The debate is over, the impasse is broken, the
Republicans have caved, and Obama has been handed a huge victory in the
fight over total funding for the Department of Homeland Security,
including a provision to proceed with executive amnesty.
The House has approved the “clean” bill to fully fund DHS.
Buried amid the avalanche of news coverage of Bibi Netanyahu’s speech to Congress was an agreement by House Speaker John Boehner that could forever alter the landscape of American political power.
The Republican-led House, following the cue of Boehner and others in
the GOP leadership, has just given up the fight against authorizing
money for President Obama’s executive amnesty as part of the bill to
fund the Department of Homeland Security.
The New York Daily News reports that Boehner addressed his deeply divided caucus Tuesday morning, arguing that the issue affecting millions of illegal immigrants is now in the hands of the courts, and that Congress should move on with other business.
Many conservatives have long argued that allowing Obama’s amnesty order to be funded means the president’s program will continue, despite what the courts may rule, as the administration has previously shown its willingness to defy or bypass court orders.
And once amnesty is in place, critics contend, non-citizens falling
under its protections could well be put on a path to the voting booth
that would give their Democrat enablers a virtual lock on national
political power.
The Daily News article notes that Speaker Boehner acknowledged to his GOP colleagues that Obama’s actions are unconstitutional, even as he agreed, in effect, to support them.
“I am as outraged and frustrated as you at the lawless and unconstitutional actions of this president,” Boehner told his caucus, according to aides. “I believe this decision — considering where we are — is the right one for this team, and the right one for this country.”
In the House and the Senate — both of which are controlled by Republican majorities — conservative members had demanded that GOP leaders make Homeland Security funding contingent on concessions from Obama regarding his dictates about amnesty for some five million illegals.
While Democrats have held firm in their opposition to a DHS funding bill with a no-go provision for amnesty, serious fractures within Republican ranks have led to this latest development, suggesting the “clean” funding bill would be approved, which it now has been.
It was only two days ago that the third-ranking Republican in the House, Majority Whip Steve Scalise, assured Fox News
that GOP leadership had made no deal with Democrats that would fund DHS
through the fiscal year. Now, such a deal has just been approved by the
GOP-led House and is on its way to Obama for his signature.
The House has approved the “clean” bill to fully fund DHS.
Buried amid the avalanche of news coverage of Bibi Netanyahu’s speech to Congress was an agreement by House Speaker John Boehner that could forever alter the landscape of American political power.
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The New York Daily News reports that Boehner addressed his deeply divided caucus Tuesday morning, arguing that the issue affecting millions of illegal immigrants is now in the hands of the courts, and that Congress should move on with other business.
Many conservatives have long argued that allowing Obama’s amnesty order to be funded means the president’s program will continue, despite what the courts may rule, as the administration has previously shown its willingness to defy or bypass court orders.
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The Daily News article notes that Speaker Boehner acknowledged to his GOP colleagues that Obama’s actions are unconstitutional, even as he agreed, in effect, to support them.
“I am as outraged and frustrated as you at the lawless and unconstitutional actions of this president,” Boehner told his caucus, according to aides. “I believe this decision — considering where we are — is the right one for this team, and the right one for this country.”
In the House and the Senate — both of which are controlled by Republican majorities — conservative members had demanded that GOP leaders make Homeland Security funding contingent on concessions from Obama regarding his dictates about amnesty for some five million illegals.
While Democrats have held firm in their opposition to a DHS funding bill with a no-go provision for amnesty, serious fractures within Republican ranks have led to this latest development, suggesting the “clean” funding bill would be approved, which it now has been.
1 comment:
How can an unconstitutional bill even be brought up for vote? Is this what our country has come to??
I am so disappointed that LoBiondo voted to pass this bill.
Everyone was told the GOP majority would change the direction of the country. What a joke on us!
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