That memo was BEFORE the midterms. Not applicable now.
So now that midterms are over we go back to trashing a Conservative Senator? We go back to school yard names to describe a respected member of Congress? Furthermore what does it say about the pettiness of some within here with respect to a well liked Senator whose primaries ended long before the bellowing liberals crying over Hillary and her election defeat? Freaking get over it already. So sick of bellowing ninnies trying to “one up” the Cruz name of the week.
Here’s here to stay and to those that are still hurt. Waaaaaaaahh
Although just the Cruz name was in the title, four Senators are proposing this bill.
Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the proposal, is a budgeting rationale to offset the spending, which might help to pass Wall funding, by satisfying some technical requirement of the budget process (I’m guessing). Another aspect of interest, is that these budget “offsets” themselves would be useful economic disincentives to illegal immigration.
From the article:
“Cruz, along with Sen. Jim Infoe (R-Okla.), Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) introduced the WALL Act — the first legislation that would identify funding sources for the border wall.
The WALL Act would fully fund the border wall by closing existing loopholes that provide illegal immigrants with federal benefits and tax credits, without affecting the benefits and tax credits used by Americans.
If passed, the bill would fund President Donald Trump’s proposed $25 billion border wall and provide specific ways to fund it. Sen. Kennedy claims that enacting certain changes with the WALL Act, American taxpayers will save $33 billion. The changes proposed in the bill are as follows:
- A work-authorized Social Security Number (SSN) will be required to claim refundable tax credits like Earned Income Tax Credit or Child Tax Credit
- Welfare applicants will be required to verify citizenship
- Minimum fines will be increased for people who illegally cross the border and a minimum penalty will be established for those who overstay their visa in the country.”