Boehner told the gathering of conservative activists that, "If the Justice Department isn't going to defend this act passed by Congress, then we will."
He also warned that Republicans will strip funding from the Justice Department's budget to pay for the defense efforts.
"We'll take away the money from the Justice Department, who's supposed to enforce it, and we will," Boehner said. The House GOP leadership recently finalized a contract with Bancroft PLLC for $1.5 million to defend the law in court.
He is willing to spend millions and millions to fight this Law, but won’t spend the time and money need to create jobs for those whom need them..
Late Monday, House Democrats learned that the Republican leadership had once again secretly renegotiated its contract with attorney Paul Clement to defend the anti-gay Defense of Marriage Act at the Supreme Court. This is the third time the contract has been adjusted, raising total costs to $3 million from the original $500,000 cap. Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) both sit on the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group (BLAG), the House body intervening to defend DOMA in court in lieu of the Department of Justice’s decision not to. However, they did not find out about BLAG’s new agreement with Clement until after it had already been finalized.
