I voted in favor of today’s comprehensive spending bill for several reasons. First and foremost, it keeps the federal government funded at levels consistent with the budget caps put into place last Congress. Not only does this avoid another government shutdown, but—because most of the government is funded through the end of the fiscal year—it allows us to begin the new Congress in January with a clean slate. In my first term, we spent the first few months dealing with the short-term spending mess left by the previous Congress, and next term we will begin instead by focusing on forward-looking solutions to some big challenges. High on that list is legislative action to fix our broken immigration system and porous southern border. Today’s spending bill only funded the Department of Homeland Security through February, giving the new Republican Congress leverage to bring President Obama to the negotiating table on these issues, in stark contrast to the unilateral and partisan path he’s currently on.
Posted on: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 02:40:52 +0000
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