Obama Cannot Accept Nobel Prize Without Congress' Consent, Three House Republicans Claim

Obama Cannot Accept Nobel Prize Without Congress’ Consent, Three House Republicans Claim
Fox News ^ | 10/27/2009

Posted on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 11:41:55 PM by GoldStandard

As critics continue to mull over whether President Obama deserved the Nobel Peace Prize, Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite says the U.S. Constitution does not allow him to accept the award without the consent of Congress.

In a letter to Obama delivered on Monday, Brown-Waite, R-Fla., along with Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Fla., and Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, claim the president is obligated under the Constitution to obtain Congress’ approval before he formally accepts the prize.

Article I, Section 9, of the Constitution, the emolument clause, states: “And no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince or foreign state.”

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