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11-28-2014, 10:58 PM #1
House GOP may respond to immigration next week
By Alexander Bolton - 11/28/14 01:33 PM EST
House Republican leaders have reserved floor time next week to move legislation responding to President Obama’s executive order freezing deportations for as many as 5 million illegal immigrants.
The House Republican Conference will meet Tuesday morning to discuss its options and leaders hope to move a bill before the end of next week, a senior GOP aide confirmed.
Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has vowed to fight Obama “tooth and nail” over immigration and is mulling expanding a lawsuit against the president’s use of executive power.
Conservatives are urging him to attach a policy rider to legislation funding the government beyond Dec. 11 that would bar the administration from carrying out Obama’s immigration order.
One possibility would be to pass legislation funding most of government through September, the end of the fiscal year, but extending immigration-related funding only for a few months, setting up a policy battle early next year.
A Congressional Research Service report issued to Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) on Nov. 21 concluded that Congress has the power to defund Obama’s executive action.
CRS found that lawmakers could limit the use of funds even if they are collected through fees outside the annual appropriations process.
The House Appropriations Committee, seeking to dodge a fight that could sink the omnibus spending bill, a high priority of Chairman Hal Rogers (R-Ky.), issued a statement this month asserting it would be “impossible” to defund the immigration order through spending legislation.
The committee argued that its ability to defund the administration was limited because U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is entirely funded through the fees it collects on immigration applications.
Boehner has not ruled out the possibility of a government shutdown though he wants to avoid taking the political hit his party suffered in 2013 after a 16-day shutdown provoked by the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
He said earlier this month that “our goal here is to stop the president from violating his oath of office and violating the Constitution.”
Incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has taken a more forceful approach with restive conservatives by vowing not to allow any government shutdowns or defaults on the national debt.
Some conservatives have floated the possibility of impeachment but GOP leaders have urged restraint.
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11-28-2014, 10:59 PM #2
House GOP Could Respond to Obama's Amnesty as Early as Next Week
by Caroline May 28 Nov 2014, 1:58 PM PDT
House Republicans could formally respond to President Obama’s executive amnesty as early as next week, according to reports.
A senior GOP aide confirmed to The Hill Friday that House leaders have reserved time on the floor in the hope that they may pass a bill by the end of next week in response to Obama’s recent executive actions on immigration.
The matter will be discussed during the House Republican Conference meeting Tuesday morning, The Hill noted.
Last week, Obama announced a number of unilateral changes to U.S. immigration policy, including granting legal status and work permits to nearly five million illegal immigrants, while further reducing immigration enforcement capabilities.
While House Republicans have vowed to push back against Obama’s executive actions, the caucus, to date, has not publicly coalesced around a strategy. Members left for their Thanksgiving recess last week without a concrete response.
“In the days ahead the people's house will rise to this challenge" House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) said, a day after Obama announced the details of his executive actions. "We will not stand idle as the president undermines the rule of law in our country and places lives at risk.”
Some ideas Republicans have spitballed include a lawsuit, restricting funding for immigration services, and even censuring Obama.
According to Politico, leadership currently favors the idea of passing two funding bills, one funding most of the government through September, 2015, and the other funding immigration functions for just a few months.
If Congress cannot pass a funding bill by Dec. 11, the government would shut down, a possibility Republican leadership seems to prefer to avoid.
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11-29-2014, 12:00 AM #3
Bulloney. On November 4 the Repubs were rewarded with a new Congressional majority. That doesn't sound like suffering a political hit to me.
The only real fear is that Repubs will pass a long-term funding bill, then later say that too much has happened, to put a stop to the next wave of illegals which will be flooding in to our country
I hope that patriots can find a way to encourage and support Senator Jeff Session. He seems like the most eloquent and forceful spokesperson for an immigration policy which actually serves American interests
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11-29-2014, 01:51 AM #4
The House and Senate, both parties, Republican and Democrat, need to stand firm on no funding whether it be direct appropriations or use of fees, for immigration operations that process illegal aliens into permitted workers or residents, at any time, for any reason.
I totally support Jeff Sessions for Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee.A Nation Without Borders Is Not A Nation - Ronald Reagan
Save America, Deport Congress! - Judy
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11-29-2014, 07:56 AM #5
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11-29-2014, 01:18 PM #6"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing" ** Edmund Burke**
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11-29-2014, 03:20 PM #7All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing. -Edmund Burke
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11-29-2014, 03:22 PM #8
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11-29-2014, 04:08 PM #9
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Key word in the headline is "MAY". The past strongly suggests Boehner will write and issue another three minute threat. When nothing changes, nothing changes!
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11-30-2014, 02:05 AM #10"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing" ** Edmund Burke**
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