U.S. lawmakers, lawyers argue over House Republican plan to sue Obama

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U.S. lawmakers, lawyers argue over House Republican plan to sue Obama

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-lawmakers-lawyers-argue-over-house-republican-plan-230502239--finance.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/yOLce.tMjQ.U065.BbsTYA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-07-16T230502Z_1_LYNXMPEA6F17L_RTROPTP_2_USA-OBAMA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. President Barack Obama pauses while he delivers remarks about Ukraine while in the press briefing room at the White House in Washington" align="left" title="U.S. President Barack Obama pauses while he delivers remarks about Ukraine while in the press briefing room at the White House in Washington" border="0" /></a>By Annika McGinnis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican effort to sue President Barack Obama over his use of executive powers got under way in Congress on Wednesday at a hearing where lawmakers and constitutional law experts bickered over the move in a taste of the politicking to come. The House of Representatives' Rules Committee is expected to vote next week on a resolution authorizing a lawsuit centering on Obama's delays and other changes to his signature health insurance reform law, with a floor vote before the end of July. House Speaker John Boehner is pursuing the suit to protect Congress' rights from what he calls Obama's &quot;king-like&quot; overreach of executive authority in making unilateral moves to advance his agenda. Republicans argue that a prime example of this was Obama's decision last year to delay a mandate for larger firms to provide employees health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, a law they have tried unsuccessfully to repeal for years.</p><br clear="all"/>

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