(Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives will vote to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security this week while blocking President Barack Obama’s actions on immigration, House Speaker John Boehner said on Tuesday. The $39.7 billion spending bill was expected to pass by Wednesday, when House Republicans leave Washington for a two-day policy retreat in […]
Boehner: House will fund Homeland Security, block Obama on immigration
January 13, 2015 by Leave a Comment
White House: GOP ‘playing with fire’ on DHS funding
January 9, 2015 by 17 Comments
The Washington Examiner — The White House is accusing Republicans of “playing with fire” in their strategy to use Homeland Security funding to challenge President Obama’s executive action on immigration, after the deadly terrorist attack at a French satirical magazine. Team Obama has long doubted that Republicans would unite behind an effective strategy to fight the […]
Two Republican plans to stop Obama’s amnesty
January 8, 2015 by 6 Comments
The Washington Examiner — On Tuesday Republican Rep. Martha Roby filed a bill, the “Prevention of Executive Amnesty Act of 2015,” to block President Obama’s unilateral action on immigration. Now, another House Republican has filed another proposal — this one more far-reaching — that would stop the president’s plan to offer quasi-legal status to millions of […]
House GOP will try to kill Obama’s immigration order next week
January 7, 2015 by 9 Comments
Politico — Speaker John Boehner and the House Republicans are planning to try to choke off President Barack Obama’s immigration executive action next week, according to multiple GOP leadership aides involved in the talks. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) plans to bring up a bill next week to fund the Department of Homeland Security, and […]
Can’t Get Their Stories Straight
December 2, 2014 by 6 Comments
Maybe the President and his Department of Homeland Security Chief should spend a little time getting their stories straight on President Obama’s recent amnesty edict. Or perhaps it doesn’t matter the President can say one thing to one audience and the DHS Secretary can say the complete opposite to Congress when it comes to unconstitutional […]
Social Security and Medicare Open to Illegals
November 26, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Another fun result of President Obama’s illegal immigration amnesty last week has come to light. While most of the attention was on how lawbreakers were being excused for their crimes, it looks like President Obama had another way to reward those who broke the law to enter our country: gift them with Social Security and […]
