Short of votes, House abandons border bill at last minute

Washington Examiner ^ | 7/31/2014 | Susan Ferrechio

[sheikdetailfeather]

The House abandoned efforts to pass a bill to deal with the surge in migrants on the southern U.S. border Thursday.

House Republicans, who had authored a plan to spend $659 million on humanitarian aid as well as additional border security and judges, failed to garner enough support among their rank and file to come up with the 218 votes needed for passage.

They plan to adjourn today until Sept. 8, which virtually guarantees no action on legislation until after the August recess.

Republicans had to pass the bill entirely on their own because no Democrats were likely to support the bill, because it included language to change a 2008 law so that federal officials could more quickly deport unaccompanied children who have come here by the tens of thousands from Central American nations.

[Graewoulf]

” - - - “The evidence shows that the amnesty President Obama announced in 2012 is driving record numbers of immigrants to enter our nation illegally,” Cruz said in a statement Tuesday. “ Because of President Obama’s amnesty, children are being abused and exploited by dangerous drug cartels and transnational gangs.” - - - “

Lead on Ted, make us proud!

[GeronL]

I am glad it failed, even if the stupid lawsuit thing passed

[Steelfish]

Calls must start to ring out for Boehner’s resignation. This is a fiasco alright!

[skinkinthegrass]

That’ll require something besides phone calls
to get our point across.I'm pretty sure, they're (GOP/E) are hearing from US(A)...
Mitch "Reid's *itch" McConnell, sent me a request for $$$$, I told them to
GTH & other reasons, why I'm NOT Contributing to "the *itch & the GOP/E"
(though these actions, shall send them to the Corrupters on Wall / "K" Street and
reject future conservative solutions, the only solution Is to neuter or defeat them.)

[RightGeek]

Watch Obama call the Congress back to much fanfare by the media.

Not likely - it would mess up the big vacation at Martha's Vineyard

[skinkinthegrass]

Deport illegal aliens on contact with LE.
Enforce the law vigorously on employers of illegals.
Strong border security. Build the physical fence and use high-tech surveillance.
Eliminate entitlements for illegal aliens.
End the "anchor baby" policy.
Do those things and illegal aliens will deport themselvesThanks; These 5 measures are a good start...
next ; End many entitlements, given to it's citizens, end gov't. paternalism
eliminate the IR$ / Income Tax / Repeal 16 & 17 Amdt. / use 5% sales tax.
Reduce All Fed. Programs which could / should be handle by the States
limit gov't. spending to 15% of Nat. GDP / Eliminate Fed. stewardship
of writing Fed. Regs. / Make Congress write the bills in plain English
end all fed. congressional bennies / no offices in Washington DC / only
in their respective Congressional districts
TERM LIMITS!

[liberalh8ter]

The HOR shouldn't be funding anything except one way tickets home for these invaders.

And then deducting the costs from foreign aid we send to the invaders Countries. Then when the debt is paid, shut off foreign aid.

[TigersEye]

I’ll back that whole agenda 100%!