GOP joins Democrats in defending Obama’s amnesty executive order

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RedState: GOP joins Democrats in defending Obama’s amnesty executive order

By: streiff (Diary) | December 15th, 2014 at 01:51 PM

 

A clear majority of the GOP caucus made itself clear. Not only do they not object to Obama’s use of executive orders to implement amnesty, they are furious at being exposed for the rank hypocrites that they are.

 

This is the story. A gutless House agreed to fund Obama’s amnesty program. They didn’t have to, they chose to. All the bull**** about the US Citizenship and Immigrations Services being “self-funded” and immune to budget cuts was refuted in an extensive report by the Congressional Research Service. This excuse was simply cover for the House GOP leadership. They have since adopted the “Wimpy strategy” of fighting amnesty next month in exchange for fully funding amnesty today. When the bill arrived in the Senate, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)94% wanted to make the point that the president does not have the authority to rewrite US statutes based on imperial whim. He forced the Senate to vote on a point of order on the Constitutionality of the president’s actions.

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Way To Go Mike & Ted! Really Fantastic Job!

 

Senate Democrats push votes on Obama's nominees

Susan Cornwell

WASHINGTON Mon Dec 15, 2014 4:10pm EST

 

(Reuters) - With the clock ticking down on their Senate majority, Democrats pushed on Monday to win approval for some of President Barack Obama's stalled nominations for government posts.

 

Leading the list is Vivek Murthy, Obama's choice for the top U.S. public health job of surgeon general, who has drawn opposition over his support for stricter gun regulations, and Sarah Saldana, whose nomination to head the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office became bogged down after she said the president's executive action on immigration was legal.

 

The Senate will vote on Murthy, Saldana and three other nominees on Monday and Tuesday as part of Majority Leader Harry Reid's late push to get nominations through the Senate before it goes home for 2014 and Republicans take control of Congress in 2015.

 

Reid hopes to move about 20 more nominees later this week in a process he started over the weekend, when delaying tactics by conservative Republicans on the government spending bill kept the Senate in session unexpectedly and gave him an opening.

 

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