Posted on 12/01/2014 1:33:48 PM PST by PROCON
White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Monday that President Barack Obama will block a government budget bill if the GOP denies him the funds needed to provide amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants.
“Yes,” Earnest said when asked by ABC News reporter Jonathan Karl if Obama would veto a government-wide budget that defunded the amnesty program.
If Obama blocks the budget to help the illegals, large sections of the federal government would shut down on Dec. 12.
But Earnest equivocated when he was asked if Obama would shut down the government if the GOP denies amnesty just for the immigration agency.
“I don’t believe that members of Congress or the majority of members of Congress, will go along with efforts to shut down the govern in protest over the president’s executive actions on immigration,” he said.
Any veto would be a high-risk step by Obama, because it would brand the Democratic Party as willing to shut down the government to aid several million illegal immigrants.
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Do it, 0BamBam.
And a PS. - Please give the TOP a backbone.
The last time we shut it down, we won BIG time!
Boehner and McConnell will never shut down the government because they agree with amnesty.
We are all pissing into the wind on this one.
They can all go pound sand.
> I agree with you, media will portray it as all the Republicans shutting down the government AGAIN.
Of course the will but only the dumba$$es will believe it. A lot of people have woken from the zombie induced coma since then.
> I agree with you, media will portray it as all the Republicans shutting down the government AGAIN.
Of course theY will but only the dumba$$es will believe it. A lot of people have woken from the zombie induced coma since then.
This could be turned into a positive. Take credit for shutting the government down. I don’t understand why the Republicans never turned the tired old “party of no” into a positive. They should have countered with something like, “We’re the party of HELL no.” We were elected to say NO and are proud to be the ones putting on the brakes.
I’m getting real tired of government by mexican standoff.
Wonderful idea!
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When Obama doesn’t get his way, he writes unconstiutlional laws
and he threatens to shut down our government from the office of the president..
Did we elect a king?
He thinks he is one.
Obama will shut down the government. The Repubs will get all of the blame.
DO IT! Not only is a shut down a good thing for everyone, the polls show the majority of Americans are against oboma trying to become our new king by not enforcing our laws! Add putting illegals first on top of that- we on the right start to look really, really good.
Yeah. Go for it. Shut that monstrosity down.
Why not? How is this time any different from the previous times?
Bring it, Barry, ya miserable poofter.
No risk to the D's. They were 100% responsible for the last shut down, but did they get the blame? Nope. And they won't this time, either. And the GOP is too weak and too buys playing defense to get the real message out there. We know the GOP was NOT responsible for the last shut down, and we know they won't be responsible for this one if, in fact, it gets to that point. But midstream America doesn't know, won't be told by the midstream press and wouldn't listen even if they were.
Lol! Help! Help me!
Sounds like a win-win to me.
YEP.
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