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"constitutional obligation to obtain Congress' consent."

Submitted by northstar on Tue, 10/27/2009 - 22:08
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Dr Paul signed the request too :-)

WASHINGTON — While many people were wondering what President Barack Obama did to deserve the Nobel Peace Prize, U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite began researching another question: Can he even accept the award?

Yes, she concluded, but only if he asks her for permission. Well, her and the rest of the lawmakers on Capitol Hill.

So on Monday the Brooksville Republican sent a letter to Obama congratulating him, but requesting that he fulfill a "constitutional obligation to obtain Congress' consent."

The letter, co-signed by Republican Reps. Cliff Stearns of Ocala and Ron Paul of Texas, sets off debate about an obscure provision of the U.S. Constitution that they say restricts a president from accepting a gift from a foreign entity.

More at: http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/national/article104743...

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Submitted by pacman08 on Wed, 10/28/2009 - 00:49.

some of the people on that forum are the reasons why i have given up hope for this country

Strings?

Submitted by Jive_Dadson on Wed, 10/28/2009 - 00:38.

When O'Bama was awarded the, uh, award, I wrote to the good doctor suggesting that he introduce legislation allowing His Hopiness to take the money, provided he hands it over to the treasury and does not take a tax deduction for it.

Ron Paul represents us. I

Submitted by BmoreBrawler on Wed, 10/28/2009 - 00:02.

Ron Paul represents us.

I guess this is just another "obscure" part of the Constitution like declaring wars, no legal tender besides gold and silver, Habeas Corpus, and the 10th Ammendment.

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Submitted by photoshopwiz on Tue, 10/27/2009 - 23:56.

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"sprung from the joint" ;-)

Thank you :-)

Submitted by northstar on Wed, 10/28/2009 - 00:32.

It felt like eon's being trapped in the spam filter. Until DP gets the filter fixed, I cannot post new threads from school. I sort of feel left out for about 9 hours till I get home. If I find something to post, I'll just send a email to someone to post for me if I feel it's really a important thread that needs to get posted.

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