That's right, Rep Lamar Smith (R) has drafted a Bill titled "Hinder the Administration's Legalization Temptation Act" aka the HALT Act -that would ONLY take Presidential Powers away from President Obama but NOT future Presidents.
Lamar Smith (R-TX) wrote a Letter to his colleagues in the US House which at the bottom of page 2 of his letter states:
"I plan to introduce the “HALT (Hinder the Administration’s Legalization Temptation) Act”.
The major parts of the legislation will prevent the Obama Administration from
1) granting parole (except in narrow circumstances),
2) issuing deferred action (except in narrow circumstances),
3) issuing extended voluntary departure to removable a/'ens,
4) granting work authorization to a/'ens on a discretionary basis,
5) granting TPS to any new groups of a/'ens,
6) waiving the three and 10 year bars to admittance for a/'ens who have been ;/egally present in the U.S. and
7) granting cancellation of removal to ;/egal immigrants.
The bill will restore these powers to the next president whom the American people elect – on January 22, 2013."
Notice and pay close attention to Lamar's Sentence that is directly AFTER point number 7,
"The Bill will restore these powers to the next president whom the American people elect"
See, what Lamar is saying is, HE wants to TAKE Presidential powers away from THIS President but NOT FUTURE Presidents.
I don't know how ANYONE could agree with that.
Anyone reading this should ask themselves these questions:
Why does Lamar's Bill ONLY apply to THIS President but NOT FUTURE Presidents?
Or
Ask yourself this - If Lamar thinks the President should NOT have those Presidential Powers then why did Lamar NEVER write such a Bill in the Past - you know when Past Presidents HAD THOSE POWERS?
Or
Ask yourself - If Lamar thinks the President should NOT have those Presidential Powers then why does Lamar say his Bill would NOT apply to any FUTURE President?
Look, I don't want to call Lamar Smith (R-TX) racist because he is drafting a Bill that would take away existing Presidential Powers away from THIS CURRENT President but reinstate those Presidential Powers for ALL FUTURE Presidents - but - what, other than racism, could he possibly be writing such a Bill for?
Here is Lamar Smith (R-TX) Twitter information -
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Here is Lamar Smith's (R-TX) Phone number:
Washington DC phone: 202-225-4236
San Antonio District Office phone: 210-821-5024
Kerrville District Office phone: 830-896-0154
Austin District Office phone: 512-306-0439
Contact Lamar and let him know what you think about his Bill that ONLY takes away Presidential Powers from THIS CURRENT President but NOT future Presidents.