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An article today on FoxNews.com suggests that House Speaker, John Boehner, likely knows far more about how the system works in DC than many of his Congressional associates. Many of them were clamoring for a government shutdown due to dislike for the president’s executive actions providing amnesty for illegal aliens.

 

While a government shutdown, even if well-deserved, would surely backfire on Republican Congress members, as history has proven, the action was yesterday shown to be unnecessary. 

 

Fox reports that, “A federal judge has declared parts of President Obama's immigration executive actions unconstitutional, in the first court opinion to tackle Obama's controversial policy changes."

 

"U.S. District Court Judge Arthur Schwab, in Pennsylvania, said Obama's immigration actions are invalid and effectively count as "legislation" from the Executive Branch and, “President Obama's unilateral legislative action violates the separation of powers provided for in the United States Constitution as well as the Take Care Clause, and therefore, is unconstitutional.”

 

In regard to the president’s argument that he was proceeding with executive action after Congress failed to act on comprehensive immigration legislation, the judge countered: "Congressional inaction does not endow legislative power with the Executive," which is precisely what Speaker Boehner was counting on.

 

On another issue, it’s very interesting to note that no matter the issue, some faction in the nation is negatively affected by virtually every occurrence. 

 

While the inflated cost of oil, and therefore gasoline and fuel, have been strangling the nation’s economy, but now have plunged dramatically, there are now some who are quite unhappy with the results. 

 

Kelly David Burke writes on FoxNews.com, that "If oil drops five dollars a barrel, that's about a $17 million loss to our general fund and $17 million to schools in Wyoming -- a total of about $35 million," Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead told Fox News. He said, depending on various factors, the oil industry makes up about 30 percent of the state's revenue. 

 

While Mead acknowledged that in the short term, lower gas prices will benefit businesses and residents in his sparsely populated state, “If we see low prices continue for some time, we'll see rigs start to lay down. And it's not just the direct revenue. It's the hotels, restaurants and all that goes with that." 

 

Now, although $17 million is surely a considerable amount of money, some research shows that according to industry statistics, “In 2013, the United States consumed a total of 6.89 billion barrels of petroleum products, an average of 18.89 million barrels per day.”

 

Which means that in total, the funds now available for expenditure on other items, will stimulate the nation’s economy in so many trillions of dollars that the amount lost by Wyoming isn’t even a drop in the bucket, comparatively.

 

Then there was this item from The Hill: “ObamaCare signups are likely to surpass the administration’s goal of 9.1 million, beating the lowered target set by the administration at the start of the enrollment period. About 10.5 million people are expected to purchase health insurance by the end of 2015, according to a report by consulting and research firm Avalere Health..”

 

This one’s worth mentioning because after all the disruption caused by passage of the president’s health care tax, and millions upon millions of taxpayer dollars spent in the effort, 10.5 million people amount to a mere .0285714% of the nation’s population. Another drop in the bucket.

 

And finally, today’s update on Bill Clinton’s wife.

 

Jaime Fuller notes on washingtonpost.com/blogs, that, “According to a report from AdWeek on Monday, the June 16 issue of People featuring the former first lady and senator was the magazine's worst selling of 2014 with 503,890 copies sold. The magazine's best-selling issue --1,169,800 copies -- was the one featuring Robin Williams after his death in late August. AdWeek said that celebrity weeklies saw poor performances with issues that featured the Kardashians and Beyonce on the cover.”

 

The article goes on to state that, “It has not been a good year for Hillary Clinton and print media. Her book, "Hard Choices," also failed to sell as many copies as initial estimates assumed it would.”

 

Which means that today looks like a good one for Elizabeth Warren and a whole host of Republican presidential hopefuls.

 

That's it for today folks.

 

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