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‘We’re Not Serving the American People Properly’ -Congressman Blasts GOP for Retreating in Battle Against Obama’s Amnesty
Greg Corombos / WND
As Senate Republicans shift toward passage of a Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill that includes full funding of the Obama administration’s unilateral plan to legalize five million people in the nation illegally, one the most vocal opponents of the plan says GOP leaders are not only giving Obama exactly what he wants but sending a dangerous message to the rest of the world.
In January, the House approved full funding for the Department of Homeland Security, or DHS, through the end of the fiscal year in September. It did not include funding for the recently announced Obama immigration policy or his unilateral move in 2012 to grant legal status to so-called “dreamers,” illegal immigrants who were brought to this country at a very young age.
Senate Republicans tried to move the House bill but failed to get a single Democrat senator to join them. As a result, the GOP failed four times to reach the 60-vote threshold to debate or pass the bill. Earlier this week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced he was scrapping that strategy and would instead pass a “clean” DHS appropriations bill that included money for Obama’s immigration programs. In addition, the Senate will vote on a separate bill to defund the actions announced by Obama in November. That bill is also unlikely to receive 60 votes.
“The more I look at it and the more I hear about it, I just can’t support it,” Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., told WND.
Yoho was the sponsor of a House bill in December that declared the Obama administration’s action illegal. That fight also propelled Yoho to challenge House Speaker John Boehner when the 114th Congress convened in January. He said this move makes no logistical sense.
“The leverage that we had was we funded DHS like we’re supposed to, like we’ve been sent up here to do the people’s business. It went through authorization. It went through appropriations. We funded it at 100 percent. We put blockage in there of any activity by the president to exercise or go forward with his illegal, unconstitutional amnesty that he did on Nov. 20,” said Yoho, who sees McConnell’s strategy as surrendering the high ground.
Read more at WND:
http://www.wnd.com/2015/02/were-not-serving-the-american-people-properly/
