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    Rep. Steve King Moves To Preempt Clean DHS Bill

    by Caroline May
    2 Mar 2015

    Rep. Steve King (R-IA) is looking to preempt a little-known procedural rule that could allow a Democratic House Member to force a vote on the Senate’s clean Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill.

    In an email to some 160 House Members Monday, King highlights a recent Roll Call article describing clause four of House Rule XXII, which essentially allows any House Member to dispose of amendments to a bill and force a vote when there is disagreement between the House and Senate.

    “If we let Nancy Pelosi execute a privileged motion that would force a vote on the Senate version of DHS approps, it would pass and Obama’s lawless amnesty would be funded until Sept 30th,” King wrote in the email. “There is a way to block that motion.”

    According to his office, the missive went to members on King’s Conservative Opportunity Society list.

    “House Democrats are poised to take control of the floor and fund executive amnesty. A House Resolution can stop it, if we amend Rule XXII,” he explained.

    King argues that the House majority can change the rule by a simple majority and that it “is our urgent obligation to immediately amend or suspend Clause 4 of Rule XXII.”

    Indeed, shortly after dispatching the email, King had a bill drafted to do just that, to ensure that “any motion pursuant to clause 4 of rule XXII relating to the [DHS appropriations bill] may be offered only by the Majority Leader or his designee.”

    King pointed to recent precedent for such a rule change during the government shutdown of 2013.

    According to King, if the GOP is truly serious about stopping executive amnesty, it must preempt Clause 4 of Rule XXII.

    “Republicans were elected on a promise to stop Obama’s unconstitutional amnesty. A single clause in a rule we have the power to change is not an excuse to fund lawlessness. This is only a trap if we fail to act. Leadership’s back is not against the wall unless they choose it to be,” he wrote.

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    U.S. House won't hold up Homeland Security funds over immigration

    Published March 03, 2015EFE

    The Republican-controlled House of Representatives will vote on a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security through Sept. 30 that does not challenge President Barack Obama's executive actions protecting undocumented immigrants from deportation, Speaker John Boehner said Tuesday.

    "I am as outraged and frustrated as you at the lawless and unconstitutional actions of this president," Boehner told his GOP colleagues during a closed-door meeting of Republicans, according to Politico, which cited an account from a person who was present.


    "I believe this decision - considering where we are - is the right one for this team, and the right one for this country," the Ohio lawmaker said.


    "The good news is that the president's executive action has been stopped, for now. This matter will continue to be litigated in the courts, where we have our best chance of winning this fight," Boehner said.


    A federal judge in Texas issued an injunction against implementation of Obama's executive orders pending resolution of a lawsuit filed against the administration by 26 states.


    The House Republicans passed a bill weeks ago to fund DHS for the balance of the 2015 fiscal year, but the legislation included language seeking to overturn Obama's executive orders shielding some 5 million undocumented immigrants from deportation.


    While Republicans also control the Senate, the GOP majority in the upper chamber is not large enough to secure passage for a bill including the immigration restrictions and Obama had voted to veto any legislation that included such language.


    The Senate has already approved a "clean" bill to fund DHS through Sept. 30 and the House will vote on that proposal as early as Tuesday.


    Boehner tried last Friday to pass a bill funding DHS for three weeks, but a combination of liberal Democrats and Tea Party Republicans thwarted him and lawmakers eventually approved stop-gap money to keep the department operating at full strength for another week.


    The speaker said Tuesday that leaving DHS unfunded was out of the question.


    "With more active threats coming into the homeland, I don't believe that's an option. Imagine if, God forbid, another terrorist attack hits the United States," Boehner said. EFE

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