Posted on 02/27/2015 2:28:49 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Washington (CNN)The Department of Homeland Security moved closer to running out of money Friday after the House rejected a bill that would have kept the agency open for three more weeks.
Unless another deal is reached by midnight, DHS will fall into a partial shutdown, leaving thousands of workers furloughed while forcing others to show up on the job without being paid.
The House vote was a shocking twist to a dramatic day on Capitol Hill. For most of the day, lawmakers seemed poised to avoid a partial shutdown. The House cleared a procedural hurdle earlier in the day, indicating that final passage of the bill shouldn't be in doubt.
But when the legislation came to the floor, dozens of Republicans voted against it because the legislation doesn't address President Barack Obama's immigration orders. They were joined by nearly all Democrats, who opposed the measure because it doesn't keep DHS open through the end of the fiscal year.
House Speaker John Boehner has been here before -- wedged between his hard-right flank and the Senate. House conservatives want to continue fighting to block the President Barack Obama's actions on immigration and want to go to conference to work out differences between the House GOP bill and the Senate Bill passed bill earlier Friday.
A bloc of moderate House Republicans who back passing the clean DHS funding bill from the Senate are balking at voting on setting up a conference committee to hammer out the differences between these two bills.
But because Democrats are opposing the short term bill Boehner now needs support from both camps in the GOP conference to pass the short term bill.
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Federal employees owe $1-3 in back taxes. That would be a good start in funding DHS.
Dems want those illegals here to ensure they have a voting block for the next 30+ years..the Dems are not going to give that up..they give these illegals welfare, food stamps, free healthcare, the Dems know they own those illegals for life
Boner will find the DEM votes he needs. Pathetic.
Would they also stop housing and feeding Obama’s Illegals ? LOL
so, the Democrats voted it down
Not much. According to Hannity, 80% of DHS employees will continue working as normal. Of course Obama will probably use the old “lay off cops and teachers first” strategy, and shut down the border patrol.
the Coast Guard was transferred to DHS back in 2003, so coast guard personnel will not be paid. Apparently, retirees won’t get their pay either, after the 27th.
So bottom line, Republicans and Democrats in Congress opposed the measure for DIFFERENT REASONS.
RE: so, the Democrats voted it down
Bottom line, Republicans and Democrats in Congress opposed the measure for DIFFERENT REASONS.
The Democrats refuse to pass funding for Homeland Security if the bill prevents Obama from doing something the courts say he can’t do...
I admire how the media can spin this fact away. They are masters.
WTF ???
“Still does not stop the CNNs of this world blaming the GOP while they give the Dems a pass on their illegal amnesty .”
It is about time the GOP stand up FOR AMERICA, FOR THE LAW, FOR THE CONSTITUTION, and suppressing the tyranny that has gone on for over six years.
cnn noted that all the house democrats voted against the bill along with 50 republicans. cnn noted that the house democrats want to force the republicans hand to vote for a bill funding the dhs for the full fiscal year.
By the end of those 30 years the USA will have been absorbed into the North American Union.
Will we speak Spanish or Mandarin?
Seems to me that CNN should be blaming House Democrats since they voted enmass against the bill
so, you take up for the democrats and Obama? ; )
The very acme of treason.
Worth repeating.
Actually, worth shouting from the rooftops.
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