House GOP Votes to Deport Children Of Illegal Immigrants
[su_right_ad]In the US House of Representatives Wednesday morning, legislators from both parties debated amendments to the Department of Homeland Security funding bill that would undercut President Obama’s executive actions on immigration, which the President has already promised to veto. Despite several of his colleagues’ insistence that this has everything to do with immigration, Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) took to the House floor to explain that his party was striking a blow against a “lawless” president. If you want to have a little fun with this, take a drink every time Boehner says “and I quote…”, or as Boehner calls it, “warming up.”
That all makes total sense, right? If someone gets a DUI, you obviously cut off funding for his gas money. This should completely satisfy the anti-immigration hardliners in the Republican conference.
Following that rousing speech, the House voted on the measures, and while the final bill passed by a convincing-enough margin of 237-190, there were ten Republican defections. Justin Amash (R-MI), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Jeff Denham (R-CA), Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL), Robert Dold (R-IL), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) and David Valadao (R-CA) all voted against the final bill, while two Democrats, Brad Ashford (D-NE) and Collin Peterson (D-MN). defected and voted yes.
That’s not earth-shaking, but it does show the general contours of the immigration rift among Republicans. Much more ominous is the vote total for another amendment, this one to defund the President’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a much more popular action that affects hundreds of thousands of so-called DREAMers, and has been in effect since 2012. That amendment was…READ MORE
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tracey marie January 14th, 2015 at 8:08 pm
morons in charge of the houses, damn this next 2 years are going to be exciting
rg9rts January 15th, 2015 at 4:50 am
I was pulling for Ghomert
allison1050 January 15th, 2015 at 6:02 am
lol
Hirightnow January 14th, 2015 at 8:09 pm
” take a drink every time Boehner says “and I quote…”…”
I watched it…am I Speaker yet?
tracey marie January 14th, 2015 at 8:10 pm
no, I am *hic* now wheres my gavel thingy
Hirightnow January 14th, 2015 at 8:20 pm
RINO!
tracey marie January 14th, 2015 at 8:21 pm
lol
Hirightnow January 14th, 2015 at 8:21 pm
🙂
tracey marie January 14th, 2015 at 8:43 pm
How awful I was to you a few times because I do not trust people easily. I apologize and I am glad I took and deep breath and actually lightened up
Hirightnow January 14th, 2015 at 8:49 pm
Aww, don’t worry about it…all is forgiven.
Just because a person doesn’t immediately recognize my tendencies toward snark and sarcasm, it doesn’t mean I have to
hunt them down and flay them alivetake offense…tracey marie January 14th, 2015 at 8:55 pm
Thank you
rg9rts January 15th, 2015 at 4:49 am
Thwack pique!!!
rg9rts January 15th, 2015 at 4:49 am
Be careful….;TM bites….
allison1050 January 14th, 2015 at 9:45 pm
No way Tracey! I am hic hic hic
tracey marie January 14th, 2015 at 9:55 pm
Hi there allison
rg9rts January 15th, 2015 at 4:48 am
TAG
allison1050 January 15th, 2015 at 5:57 am
Hi there Tracey! Here’s hoping all is well with you and see you soon.
rg9rts January 15th, 2015 at 4:48 am
Thwack TAG oops wrong one
Obewon January 14th, 2015 at 8:48 pm
“Deport children who are legal U.S. Citizens”-GOP family values are exactly like everything else the functional illiterate party claims. 14th Amendment Constitutional illiteracy is the only remaining excuse for today’s lockstep Republiklan racism.
rg9rts January 15th, 2015 at 4:45 am
Hey they are out of the womb ….so are fair game for the gopee hate machine
Warman1138 January 15th, 2015 at 7:25 am
Awfully big hearts on the right hand side of things, about as big a microgram.
booker25 January 15th, 2015 at 8:45 am
The RW keep trying to say the executive order was illegal, it wasn’t but the talking points have to repeated until someone believes them.
Tom Pryor January 15th, 2015 at 11:39 am
Veto.
imapayne January 15th, 2015 at 10:37 pm
All of Boehner’s ” I quotes” prove just how obstructive the GOP/TP have been. I wonder how many shots he had before he addressed the House??
Brian Jarreau January 16th, 2015 at 2:36 pm
What a douche nozzle