Rep. Steven Palazzo, R-Miss., introduced a bill Thursday to censure President Obama for seven years of “executive overreach.”
Palazzo said his bill was written up after Obama’s recent gun-related executive actions, but said it also reflects Obama’s overreach on healthcare, climate and immigration.
“For seven years, the president has gradually expanded his powers through executive overreach,” Palazzo said in a statement. “His actions this week to take away the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens [are] just the latest, if not most egregious, violation of the separation of powers found in the United States Constitution.”
A censure is a formal expression of disapproval by a legislative body.
“Presidential censure is rare, but has precedent. In 1834, President Andrew Jackson was censured by the Senate for what they saw as executive overreach,” Palazzo’s release noted.
“The American people demand that we fight back against this president’s overreach, and this is the best way we can fight and win,” Palazzo said.
Read his resolution here:
