Six Democratic Senators Have Criticized Obama's Executive Amnesty (So Far)

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Six Democratic Senators Have Criticized Obama's Executive Amnesty (So Far)

But will they vote to stop him?

5:59 PM, NOV 21, 2014 • BY JOHN MCCORMACK

A handful of Senate Democrats are publicly expressing disapproval of the president's executive action on immigration, but it's not yet clear that any of them are willing to do anything to stop him.

 

"Our immigration system is broken, and I support a comprehensive plan to fix it, but executive orders aren’t the way to do it," Missouri senator Claire McCaskill said in a statement issued late Friday afternoon.

 

"I am as frustrated as anyone that Congres is not doing its job, but the President shouldn't make such significant policy changes on his own," Senator Joe Donnelly of Indiana said in a statement Thursday.

 

"I’m disappointed the President decided to use executive action at this time on this issue as it could poison any hope of compromise or bipartisanship in the new Senate before it has even started,"