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Two days before U.S. Department of Homeland Security funding is set to expire, House Speaker John Boehner blamed Democrats for the impasse and accused them of using blackmail to shield President Barack Obama’s immigration policy.
Boehner refused to say how the House may respond to a bill nearing a Senate vote that would finance the agency without blocking Obama’s immigration orders as House Republicans demand.
“We’re waiting to see what the Senate can or cannot do and then we’ll make decisions about how we’re going to proceed,” said Boehner, a Republican, at a news conference Thursday in Washington.
When pressed by reporters on whether the House would vote on the Senate’s funding plan, Boehner paused, puckered up and blew several kisses.
The speaker must decide whether to stick with a group of 30 or 40 conservatives who are goading him to hold up Homeland Security funds to force Obama to reverse his November orders shielding 5 million undocumented immigrants from deportations.
Funding expires after Friday for the agency, and the Senate is moving forward on a plan to finance it after Majority Leader Mitch McConnell heeded calls from Democrats to address Homeland Security funding and immigration in separate bills.
Boehner insisted that Republicans aren’t divided over how to proceed.
“It’s not a fight amongst Republicans,” he said, because party members in both chambers agree they want to block Obama’s immigration orders.
‘It’s Outrageous’
Boehner said, “It’s outrageous that Senate Democrats are using Homeland Security funding for blackmail to protect the actions of the president.’
Earlier Thursday, the Senate and House Democratic leaders said they won’t negotiate on a spending measure that also blocks U.S. immigration policies.
‘‘If they send over a bill with all the riders in it, they’ve shut down” the Homeland Security Department, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada said at a news conference in Washington. “If they want to debate immigration when this is all over with, we’ll be happy to do it.”
“Understand, shutting down government is their motive,” said House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California, who spoke to reporters with Reid.
Democrats oppose any legislation to block Obama’s immigration orders. If such a measure gets to the president’s desk, Obama would veto it.
http://www.newsmax.com/newswidget/boehner-dhs-security-showdown/2015/02/26/id/627061/?Dkt_nbr=1625A-1&nmx_source=Political_Jack&nmx_medium=widget&nmx_content=23&nmx_campaign=widgetphase2
Harry (One-Eyed Willy) Reid has this wrong. If a bill comes out of the House and the Senate Dems don't want to vote on it, or Obama vetoes it- THEY have "shut down" DHS (even though it won't be at all of course). They'll talk their normal good game tinged with fatalism and desperation, but it is on their watch that such opposition made us "less safe". This is politics at its worst, and just the idea of it will probably mean a GOP collapse. They shouldn't- their party future is on the line.
Boehner refused to say how the House may respond to a bill nearing a Senate vote that would finance the agency without blocking Obama’s immigration orders as House Republicans demand.
“We’re waiting to see what the Senate can or cannot do and then we’ll make decisions about how we’re going to proceed,” said Boehner, a Republican, at a news conference Thursday in Washington.
When pressed by reporters on whether the House would vote on the Senate’s funding plan, Boehner paused, puckered up and blew several kisses.
The speaker must decide whether to stick with a group of 30 or 40 conservatives who are goading him to hold up Homeland Security funds to force Obama to reverse his November orders shielding 5 million undocumented immigrants from deportations.
Funding expires after Friday for the agency, and the Senate is moving forward on a plan to finance it after Majority Leader Mitch McConnell heeded calls from Democrats to address Homeland Security funding and immigration in separate bills.
Boehner insisted that Republicans aren’t divided over how to proceed.
“It’s not a fight amongst Republicans,” he said, because party members in both chambers agree they want to block Obama’s immigration orders.
‘It’s Outrageous’
Boehner said, “It’s outrageous that Senate Democrats are using Homeland Security funding for blackmail to protect the actions of the president.’
Earlier Thursday, the Senate and House Democratic leaders said they won’t negotiate on a spending measure that also blocks U.S. immigration policies.
‘‘If they send over a bill with all the riders in it, they’ve shut down” the Homeland Security Department, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada said at a news conference in Washington. “If they want to debate immigration when this is all over with, we’ll be happy to do it.”
“Understand, shutting down government is their motive,” said House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California, who spoke to reporters with Reid.
Democrats oppose any legislation to block Obama’s immigration orders. If such a measure gets to the president’s desk, Obama would veto it.
http://www.newsmax.com/newswidget/boehner-dhs-security-showdown/2015/02/26/id/627061/?Dkt_nbr=1625A-1&nmx_source=Political_Jack&nmx_medium=widget&nmx_content=23&nmx_campaign=widgetphase2
Harry (One-Eyed Willy) Reid has this wrong. If a bill comes out of the House and the Senate Dems don't want to vote on it, or Obama vetoes it- THEY have "shut down" DHS (even though it won't be at all of course). They'll talk their normal good game tinged with fatalism and desperation, but it is on their watch that such opposition made us "less safe". This is politics at its worst, and just the idea of it will probably mean a GOP collapse. They shouldn't- their party future is on the line.
