones and email servers of congress and
the White House during this lame duck season insuring they do not do any
damage. On the right portion of this
webpage are links to finding and contacting the White House, your senators, and
representative. Express your concern
that the outgoing congress not pass any omnibus spending bill strapping the
incoming congress with more deficits and debt.
Also, demand that they refuse to fund any unconstitutional presidential
executive order, especially an executive amnesty order that threatens the national
and fiscal security of the nation.
1. Association of Defense Communities. House
Republicans Split over Way Forward on FY’15 Spending. www.defensecommunities.org.
[Online] Assiciation of Defense Communities, November 13, 2014. [Cited:
November 15, 2014.]
http://www.defensecommunities.org/headlines/house-republicans-split-over-way-forward-on-fy15-spending/#.
2. United States
Senate. Fiscal Year. https://www.senate.gov. [Online] [Cited:
November 15, 2014.] https://www.senate.gov/reference/glossary_term/fiscal_year.htm.
3. Treasury Direct.
Historical Debt OUtstanding - Annual. www.treasurydirect.gov. [Online]
[Cited: November 15, 2014.]
http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/histdebt/histdebt.htm.
4. Tomlinson, Lucas.
Source: Obama to announce 10-point immigration plan via exec action as early as
next week. www.foxnews.com. [Online] Fox News, November 13, 2014.
[Cited: November 15, 2014.]
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/11/13/source-obama-to-announce-10-point-immigration-plan-via-exec-action-as-early-as/.
5. Limbaugh, Rush.
Amnesty is Irreversible. www.rushlimbaugh.com. [Online] EIB Network,
November 13, 2014. [Cited: November 15, 2014.]
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2014/11/13/amnesty_is_irreversible.
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