By REMA RAHMAN And JOHN T. BENNETT

The day after former President Barack Obamadelivered his 2016 State of the Union address, Rep. Jason Chaffetz penned a letter chastising the commander in chief’s use of executive orders without working with Congress.

“It is unilateral, overreaching and unconstitutional,” the Utah Republican wrote. “Left unchecked, it is behavior that undermines, and will ultimately erode, the foundation of our democracy and our freedom.”

Rep. Tom Cole, an Oklahoma Republican, decried in June 2015 an executive order by Obama that expanded a program that allowed children of undocumented immigrants and their parents a path to avoid deportation.

With the loss of the Democrats’ Senate majority, Cole wrote, Obama’s “arrogant answer will be to bypass Congress and act alone.”

Cole called it “temper tantrum-like behavior” and berated the “my-way-or-the-highway attitude.”