Posted on 02/28/2015 7:02:52 AM PST by cotton1706
Senate Republicans are fuming over the House GOP’s decision to extend the standoff over the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), a move that they say uses up political oxygen and burns precious time on the legislative calendar.
GOP senators say it’s time to move on to other issues, such as the budget, trade legislation, and regulatory and tax reform.
They must defend 24 seats in the 2016 election and worry that voters could soon start to question their ability to govern unless they can move forward with a more substantive agenda.
The fight over President Obama’s executive actions on immigration brought that agenda to a standstill in February, as the threat of a homeland security shutdown thwarted other priorities.
“I just think we ought to move on to other things. I’m not sure how it helps for the American people to have the perception that Republicans in the Senate and Republicans in the House are at odds with each other,” said Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).
“We have a lot of initiatives I think we could show the American people we can work together on,” he added.
Senate Republicans say there’s no need to extend the battle over immigration given that a federal court in Texas has declared that Obama’s executive action violated the Administrative Procedure Act.
“Why don’t we just look at the court decision in Texas, declare victory and move on?” said Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.).
Senate Republicans say they expect the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold Judge Andrew Hanen’s ruling on the district level.
“When the judge ruled, that was the way I wanted to end it,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.).
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Let them fume and smolder...the Tea Party is showing them what leadership is. Their influence is growing and becoming a good, solid example for the future.
While the Fifth Court is a conservative court, it is folly to try to leave solely up to courts what the legislative branch is supposed to be doing. The courts can apparently be ignored by this administration, at least to some degree.
So now we know.
McCain, Graham, Hatch and Flake want to KEEP Harry Reid in power by “keeping” the filibuster.
I forget how much money McCain reaped from his “support” of the Keating bank fraudsters.
Should McConnell start an ethics investigation of McCain?
Which reps? Btw, that Sinema (D) rep from Phoneix is a complete nutjob.
That's right. place it in the lap of a single person to decide. What unmitigated twits these low lifes are.
It is THEIR effin job to make law, not let someone declare an injunction and move on.
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