Most of the Republicans in the U.S. House endorsed Iowa Congressman Steve King’s latest attempt to block President Obama’s executive actions that shield some undocumented immigrants from deportation. King’s amendment to a bill that outlines spending for the U.S. Justice Department forbids the agency from using federal funds to defend legal challenges to the president’s action.
“A lot of money has been spent and wasted in an attempt to — let’s say the gracious way to say it would be to stretch the constitution beyond any bounds it had been stretched before,” King said during remarks on the House floor on Wednesday.
You have to admire Rep. King. I wish he could get some comprehensive ENFORCEMENT reform going to free this country of all the illegal aliens. They are destroying this country and if something isn’t done about it now, we WILL soon be a third-world country. They say the immigration system is broken. No, what is broken is the ENFORCEMENT.
- The first King amendment would prohibit funds from the bill from being used by the Justice Department in defending Pres. Obama’s unlawful November 2014 executive actions. The amendment passed by voice vote and then passed by a 222-to-204 margin after a roll call vote was requested. See the roll call here.
- Rep. King’s second amendment would prohibit funds from being used by the agencies affected to negotiate immigration provisions in trade agreements with other nations. The amendment passed with a simple voice vote — a roll call was requested but was later being removed.
- Rep. King’s third amendment is one that he’s offered to past appropriations bills and would block funding to sanctuary cities. Specifically, Rep. King’s amendment would block grants from the Department of Justice to state and law enforcement agencies that provide sanctuary for illegal aliens. The amendment passed by a 227-to-198 margin. See the roll call here.
Do you agree that Obama’s attempt to shirk the law needs to be stopped?
H/T: The Hill
So the house finally figured out that they can stop all of this tyrant’s unconstitutional actions by using the power of the purse? Better late than never!
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I know the Obama administration is bastardizing the U.S. Constitution at will, but my real concern with the Illegal immigrant question is the unavoidable damage Obama’s proposal will do to America. The additional financial drain that will occur with increased welfare, medical and other give away programs for Illegals will be staggering. Any overwhelming advantage the President claims will be produced by the availability of cheap labor willing to do jobs Americans will not do is a myth (code for lie). With up to 12Mil illegals said to be willing to do any jobs, why have the Florida strawberry growers been crying for laborers to pick their crops? Why work when you can get welfare, medical care and in some cases Social Security plus refund of taxes you never paid, .It’s a scam on the citizen taxpayers of America and too many of them are buying the lie..
I know that Rick Perry and the Republican Party in Texas were put in power with a lot of money from a few businessmen who made their fortunes from employing undocumented workers for less than minimum wage. That is why Texas’ policy has been harshly anti-immigrant. The more they make it illegal and suppressed, the more scared the immigrants are, and the cheaper the labor is.
THAT is exactly the opposite of what you thought. The real game is just to get more cheap labor through criminalization and intimidation.
This bill “should” pass with a Republican majority, however, you can be certain obama/soetoro/sobarka WILL veto the bill when it reaches his desk. The only way to “overcome” that would be to convince the “entire” Congress to “override the veto”! Otherwise, we have to wait till the fraud is removed from the oval office so an “honest, conservative” President can sign it and make it real. (If we are that lucky)
Assuming the bill passes the senate with the amendments intact, if the president vetoes the bill, it will block funding to the DOJ. The DOJ has a history of poor stewardship of taxpayer monies.
When will people figure out that the republicans are just the right wing of the democrat party. With the majority in both houses they could be doing real work and kicking some ass but they prefer to dance. There are very few real conservatives in congress.
Anything the congress passes without a veto proof margin, must get past the president. Chipping away at the president’s illegal executive action via the purse strings seems the only way at the present time.
I guess we will never know if it is illegal or not. Since now it will never go to the courts.
another stupid move by the Republicants to make sure no bills move. This bill will now stall and will never pass because the Republicants again do something they promised last election they would not do. They put another rider (one of hundreds) on a bill that has nohting to do with the bill .
Again and again these fools play to the converted (you) and refuse to pass any worthwhile legislation.
You know this bill will stall and never pass. Why continue this never ending kids game?
Butcher99 The underling bill is concerned with how the DOJ can spend its budget. The amendments directly address that so it is an appropriate place for them.
Obama is exercising discretion to defer enforcement action on a number of illegal immigrants who are otherwise eligible for deportation. He is not granting them legal resident status. He is merely moving them to the back of a very long line of potential deportees. US immigration law, as currently written, grants this discretion to executive officials to take such “deferred action.”
But executive action does not carry the weight of a bill passed by both houses of Congress and signed by the president. A mere executive action can be reversed with the stroke of a pen wielded by Obama or a new president.
So why doesn’t Congress get off its butt and solve this immigration problem?
because then the Republicans would not be able to appease 100% of their constituents. They would have to make a decision that might not sit will with some of their ever shrinking number of voters.
CONGRESS HAS THE POWER OF THE PURSE AND SHOULD START USNG IT TO HAMMER DOWN SPENDING ON EVERY OBAMA EXECUTIVE ACT.
What are the chances of these amendments making through the Senate? I say slim to nil.
you are over estimating that.
Maybe if the republicans weren’t so happy to skirt and stretch the constitution for their own purposes people would actually be shocked when the democrats do it. Republicans seem to just be democrats with bibles, the same animals in different clothing.
That because they serve the same master.
Obama is doing nothing that was not done over and over by Bush, Bush Sr. and many many more presidents.
Does this mean that you approve of the actions taken by both Bush presidents and the other unnamed.