House Speaker John Boehner’s (R-OH) office weighed in Wednesday after Supreme Court oral arguments on the Defense of Marriage Act. In response to TPM’s request for comment, Boehner’s spokesman Michael Steel simply said House Republicans will continue to defend the 1996 law as long as the Obama administration refuses to.
“A law’s constitutionality is determined by the courts — not by the Department of Justice,” he said. “As long as the Obama Administration refuses to exercise its responsibility, we will.”
House Republican leaders are poised to spend up to $3 million in taxpayer dollars to defend DOMA.
