,,iv #aacth ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #de ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,july #aj1 #bjac ,mr4 ,garrett submitted the following concurrent resolution2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1 and in addition to the ,committees on ,ways and ,means1 ,education and the ,workforce1 the ,judiciary1 ,natural ,resources1 ,house ,administration1 ,rules1 and ,appropriations1 for a period to be subsequently determined by the ,speaker1 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned ,,concurrent ,,resolution ,expressing the sense of ,congress that ,president ,barack ,obama has violated section #c of article ,,ii of the ,constitution by refusing to enforce the employer mandate provisions of the ,patient ,protection and ,affordable ,care ,act4 ,whereas section #a of article ,i of the ,constitution states that ,all legislative ,powers herein granted shall be vested in a ,congress of the ,united ,states1 which shall consist of a ,senate and ,house of ,representatives2 ,whereas section #c of article ,,ii of the ,constitution states that the ,president shall take ,care that the ,laws be faithfully executed1 which imposes a duty upon the ,president to enforce the law1 regardless of difficulty of enforcement or displeasure with the statute2 ,whereas the ,patient ,protection and ,affordable ,care ,act was signed into law by ,president ,barack ,obama on ,march #bc1 #bjaj2 ,whereas such ,act contains a provision commonly referred to as the employer mandate1 which requires businesses that employ #ej or more full-time employees to provide health insurance to its employees upon threat of financial penalty2 ,whereas section #aeac7;d7 of such ,act states that the employer mandate shall apply to months beginning after ,december #ca1 #bjac2 ,whereas the executive branch announced on ,july #b1 #bjac1 that it would unilaterally delay the enforcement of the employer mandate until ,january #bjae2 ,whereas the principle of separation of powers is a constitutional safeguard of liberty as asserted by ,james ,madison in ,federalist ,no4 #dg in which he stated1 ,the accumulation of all powers1 legislative1 executive1 and judiciary1 in the same hands ''' may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny2 and ,whereas the executive branch's unilateral decision to delay the implementation of a law sets a dangerous precedent under which legislation that is enacted through the passage of that legislation by the democratically elected ,members of ,congress and the signing of that legislation into law by the ,president will no longer have the force of law and will instead be relegated to having the status of a mere recommendation1 which the ,president may choose to ignore3 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that it is the sense of ,congress that-- 7#a7 ,president ,barack ,obama has violated section #c of article ,,ii of the ,constitution by refusing to enforce the employer mandate provisions of the ,patient ,protection and ,affordable ,care ,act2 7#b7 the perpetuation of republican government depends upon the rule of law2 7#c7 the executive branch1 which has no constitutional authority to write or rewrite law at whim1 has invaded upon the exclusive legislative power of ,congress2 7#d7 the ,patient ,protection and ,affordable ,care ,act has proven to be unworkable2 and 7#e7 such ,act should be repealed by ,congress immediately4