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 embedded in the text will probably be language to limit funding for carrying out Obama’s executive action, which changed the enforcement of immigration laws.
No final decisions have been made, and it’s not clear what language the GOP leadership will use. But Rules Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) said Wednesday that House Republicans are poised to use a measure written by Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.) that would explicitly bar any funds — even those collected by fees — to be used to carry out Obama’s immigration actions.
Funding for DHS runs through Feb. 27. That Boehner (R-Ohio) and McCarthy are acting this early shows that they want time before the deadline to bring the bill up. Obama, of course, is nearly certain to veto any bill that limits his authority. Republicans are extraordinarily unlikely to let DHS funding lapse at the end of February.
“If the president were to shut down Homeland Security to get his narrow political objectives done, then I think the president’s making a big mistake,” Sessions said. He waved off a potential veto threat, stressing: “We are going to stick to our plan, and we believe it is wrong what the president has done.”
Republicans are also moving toward inserting language in the DHS bill to beef up border security. House Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) said Wednesday morning that he hopes to release text of the DHS funding bill on Friday.
what we need at the border is full length double fencing supported by our military…this keeps the illegals out and our military employed:}
I’ll believe it when I see it. It never should have been included in the CROMULOUS BILL.
And reenact
OPERATION WETBACK! Like
President Eisenhower did!
(It’s in our history books Americans)
Meaning aggressively deport illegal aliens!
My thoughts exactly. I will believe it when I see it…especially with mccarthy involved….he’s been talking out of both sides of his mouth when it comes to Amnesty for quite some time now depending on who he is standing in front of. …I hate politicians like this…. take a stand and do what’s right.
it’s well within our power to do it…don’t ever let anybody say that we don’t have the manpower or the resources…. that’s a lie.
If we put the military there and allow them to use machine gun fire at 18″ after a few died the border crossings would dry up. We would only be defending our sovernity. I would let the Mexican President have a 24 hour warning and then start shooting.
In the interest of patriotism, able-bodied individuals who did not serve any time in the military can be drafted to perform this task in a civilian capacity.
Maybe those who have “good times” with goats can join them.
Can’t argue with that! When the shooting starts, send obama to the border to check things out!