President Obama: 'The Republican plan...to sue me…is a political stunt'

President Obama: &#039;The Republican plan...to sue me&amp;hellip;is a political stunt&#039;

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last updated 8 January 2015

President Barack Obama called out Republican attempt to sue him during his weekly address this morning:

"Republicans in Congress have blocked every serious idea to strengthen the middle class," he said. "And that's when I've acted this year to help working Americans on my own — when Congress won't act…And the Republican plan right now is not to do some of this work with me — instead, it's to sue me. That's actually what they're spending their time on. It's a political stunt that's going to waste months of America's time."

Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) has argued that he must file the lawsuit against Obama to restore balance to the federal government. Boehner has said that Obama's decision to move forward alone on executing laws has shown "a flippant dismissal of the Constitution we are both sworn to defend."

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Watch Obama's full address in the video, below. --Sarah Eberspacher

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Sarah Eberspacher is an associate editor at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked as a sports reporter at The Livingston County Daily Press & Argus and The Arizona Republic. She graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.