Washington (CNN) -- Man up. Afraid. Feckless. Those are terms used to describe House Speaker John Boehner and his plan to sue President Barack Obama. And those are just from from critics on the right. Since Boehner announced his intention nearly two weeks ago, reaction has been mixed -- at best. Republican anger over the President's sidestepping of a stalemated Congress to use his "pen and phone" on issues of immigration, minimum wage, LGBT rights and energy production is for real and far reaching. Boehner's attempt to answer what he considers a rogue presidency is to sue. "The President has circumvented the American people and their elected representatives through executive action, changing and creating his own laws, and excusing himself from enforcing statutes he is sworn to uphold," Boehner wrote in an op-ed on CNN.com over the weekend.
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House Speaker John Boehner is being criticized for his proposal to sue the President
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Conservative critics say a lawsuit is a political stunt in an election year
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Critics on the left agree
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The terms of a suit are still vague and unclear, even to Boehner
"John Boehner's lawsuit is nothing more than political theater and a further @placeholder waste of taxpayer dollars," he wrote Monday.
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"Middle class families can't wait for @placeholder in Congress to do stuff," he said last week.