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Title: McConnell faces conservative backlash over compromise to fund DHS, Dems get on board
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URL Source: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201 ... omise-to-fund-dhs-dems-get-on/
Published: Feb 25, 2015
Author: Staff
Post Date: 2015-02-25 16:43:09 by out damned spot
Keywords: MCCONNELL, DHS, backlash
Views: 878
Comments: 8

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell faced a conservative backlash Wednesday after backing off demands that Congress reverse President Obama’s immigration executive actions as a condition for funding the Department of Homeland Security.

Senate Democrats, meanwhile, voiced support for the new plan after initially staying coy. A day earlier, McConnell, R-Ky., effectively gave them what they wanted – by agreeing to hold a stand-alone vote on a DHS funding bill, with no immigration measures attached.

“We are going to do everything we can to make sure it passes by an overwhelming vote. I think virtually every Democrat will vote for that,” Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., announced Wednesday.

Reid’s announcement helps clear the way for passage in the Senate.

Indeed, shortly after his comments, the Senate voted 98-2 to advance the legislation that Democrats had blocked four times in a row. That legislation would reverse Obama’s immigration actions as a condition for funding DHS. But Democrats supported it Wednesday with the understanding it will be changed to what Democrats want.

McConnell also earned support from senior members of his caucus, with fellow GOP leaders making clear that the approach may be the only way to fund DHS past a Friday midnight deadline.

But vocal conservatives bristled at the change in tactics. And the complaints could create serious turbulence on the House side.

Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala., one of the most outspoken critics on the Hill of Obama’s immigration plan, called the new strategy a “cop-out.” Rep. Tim Huelskamp, R-Kan., called it a "surrender plan." Thirty House conservatives, including those two lawmakers, penned a letter to House Speaker John Boehner and his deputies urging them to "stand firm" against Obama's executive actions.

Senior GOP House aides told Fox News that a "clean" DHS bill, without immigration provisions, would be hard to pass among House Republicans. That means Boehner may be forced to rely on mostly Democrats to approve it, should he go along with McConnell's plan.

Boehner, though, declined to say Wednesday what he would recommend to his conservative, fractious rank-and-file if the funding bill clears the Senate.

"I'm waiting for the Senate to act. The House has done their job," he said after a closed-door meeting with members. Even so, lawmakers were told to be prepared to spend the weekend in the Capitol to resolve the issue.

Meanwhile, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, released a statement calling the leadership’s current plan “a mistake.”

“Congress is obliged to use every constitutional check and balance we have to rein in President Obama's lawlessness, and that includes both our confirmation authority over nominees and the power of the purse,” he said.

Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., also opposes the new plan.

McConnell’s change in approach tees up a delicate set of negotiations between both parties, and both chambers.

Congress, unless lawmakers can pass a stopgap bill, has just three days to figure out a solution or else parts of the Homeland Security Department will shut down.

“This is crunch-time,” DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson said Wednesday. “The clock is ticking. We’re running out of money.”

First stop for the new plan would be a new set of votes in the Senate. Some Senate Democrats initially suggested that Boehner should first commit to support the plan – which, so far, the speaker has not done. But Reid made clear Wednesday that his caucus is comfortable with the plan.

The question, then, would be whether Boehner could get enough support from his caucus to pass it – or, as he has before, turn to Democrats to lift the bill over the finish line in the House.

Republican Rep. Matt Salmon of Arizona said Boehner would find himself on "very thin ice" if he relied primarily on Democratic votes to pass the DHS funding bill.

But another House Republican allied with Boehner predicted Tuesday night that McConnell's plan might win approval. Noting that a federal judge in Texas has issued an order blocking implementation of Obama's plan, Rep. Tom Cole of Oklahoma said the court had "effectively stopped the president's executive action," at least now. "So I don't think we'd run the risk of shutting down Homeland Security," he added.

Boehner could also change the McConnell plan and send back his own alternative. But Reid warned the House not to add “riders” or “tricks” to the bill.

“If he sends something back that is vexatious with all these riders and anti- immigrant stuff, he won't be able to go to conference, and he has to understand that,” Reid said.


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McConnell's offices: (502) 582-6304. (859) 224-8286, (859 578-0188, (606) 864-2026, (270) 781-1673

‘the Medieval Christian threat is under control’

out damned spot  posted on  2015-02-25   17:02:18 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: out damned spot, All (#1)

There is no reason to vote REP ever again unless REPs stopped lying to us and grow a pair in defense of their stated principles.

потому что Бог хочет это тот путь

SOSO  posted on  2015-02-25   17:06:27 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: out damned spot (#0)

Republicans: they lie like they breathe.

And here I am, thinking of voting for Walker because he has started talking tough on abortion.

Ooooh, shiny!

"He didn't mean it. It was my fault. He promised that he won't hit me again." - Every battered girlfriend, and middle class Republican voter in America

Vicomte13  posted on  2015-02-25   17:41:11 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: out damned spot (#0)

The Senate will vote to fully fund DHS to not do its job, then they will debate passing a law for DHS to do its job. What will the House say?

nolu chan  posted on  2015-02-25   19:14:37 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: out damned spot (#0)

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell faced a conservative backlash Wednesday after backing off demands that Congress reverse President Obama’s immigration executive actions as a condition for funding the Department of Homeland Security.

What's he care, he was just reelected, he is home free for six years to serve the rulers of the Oligarchy as they order him.

BobCeleste  posted on  2015-02-25   19:27:18 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: nolu chan, out damned spot, All (#4)

What will the House say?

Why, Okie Dokie, of course. There is no reason to ever vote REP again until REPs stop lying to us and stand up for what they give lip service. Otherwise they are just pretenders.

потому что Бог хочет это тот путь

SOSO  posted on  2015-02-25   19:33:16 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: SOSO (#6)

" Why, Okie Dokie, of course. "

You left off the part where they say : " F the voter peons "

Si vis pacem, para bellum

Stoner  posted on  2015-02-26   8:21:10 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#8. To: out damned spot (#0)

I swear those guys are total dumbasses.

“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”

CZ82  posted on  2015-02-26   8:26:39 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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