House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R., Va.) updated his report on the “imperial presidency” on Thursday, adding to the dozens of examples of executive overreach by the Obama administration.
“Our Founders created a series of checks and balances for our democracy to prevent any one of the three branches of government from becoming too powerful,” Cantor said. “Today, this system is under threat as the executive branch continues to bypass Congress and use executive action to promote its own agenda.”
Cantor says Obamacare is the greatest example of the administration’s “blatant disregard for the rule of law.”
The updated report cites 24 instances where the administration delayed or changed the implementation of Obamacare, which were documented by the Washington Post.
Cantor calls the law a “2,000-plus page behemoth that contained hundreds of prescriptive mandates and hard deadlines,” which he says the administration is ignoring. The list includes delays of the employer mandate, subsidy verification requirements, insurance deadlines, and two extensions that let states continue to use high-risk pools.
So, what are they going to do about it?