The GOP Congress Needs to Fight Obama, not Just Spar with Him

Dear readers, we have heard a lot about the GOP Senators' open letter to Iran. I would like to write a letter, too...to the GOP. ~~~~~ Letter to The Republican Congressional Majority. ~~ Since the new Congress convened on January 5, we who are extremely worried about the ability of the United States to survive without serious constitutional consequences until a new President is elected in November 2016 have put our trust in you. America elected you as a Republican majority in both houses of Congress, trusting that you would lead the country in a critical battle against the radical progressive forces swirling around President Obama's White House and executive agencies. The issues are well-known -- illegal immigrant amnesty, the Iran nuclear deal, the fight against ISIS, re-stabilizing the US - Israeli relationship, getting to the truth about Benghazi and the IRS scandals, halting the job-sapping effects of Obamacare, revising the tax code to aid business to create more good jobs while reducing the individual tax burden, building the XL Keystone Pipeline, opening up offshore drilling sites, reducing the budget to better fit national income while reducing dependence on Chinese and other foreign lenders. The list is supported by a majority of Americans. And, having confidence that you, the new Republican congressional majority, would follow up on your principles and promises, I have many times in the past two months asked for patience while you get your sea legs and begin to tackle the list in earnest. ~~~~~ But, little to nothing has happened. House Speaker John Boehner keeps his GOP caucus from revolting by using Democratic votes to pass bills that neithet the GOP House majority nor Americans want. And to be fair, Boehner knows that if he sends GOP majority-approved House bills to the Senate, they will only gather dust because Majority Leader Mitch McConnell doesn't have the 60 votes needed to get sensitive bills out of committee. He usually has 55 to 57 votes. Some Republicans in the House have called on McConnell to change the Senate rules so that a simple majority would be sufficient to bring bills out of committee and on to the Senate floor for debate and passage. I have supported McConnell's hesitancy as being consistent with tradition and against the cutthroat tactics Harry Reid used when he was Majority Leader. But, in addition, the argument continues, even if the GOP passed key legislation and sent it to the White House, President Obama would veto it. So why bother. ~~~~~ This is a litany of defeat. Obama and his congressional minions - Reid and Pelosi - are making fools of the Republican majority sent to Congress to halt their unpopular, often unconstitutional actions. And instead of fighting back, the GOP majority has rolled over and played dead -- because they are trapped in their own sense of playing by the rules and because some do not understand that defeating the poisonous agenda of Barack Obama requires heroic action. ~~~~~ Change the Senate rules. Send House bills that reflect the conservative American majority to an empowered Senate GOP majority. Pass the legislation that America wants and is depending on you to enact. ~~~~~ And, if Obama and Pelosi and Reid and their partisan media cry like stuck pigs, so be it. America will be with you. Your mission - even if you cannot override Obama's vetos - will have been accomplished. You were not elected to make peace with Obama and his radical-progressive hacks. You were elected to confront them. If that requires changing the rules, don't think for a second that if the Democrats were in your position, they wouldn't do it -- Harry Reid already did it to get Obama's liberal judges approved. Above all else, do not allow Obama and Reid and Pelosi to make of you a political laughingstock. Do not think about being re-elected. If you defend America, you will be. If you waffle in the face of an uncomfortable but necessary confrontation, your future will be less certain. So, put on your boots and get going. Force Democrats to squirm and vote against the laws that America favors. Do not let them hide in the shadows behind the 6 Democrat Senators who stand between you and pro-America action. After each Obama veto, raise an override vote so that every Democrat will be forced to declare his or her position. Raise the issue in the media. Do not cede even one inch. Do it now. America needs you.