Newest Member: Obama’s Address ‘Poked’ Republicans With Threat to Act

By Matt Fuller and JM Rieger

Posted January 29, 2014 at 7:17pm

In an interview with Roll Call Editor-in-Chief Christina Bellantoni, Rep. Bradley Byrne, R-Ala., said President Barack Obama’s messaging on Tuesday suggested he may “go around” the Constitution in order to move his agenda forward.

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