Thread: GOP Leaders Pull Border Bill, Blame Blizzard

GOP Leaders Pull Border Bill, Blame Blizzard

The schedule change gives Republicans more time to gather conservative support for a controversial measure.

BY DANIEL NEWHAUSER

The blizzard bearing down on the East Coast has already hit the House schedule.(NOAA/NASA GOES Project via Getty Images)

January 26, 2015 A massive blizzard is poised to cripple the East Coast starting Monday, but on Capitol Hill, the inclement weather gave Republican leaders a chance to buy time to gather support for a controversial border security bill.

The bill, meant to be considered on the House floor Wednesday, was pulled from the schedule Monday, a decision that leadership sources said was made because of the bad weather and the short week.

House votes were cancelled Monday evening as members brace for the storm, and the House will recess Wednesday so Democrats can attend their annual retreat in Baltimore.

The measure -- authored by Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul -- was facing opposition from conservatives.

Some foes are concerned that it does not go far enough in terms of interior enforcement, while others are suspicious that it is a ruse meant to ease passage of a Homeland Security Department funding bill without measures targeting President Obama's relaxed immigration enforcement directives.

It is unclear when the bill will come back to the House floor.

Current funding for DHS is scheduled to run out Feb. 28, so a significant showdown between Obama and Republicans on immigration is expected before then.

http://www.nationaljournal.com/congr...zzard-20150126

Let's keep pushing them back just like we did to run out the clock on amnesty bill S. 744 after it passed the Senate!

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We have updated our supporters on this...
http://www.alipac.us/breaking-gop-le...schedule-3502/

Great job ALIPAC! Lets push 'em back, all the way to start line which means starting immediately to enforce US immigration law. Send the message loud, clear and unrelenting. This issue isn't going away for politicians, until they or their replacements enforce our laws and rid our nation of millions of sneaks, moochers, liars, thieves, murderers, rapists, drug runners, criminals and whiners who aren't supposed to be here to begin with. Get them out, get them all out, and keep them out. Period.

Originally Posted by JohnDoe2

Some foes are concerned that it does not go far enough in terms of interior enforcement, while others are suspicious that it is a ruse meant to ease passage of a Homeland Security Department funding bill without measures targeting President Obama's relaxed immigration enforcement directives.

"Some foes" are right. The Repub leadership is using 'Bama's executive amnesty as cover for giving their big money donors the surplus labor that those donors covet. Surplus labor will keep Americans nervous about even having a job. That nervousness will keep wages down and profits up.
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