DHS Funded For Another Week

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What do you think? Should the Republicans have tied immigration to funding for a security agency, or will this plan blow up in their face?

So the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has slipped the hangman's noose, at least for a little while longer. Proving they really are the stupid party (just like 2016 presidential hopeful Gov. Bobby Jindal said it was), the GOP has somehow managed to turn a huge victory in the midterms and a court order against Barack Obama's immigration plan into something like a complete defeat.

DHS is wheezing along on some sort of one-week continuing resolution, meaning that Republicans will likely legislatively soil themselves again sometime in the coming few days. It's hard to remember that their opponents, the Democrats, are themselves major losers and headed by a guy who easily won re-election despite having awful approval ratings and not even being that good for laughs anymore.

As I wrote for The Daily Beast earlier this week, by focusing on the illegal immigration issue rather than the very existence of DHS, the GOP majority missed a great opportunity to show it is serous about reducing the size, scope, and spending of the federal government.

http://reason.com/blog/2015/02/28/dhs-k ... ed-but-why

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[mamabearCali]

I dunno. Perhaps they should defund the entire thing permanently. That is what I think anyway.

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[VACoastie]

I'm pretty irked at the fact my pay every friggin year is held in limbo because of bipartisan quid pro quo bullcrap. My pay over anything immigration related? Especially when I deal with said immigrants all the time?

And now I don't even know past 6 days from now if the issue will still be resolved.

[MarcSpaz]

Here's my issue. I love my country and have nothing but love for our people. Everywhere you use the word government, you should substitute people, because it is us who are ultimately (supposed) have power. The problem is, though I have full respect for the office of the President, this POTUS has openly and publicly declared he is a dictator, doesn't care what congress says, and he is going to do whatever he wants, damn them all.

Its the job of the House of Representatives to manage spending. I have no objections to the House refusing to fund something unneeded or unconstitutional. But Congress MUST hold this President accountable for his lawless actions. I mean seriously. He said he was a dictator. He open said Congress can have all the votes they want, it doesn't matter because he isn't doing what "the People" say, he is doing whatever he wants.

WTF is it going to take to put this man in jail? Or at least out of the White House?

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[ShotgunBlast]

A Congress that cares about the separation of powers instead of political parties?

"It's OK if our guy is doing it."

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[MarcSpaz]

Yep.

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[ShotgunBlast]

Looks like the GOP is going to fold again with Boehner introducing a clean funding bill.

http://www.mediaite.com/online/boehner- ... ding-bill/

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[OakRidgeStars]

Looks like the GOP is going to fold again with Boehner introducing a clean funding bill.

http://www.mediaite.com/online/boehner- ... ding-bill/

Yes sir, that GOP majority is gonna fix everything I tell you.

[smltooner]

Looks like the GOP is going to fold again with Boehner introducing a clean funding bill.

http://www.mediaite.com/online/boehner- ... ding-bill/

Yes sir, that GOP majority is gonna fix everything I tell you.

Boehner is as dangerous as Obummer, Reid, and Pelosi.
They all need to go.
The House is running as if Pelosi were still Speaker.