Republicans Will Hold Democrats Accountable for Stolen Vote
Republicans Will Hold Democrats Accountable for Stolen Illegal Immigration Vote
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Human Events : September 5 , 2007 -- by Rep. John Boehner
Mr. Boehner, a Republican, is minority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives. He represents the 8th District of Ohio. As Congress returns this week, Republicans are ready to pick up where we left off when August recess began last month. From fighting for lower taxes to insisting on more restrained federal spending to giving our troops the support they need to wage and win the War on Terrorism, weÂ’re ready to continue working on the most important priorities facing the American people. At the same time, we also return to Washington with some unfinished business leftover from before the August recess: continuing to hold congressional Democrats accountable for the most egregious action of their short-lived majority -- or any House majority for that matterÂ…a stolen vote on the floor of the House of Representatives.
For years, congressional Democrats have thrown up obstacle after obstacle to combating illegal immigration. This year alone, theyÂ’ve cut funding for the border fence we approved in the last Congress and slowed its construction dramatically. And theyÂ’ve passed a costly bill that would force American taxpayers to foot the bill for illegal immigrantsÂ’ health insurance. But right before the August recess, they succeeded in thwarting efforts to fight illegal immigration in a way that I never imagined they could. They stole an illegal immigration vote. To refresh your memory, hereÂ’s how it happened:
On the night of August 2, the House was voting on a Republican motion to deny taxpayer benefits to illegal immigrants as part of an annual agricultural spending bill. When the chair gaveled the vote, we clearly prevailed 215-213. This was clear on the electronic tally board inside the chamber, and this was clear to those watching on C-SPAN. However, in what I described to my colleagues as “the legislative equivalent of the ‘shot heard Â’round the world,Â’Ââ€