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Texas: AG Paxton sues Biden admin to block $1.7 trillion ‘Omnibus Bill’

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2 years ago

April 5, 2023

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the Biden administration in an effort to stop part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, which is the $1.7 trillion omnibus bill that passed unconstitutionally, he said.

Paxton originally filed the lawsuit in February. He stated that former speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi D-Ca, was ‘deceptive’ and “circumvented the constitutional requirement that a quorum be present to conduct business.”

The report released by Paxton on Twitter Wednesday, states that the Constitution requires more the half of Congress to be present in order to have a quorum, if not, congress must only “adjourn from day to day” or “compel the attendance of absent members.”

“We’re suing the Biden Admin to block the unconstitutional $1.7 trillion omnibus package. Today, I filed for an injunction to stop its enactment and prevent millions of dollars from going to illegal immigrants in Texas,” Paxton tweeted.

Paxton, said that Pelosi had the absent members of the House ‘vote by proxy,’ allowing her to “mark them present.” That action, is in and of itself, unconstitutional. Moreover, Paxton added that since the House unconstitutionally passed the bill, then President Joe Biden signature for the bill is unlawful. In this case, it is against the law for the Biden administration to implement it as a law, according to the report.

BREAKING: We're suing the Biden Admin to block the unconstitutional $1.7 trillion omnibus package. Today, I filed for an injunction to stop its enactment and prevent millions of dollars from going to illegal immigrants in Texas. pic.twitter.com/EZ318ZrUEx

— Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) April 5, 2023

AG Paxton:

“Americans deserve better than Joe Biden teaming up with Nancy Pelosi to deceitfully enact trillion-dollar legislation by violating rules, clearly mandated in the constitution. The consequences of their lawlessness and deception are going to be felt all across our state. It is crucial that are legal system stop these acute harms-such as the millions of dollars facilitating illegal immigration from-being imposed on Texans.”

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Elon Musk Fact Checks Biden’s Old Tweet ‘No one is above the law’

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21 hours ago

December 2, 2024

Staff Writer

In a clever reaction to President Joe Biden pardoning his son, Hunter, fact-checkers on Elon Musk’s X are flagging Biden’s old post stating “no one is above the law.” Biden’s old post, shared in May, was written as an attack on now-President-elect Donald Trump, but the tables have turned on Biden as he is being heavily criticized for his hypocrisy in placing his son “above the law.”

The New York Post reports:

“It now has a community warning readers: ‘President Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, for crimes covering nearly 11 years of ‘offenses against the United States which he has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 1, 2014 through December 1, 2024.”

After that, Musk added his own proposed note calling out the president, writing: “By pardoning his son Hunter, not merely for a single crime, but for actual or potential crimes he may or may not have created over an eleven-year period, Joe Biden has made clear that some people are, in fact, above the law.”

According to the New York Post, “Hunter Biden, 54, pleaded guilty in September to nine counts tied to bilking Americans of $.1.4 million in taxes and was found guilty of three federal gun charges in June after he was charged with possession of a firearm while addicted to illegal drugs.”

Biden is not only being criticized for pardoning his Hunter, but for going back on his vow that he would not pardon his son. Biden argued in his defense that Hunter was “singled out only because he is my son,” The Post reports. Biden is hitting back saying that critics are only trying to break Hunter’s sobriety.

Musk shared a screenshot on X of his own fact-check with a statement saying “Community Notes slays.” Community Notes is a feature on X that allows users to flag false or misleading content, according to The Post, leaving the fact-checking up to its users rather than staffers.