Speaker Boehner & House Republicans’ Dangerous National Security and Massive Deportations Shenanigans on Full Display
...they will not vote for the [Blackburn] amendment…
But there's danger if the amendment...fails. Without that provision, there's a chance that conservatives will not vote for the DHS funding bill, which would be an embarrassing loss for the leadership team.
"It's disappointing to see an overreach," [Rep. Jeff] Denham said of his own party…"It's mean-spirited," one House Republican, granted anonymity to speak candidly about the situation... [1/13]
And all the while they're plotting their mass deportation irresponsible and reckless tactics, Americans and topRepublicans keep learning how careless Speaker Boehner and House Republicans are when it comes to the national security and safety of our country:
The GOP is playing politics with our national security
...the Republican leadership on Capitol Hill is continuing to choose politics over national security, holding the department's funding hostage unless they get their way on immigration. In the wake of increasing terrorist threats like the attacks in Paris last week, it is reckless to punt on the additional resources DHS requested for things like border guards, customs agents, the Secret Service, and the Coast Guard...Republican leadership in Congress promised to get things done and to not shut down the government. Yet refusing to fund Homeland Security for a full year stymies or shutters important national security work and denies resources to the men and women sworn to protect Americans every day.
Protecting the safety and security of the country and our citizens is the paramount responsibility of the federal government. Yet the agency charged with that duty is struggling for funding because the Republican Congress doesn't like President Obama's immigration strategy. [1/13]
Republicans must drop their frivolous politics once and for all. Our country cannot afford a partial government shutdown, much less a non-functioning department critical to the security of our country. As Tom Ridge, Former Republican Pennsylvania Governor and President Bush's Former Homeland Security Secretary, said: "I would be very, very disappointed if I were secretary, and the Democrats" shut down the Department of Homeland Security. Republicans, it's time to end these perilous gimmicks.