How mad are Republicans over President Obama’s modest executive actions aiming to close loopholes on gun sales? Rep. Steven Palazzo is pretty damn mad. Like, futile attempt at censuring the president mad:
"That the House of Representatives does hereby censure and condemn Barack Obama for having willfully disregarded the legislative powers of the duly elected Congress provided by the Constitution of the United States through his executive actions to deprive American citizens of their constitutionally-mandated right to bear arms under the Second Amendment," Palazzo's resolution reads.
Palazzo said in a statement the censure is the "best way we can fight and win" against the executive actions Obama released. Republicans have few legislative options at their disposal to fight back until the 2017 appropriations process begins.
And let’s face it, by the time the 2017 appropriations process begins, Republicans will have easily half a dozen more recent things they want to threaten a shutdown over. But that doesn’t mean Palazzo is going to succeed at adding Obama to the extremely short list of presidents censured by Congress.