Myth: The CRomnibus funded the Presidents executive amnesty. Fact: The CRomnibus actually presents the best possible chance of stopping executive amnesty, as not even a government shutdown will stop the President’s executive actions. The CRomnibus provided just two months of funding for the Department of Homeland Security so that our border patrol can keep the border secure through the end of February. One of the first things that House and Senate Republicans will tackle - TOGETHER - is to create a budget for DHS that includes our tough House border security bill and specific language to stop the use of any funds, appropriated or gathered via fees, to implement the Presidents executive amnesty plan. While the President and Democrats were hoping to force a government shutdown debate early next year to detract the publics attention from his unlawful immigration executive order and discredit the new Republican Senate, thanks to the CRomnibus we sidestepped their trap and strengthened the new Republican Senates ability to put a bill on the Presidents desk forcing him to choose between protecting our border or protecting illegal immigrants.
Posted on: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 21:15:52 +0000