Funding For Homeland Security...
I may be way off base, but how did we ever survive before the tyrannical Homeland Security??? Its expensive and the FBI has the capabilities to protect the public from terrorist & criminals... Call your Congressman/woman & Senators, tell them NO... Don D.
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NEWS FROM THE HILL
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Congress Faces Five-Day Deadline For Funding Homeland Security
By Rebecca Shabad - feb 23, 2015
Lawmakers will begin returning to Washington on Monday with only five days left to prevent a shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Legislation funding the agency is at an impasse over provisions demanded by House Republicans that would overturn President Obamas executive actions on immigration that shield millions from deportation.
Over the recess, both sides dug in, with many Republicans arguing that there is no reason for their party to bend now that a federal court has ruled in their favor by blocking Obamas most recent actions.
The Senate is scheduled to v**e Monday evening for the fourth time on a motion to open debate on the House-passed DHS funding bill.
The motion will certainly fail, leaving a decision on what comes next to Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).
McConnell has publicly said that the House-approved bill cannot be passed by the Senate, but Boehner has shown no interest in moving away from legislation reversing Obamas executive actions.
The House passed a bill weeks ago to fund the Department of Homeland Security. Now, Senate Democrats need to stop filibustering to block debate on that bill, Speaker John Boehners (R-Ohio) spokesman Michael Steel told The Hill late last week.
As a result, Senate Republicans are considering a strategy in which the immigration riders would be separated from the DHS funding bill, but its unclear whether conservatives would back that plan.
Boehner could lay out his next play when the House GOP conference meets on Wednesday morning, which would leave him just 72 hours to prevent a shutdown.
One option being floated is a short-term spending bill known as a continuing resolution (CR), but it is not clear whether this would pass muster.
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson has been lobbying Republicans and Democrats on the agencys need for new funding, which he says would bring the kind of stability that a CR cannot provide.
When you're on a continuing resolution, it is a little like trying to drive cross-country with no more than five gallons of gas at a time, and you don't know when the next gas station is, Johnson said on Fox News last week. You can't plan except days and weeks at a time.
Over the weekend, Johnson emphasized that a new threat by terrorist group al-Shabaab to attack shopping malls in the U.S. and United Kingdom demonstrates why the DHS needs a new budget.
"Its absurd that were even having this conversation about Congresss inability to fund Homeland Security in these challenging times," he said on CNNs State of the Union.
Centrist Republicans have openly worried that their party could take a significant political hit by shutting down the DHS, while more conservative members have downplayed that threat. The Republican brand was badly damaged by the 16-day government shutdown in 2013, though the party had recovered by the 2014 midterm e******ns.
After last weeks court ruling, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) argued it could be best for the GOP to let the fight play out in the courts, where he said Republicans are winning.
"We now have an exit sign," he said Sunday on CBS's "Face the Nation." "And that is the federal court decision saying that the president's actions unilaterally are unconstitutional. And I think we've got a great argument to hand to the Supreme Court, where it will go."
Other GOP senators, including Bob Corker (Tenn.) and Lindsey Graham (S.C.), echoed McCains comment on the Sunday morning political talk shows about courts handling the constitutionality of Obamas actions.
"I hope Republicans will come together and back the court case, file a friend of the court brief with the court and fund DHS. I am willing and ready to pass a DHS funding bill and let this play out in court," Graham said on ABC News's This Week.
Republican Tom Ridge, who served as the first secretary of Homeland Security under President George W. Bush, said Sunday on CNN that the GOP should send Obama a clean spending bill. Instead, the judicial branch can handle immigration, and Republicans can send immigration reform bills to the White House, Ridge added.
Johnson has warned a DHS shutdown would trigger the furlough of 30,000 employees and force 80 percent of the department's workforce to come to work without pay.
Polls have indicated that v**ers would largely hold the GOP responsible for the DHS shuttering, just as Republicans were blamed in 2013.
Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) recently said a shutdown would reflect poorly on the GOP.
"Its not livable. Its not acceptable. When youre in the majority, you have to govern. You have to govern responsibly. And shutdowns are not responsible."
Don G. Dinsdale wrote:
I may be way off base, but how did we ever survive before the tyrannical Homeland Security??? Its expensive and the FBI has the capabilities to protect the public from terrorist & criminals... Call your Congressman/woman & Senators, tell them NO... Don D.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NEWS FROM THE HILL
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Congress Faces Five-Day Deadline For Funding Homeland Security
By Rebecca Shabad - feb 23, 2015
Lawmakers will begin returning to Washington on Monday with only five days left to prevent a shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Legislation funding the agency is at an impasse over provisions demanded by House Republicans that would overturn President Obamas executive actions on immigration that shield millions from deportation.
Over the recess, both sides dug in, with many Republicans arguing that there is no reason for their party to bend now that a federal court has ruled in their favor by blocking Obamas most recent actions.
The Senate is scheduled to v**e Monday evening for the fourth time on a motion to open debate on the House-passed DHS funding bill.
The motion will certainly fail, leaving a decision on what comes next to Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).
McConnell has publicly said that the House-approved bill cannot be passed by the Senate, but Boehner has shown no interest in moving away from legislation reversing Obamas executive actions.
The House passed a bill weeks ago to fund the Department of Homeland Security. Now, Senate Democrats need to stop filibustering to block debate on that bill, Speaker John Boehners (R-Ohio) spokesman Michael Steel told The Hill late last week.
As a result, Senate Republicans are considering a strategy in which the immigration riders would be separated from the DHS funding bill, but its unclear whether conservatives would back that plan.
Boehner could lay out his next play when the House GOP conference meets on Wednesday morning, which would leave him just 72 hours to prevent a shutdown.
One option being floated is a short-term spending bill known as a continuing resolution (CR), but it is not clear whether this would pass muster.
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson has been lobbying Republicans and Democrats on the agencys need for new funding, which he says would bring the kind of stability that a CR cannot provide.
When you're on a continuing resolution, it is a little like trying to drive cross-country with no more than five gallons of gas at a time, and you don't know when the next gas station is, Johnson said on Fox News last week. You can't plan except days and weeks at a time.
Over the weekend, Johnson emphasized that a new threat by terrorist group al-Shabaab to attack shopping malls in the U.S. and United Kingdom demonstrates why the DHS needs a new budget.
"Its absurd that were even having this conversation about Congresss inability to fund Homeland Security in these challenging times," he said on CNNs State of the Union.
Centrist Republicans have openly worried that their party could take a significant political hit by shutting down the DHS, while more conservative members have downplayed that threat. The Republican brand was badly damaged by the 16-day government shutdown in 2013, though the party had recovered by the 2014 midterm e******ns.
After last weeks court ruling, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) argued it could be best for the GOP to let the fight play out in the courts, where he said Republicans are winning.
"We now have an exit sign," he said Sunday on CBS's "Face the Nation." "And that is the federal court decision saying that the president's actions unilaterally are unconstitutional. And I think we've got a great argument to hand to the Supreme Court, where it will go."
Other GOP senators, including Bob Corker (Tenn.) and Lindsey Graham (S.C.), echoed McCains comment on the Sunday morning political talk shows about courts handling the constitutionality of Obamas actions.
"I hope Republicans will come together and back the court case, file a friend of the court brief with the court and fund DHS. I am willing and ready to pass a DHS funding bill and let this play out in court," Graham said on ABC News's This Week.
Republican Tom Ridge, who served as the first secretary of Homeland Security under President George W. Bush, said Sunday on CNN that the GOP should send Obama a clean spending bill. Instead, the judicial branch can handle immigration, and Republicans can send immigration reform bills to the White House, Ridge added.
Johnson has warned a DHS shutdown would trigger the furlough of 30,000 employees and force 80 percent of the department's workforce to come to work without pay.
Polls have indicated that v**ers would largely hold the GOP responsible for the DHS shuttering, just as Republicans were blamed in 2013.
Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) recently said a shutdown would reflect poorly on the GOP.
"Its not livable. Its not acceptable. When youre in the majority, you have to govern. You have to govern responsibly. And shutdowns are not responsible."
I may be way off base, but how did we ever survive... (
show quote)
They need to keep their word and fight this as they claimed they would when they were stumping for e******n. Seems to me they are posturing for surrender.
Don G. Dinsdale wrote:
I may be way off base, but how did we ever survive before the tyrannical Homeland Security??? Its expensive and the FBI has the capabilities to protect the public from terrorist & criminals... Call your Congressman/woman & Senators, tell them NO... Don D.
If we want to stop an invasion, we need to defund the DOT, that way making it difficult for an invasion. They would be wiped out by the potholes, without single shot being fired.
Don G. Dinsdale wrote:
I may be way off base, but how did we ever survive before the tyrannical Homeland Security??? Its expensive and the FBI has the capabilities to protect the public from terrorist & criminals... Call your Congressman/woman & Senators, tell them NO... Don D.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NEWS FROM THE HILL
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Congress Faces Five-Day Deadline For Funding Homeland Security
By Rebecca Shabad - feb 23, 2015
Lawmakers will begin returning to Washington on Monday with only five days left to prevent a shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Legislation funding the agency is at an impasse over provisions demanded by House Republicans that would overturn President Obamas executive actions on immigration that shield millions from deportation.
Over the recess, both sides dug in, with many Republicans arguing that there is no reason for their party to bend now that a federal court has ruled in their favor by blocking Obamas most recent actions.
The Senate is scheduled to v**e Monday evening for the fourth time on a motion to open debate on the House-passed DHS funding bill.
The motion will certainly fail, leaving a decision on what comes next to Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).
McConnell has publicly said that the House-approved bill cannot be passed by the Senate, but Boehner has shown no interest in moving away from legislation reversing Obamas executive actions.
The House passed a bill weeks ago to fund the Department of Homeland Security. Now, Senate Democrats need to stop filibustering to block debate on that bill, Speaker John Boehners (R-Ohio) spokesman Michael Steel told The Hill late last week.
As a result, Senate Republicans are considering a strategy in which the immigration riders would be separated from the DHS funding bill, but its unclear whether conservatives would back that plan.
Boehner could lay out his next play when the House GOP conference meets on Wednesday morning, which would leave him just 72 hours to prevent a shutdown.
One option being floated is a short-term spending bill known as a continuing resolution (CR), but it is not clear whether this would pass muster.
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson has been lobbying Republicans and Democrats on the agencys need for new funding, which he says would bring the kind of stability that a CR cannot provide.
When you're on a continuing resolution, it is a little like trying to drive cross-country with no more than five gallons of gas at a time, and you don't know when the next gas station is, Johnson said on Fox News last week. You can't plan except days and weeks at a time.
Over the weekend, Johnson emphasized that a new threat by terrorist group al-Shabaab to attack shopping malls in the U.S. and United Kingdom demonstrates why the DHS needs a new budget.
"Its absurd that were even having this conversation about Congresss inability to fund Homeland Security in these challenging times," he said on CNNs State of the Union.
Centrist Republicans have openly worried that their party could take a significant political hit by shutting down the DHS, while more conservative members have downplayed that threat. The Republican brand was badly damaged by the 16-day government shutdown in 2013, though the party had recovered by the 2014 midterm e******ns.
After last weeks court ruling, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) argued it could be best for the GOP to let the fight play out in the courts, where he said Republicans are winning.
"We now have an exit sign," he said Sunday on CBS's "Face the Nation." "And that is the federal court decision saying that the president's actions unilaterally are unconstitutional. And I think we've got a great argument to hand to the Supreme Court, where it will go."
Other GOP senators, including Bob Corker (Tenn.) and Lindsey Graham (S.C.), echoed McCains comment on the Sunday morning political talk shows about courts handling the constitutionality of Obamas actions.
"I hope Republicans will come together and back the court case, file a friend of the court brief with the court and fund DHS. I am willing and ready to pass a DHS funding bill and let this play out in court," Graham said on ABC News's This Week.
Republican Tom Ridge, who served as the first secretary of Homeland Security under President George W. Bush, said Sunday on CNN that the GOP should send Obama a clean spending bill. Instead, the judicial branch can handle immigration, and Republicans can send immigration reform bills to the White House, Ridge added.
Johnson has warned a DHS shutdown would trigger the furlough of 30,000 employees and force 80 percent of the department's workforce to come to work without pay.
Polls have indicated that v**ers would largely hold the GOP responsible for the DHS shuttering, just as Republicans were blamed in 2013.
Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) recently said a shutdown would reflect poorly on the GOP.
"Its not livable. Its not acceptable. When youre in the majority, you have to govern. You have to govern responsibly. And shutdowns are not responsible."
I may be way off base, but how did we ever survive... (
show quote)
"WE" have to start wondering if the head of HLS, being "devout" Muslim, has the best interest of Islam or America in mind. "WE" know who our "dear, red-diaper" Muslim leader would choose in a skirmish, so I can only imagine that, JEH Johnson, [almost sounds American] would ALSO go with ISLAM!!! Hummmmm.
Now "WE" have to go back to this administrations philosophy of "Tea Party conservatives propose more of a threat than ISIS terrorists." What exactly does THAT mean??? Is there a proposed round-up of conservatives??? Are FEMA camps in the future for a dis-armed America??? "You becha!!!" [Sarah Palin].
Perhaps with some 60 to 100 million hunting rifles in America, hostile forces don't stand a chance - but what about "peaceful religions???" Islam??? A "peaceful religion???" Not quite!!!
"WE" are a few decades behind the Islamic "m**************m" of England, Australia, Germany and France, to name a few, but the numbers of "refugee/terrorists" being taxpayer t***sported, housed, fed, educated, armed???, trained???, over the last 6 years is now in competition with OUR open Southern border; and "WE" have no idea who's infiltrating our former shields of sovereignty; and OUR warning signal, the MSM has gone silent. Hummmmm.
Mark Kirk sounds like a pussy RINO.
I say not only defund HMS but get rid of the whole damn thing. While they are at it they can repeal the Patriot Act. I don't feel any safer from terrorists. with all these new agencies and rules. I do feel my liberties are in jeopardy more from the government than ever before. One rule and one rule only is needed, besides a leader with the balls too carry it out. If you attack us we will annihilate you. Plain and simple.
robmull wrote:
"WE" have to start wondering if the head of HLS, being "devout" Muslim, has the best interest of Islam or America in mind. "WE" know who our "dear, red-diaper" Muslim leader would choose in a skirmish, so I can only imagine that, JEH Johnson, [almost sounds American] would ALSO go with ISLAM!!! Hummmmm.
Now "WE" have to go back to this administrations philosophy of "Tea Party conservatives propose more of a threat than ISIS terrorists." What exactly does THAT mean??? Is there a proposed round-up of conservatives??? Are FEMA camps in the future for a dis-armed America??? "You becha!!!" [Sarah Palin].
Perhaps with some 60 to 100 million hunting rifles in America, hostile forces don't stand a chance - but what about "peaceful religions???" Islam??? A "peaceful religion???" Not quite!!!
"WE" have to start wondering if the head... (
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Dummy Boy wrote:
If we want to stop an invasion, we need to defund the DOT, that way making it difficult for an invasion. They would be wiped out by the potholes, without single shot being fired.
:lol: :lol: :lol: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Don G. Dinsdale wrote:
I may be way off base, but how did we ever survive before the tyrannical Homeland Security??? Its expensive and the FBI has the capabilities to protect the public from terrorist & criminals... Call your Congressman/woman & Senators, tell them NO... Don D.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NEWS FROM THE HILL
Image result for Pictures of our Capital in D.C.
Congress Faces Five-Day Deadline For Funding Homeland Security
By Rebecca Shabad - feb 23, 2015
Lawmakers will begin returning to Washington on Monday with only five days left to prevent a shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Legislation funding the agency is at an impasse over provisions demanded by House Republicans that would overturn President Obamas executive actions on immigration that shield millions from deportation.
Over the recess, both sides dug in, with many Republicans arguing that there is no reason for their party to bend now that a federal court has ruled in their favor by blocking Obamas most recent actions.
The Senate is scheduled to v**e Monday evening for the fourth time on a motion to open debate on the House-passed DHS funding bill.
The motion will certainly fail, leaving a decision on what comes next to Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).
McConnell has publicly said that the House-approved bill cannot be passed by the Senate, but Boehner has shown no interest in moving away from legislation reversing Obamas executive actions.
The House passed a bill weeks ago to fund the Department of Homeland Security. Now, Senate Democrats need to stop filibustering to block debate on that bill, Speaker John Boehners (R-Ohio) spokesman Michael Steel told The Hill late last week.
As a result, Senate Republicans are considering a strategy in which the immigration riders would be separated from the DHS funding bill, but its unclear whether conservatives would back that plan.
Boehner could lay out his next play when the House GOP conference meets on Wednesday morning, which would leave him just 72 hours to prevent a shutdown.
One option being floated is a short-term spending bill known as a continuing resolution (CR), but it is not clear whether this would pass muster.
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson has been lobbying Republicans and Democrats on the agencys need for new funding, which he says would bring the kind of stability that a CR cannot provide.
When you're on a continuing resolution, it is a little like trying to drive cross-country with no more than five gallons of gas at a time, and you don't know when the next gas station is, Johnson said on Fox News last week. You can't plan except days and weeks at a time.
Over the weekend, Johnson emphasized that a new threat by terrorist group al-Shabaab to attack shopping malls in the U.S. and United Kingdom demonstrates why the DHS needs a new budget.
"Its absurd that were even having this conversation about Congresss inability to fund Homeland Security in these challenging times," he said on CNNs State of the Union.
Centrist Republicans have openly worried that their party could take a significant political hit by shutting down the DHS, while more conservative members have downplayed that threat. The Republican brand was badly damaged by the 16-day government shutdown in 2013, though the party had recovered by the 2014 midterm e******ns.
After last weeks court ruling, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) argued it could be best for the GOP to let the fight play out in the courts, where he said Republicans are winning.
"We now have an exit sign," he said Sunday on CBS's "Face the Nation." "And that is the federal court decision saying that the president's actions unilaterally are unconstitutional. And I think we've got a great argument to hand to the Supreme Court, where it will go."
Other GOP senators, including Bob Corker (Tenn.) and Lindsey Graham (S.C.), echoed McCains comment on the Sunday morning political talk shows about courts handling the constitutionality of Obamas actions.
"I hope Republicans will come together and back the court case, file a friend of the court brief with the court and fund DHS. I am willing and ready to pass a DHS funding bill and let this play out in court," Graham said on ABC News's This Week.
Republican Tom Ridge, who served as the first secretary of Homeland Security under President George W. Bush, said Sunday on CNN that the GOP should send Obama a clean spending bill. Instead, the judicial branch can handle immigration, and Republicans can send immigration reform bills to the White House, Ridge added.
Johnson has warned a DHS shutdown would trigger the furlough of 30,000 employees and force 80 percent of the department's workforce to come to work without pay.
Polls have indicated that v**ers would largely hold the GOP responsible for the DHS shuttering, just as Republicans were blamed in 2013.
Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) recently said a shutdown would reflect poorly on the GOP.
"Its not livable. Its not acceptable. When youre in the majority, you have to govern. You have to govern responsibly. And shutdowns are not responsible."
I may be way off base, but how did we ever survive... (
show quote)
The way we survived was we had God in our homes, schools, all parts of our Congress and our presidency,"our USA". We put our trust in God first. Everything we did was lead off with a prayer. Our President was sworn in on the Holy Bible and God kept us together and Rep's and Dem's cud come together on agreements. But since the koran got involved, our Government has gotten infested with demons, devils and saten.. and the end is near
Don G. Dinsdale wrote:
I may be way off base, but how did we ever survive before the tyrannical Homeland Security??? Its expensive and the FBI has the capabilities to protect the public from terrorist & criminals... Call your Congressman/woman & Senators, tell them NO... Don D.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NEWS FROM THE HILL
Image result for Pictures of our Capital in D.C.
Congress Faces Five-Day Deadline For Funding Homeland Security
By Rebecca Shabad - feb 23, 2015
Lawmakers will begin returning to Washington on Monday with only five days left to prevent a shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Legislation funding the agency is at an impasse over provisions demanded by House Republicans that would overturn President Obamas executive actions on immigration that shield millions from deportation.
Over the recess, both sides dug in, with many Republicans arguing that there is no reason for their party to bend now that a federal court has ruled in their favor by blocking Obamas most recent actions.
The Senate is scheduled to v**e Monday evening for the fourth time on a motion to open debate on the House-passed DHS funding bill.
The motion will certainly fail, leaving a decision on what comes next to Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).
McConnell has publicly said that the House-approved bill cannot be passed by the Senate, but Boehner has shown no interest in moving away from legislation reversing Obamas executive actions.
The House passed a bill weeks ago to fund the Department of Homeland Security. Now, Senate Democrats need to stop filibustering to block debate on that bill, Speaker John Boehners (R-Ohio) spokesman Michael Steel told The Hill late last week.
As a result, Senate Republicans are considering a strategy in which the immigration riders would be separated from the DHS funding bill, but its unclear whether conservatives would back that plan.
Boehner could lay out his next play when the House GOP conference meets on Wednesday morning, which would leave him just 72 hours to prevent a shutdown.
One option being floated is a short-term spending bill known as a continuing resolution (CR), but it is not clear whether this would pass muster.
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson has been lobbying Republicans and Democrats on the agencys need for new funding, which he says would bring the kind of stability that a CR cannot provide.
When you're on a continuing resolution, it is a little like trying to drive cross-country with no more than five gallons of gas at a time, and you don't know when the next gas station is, Johnson said on Fox News last week. You can't plan except days and weeks at a time.
Over the weekend, Johnson emphasized that a new threat by terrorist group al-Shabaab to attack shopping malls in the U.S. and United Kingdom demonstrates why the DHS needs a new budget.
"Its absurd that were even having this conversation about Congresss inability to fund Homeland Security in these challenging times," he said on CNNs State of the Union.
Centrist Republicans have openly worried that their party could take a significant political hit by shutting down the DHS, while more conservative members have downplayed that threat. The Republican brand was badly damaged by the 16-day government shutdown in 2013, though the party had recovered by the 2014 midterm e******ns.
After last weeks court ruling, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) argued it could be best for the GOP to let the fight play out in the courts, where he said Republicans are winning.
"We now have an exit sign," he said Sunday on CBS's "Face the Nation." "And that is the federal court decision saying that the president's actions unilaterally are unconstitutional. And I think we've got a great argument to hand to the Supreme Court, where it will go."
Other GOP senators, including Bob Corker (Tenn.) and Lindsey Graham (S.C.), echoed McCains comment on the Sunday morning political talk shows about courts handling the constitutionality of Obamas actions.
"I hope Republicans will come together and back the court case, file a friend of the court brief with the court and fund DHS. I am willing and ready to pass a DHS funding bill and let this play out in court," Graham said on ABC News's This Week.
Republican Tom Ridge, who served as the first secretary of Homeland Security under President George W. Bush, said Sunday on CNN that the GOP should send Obama a clean spending bill. Instead, the judicial branch can handle immigration, and Republicans can send immigration reform bills to the White House, Ridge added.
Johnson has warned a DHS shutdown would trigger the furlough of 30,000 employees and force 80 percent of the department's workforce to come to work without pay.
Polls have indicated that v**ers would largely hold the GOP responsible for the DHS shuttering, just as Republicans were blamed in 2013.
Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) recently said a shutdown would reflect poorly on the GOP.
"Its not livable. Its not acceptable. When youre in the majority, you have to govern. You have to govern responsibly. And shutdowns are not responsible."
I may be way off base, but how did we ever survive... (
show quote)
Did McConnel reverse Harry Reid's filibuster rule? The one where you need on a clear majority to bring a bill to the floor for a v**e. Not the 60 v**es before Reid changed it to benefit his party.. If the Homeland Security bill is supposed to be a clean bill what is Obama's immigration funding doing in it? Why are the Republicans silent on this. I think we have been and are being betrayed.
asphaltman wrote:
The way we survived was we had God in our homes, schools, all parts of our Congress and our presidency,"our USA". We put our trust in God first. Everything we did was lead off with a prayer. Our President was sworn in on the Holy Bible and God kept us together and Rep's and Dem's cud come together on agreements. But since the koran got involved, our Government has gotten infested with demons, devils and saten.. and the end is near
Do you have a data from the department of education to support that? I sure would like to read up on that.
Dummy Boy wrote:
Do you have a data from the department of education to support that? I sure would like to read up on that.
no i dont but just send ur kid to school with a Holy Bible and u will get more law suits than u care to endure
Don G. Dinsdale wrote:
I may be way off base, but how did we ever survive before the tyrannical Homeland Security??? Its expensive and the FBI has the capabilities to protect the public from terrorist & criminals... Call your Congressman/woman & Senators, tell them NO... Don D.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NEWS FROM THE HILL
Image result for Pictures of our Capital in D.C.
Congress Faces Five-Day Deadline For Funding Homeland Security
By Rebecca Shabad - feb 23, 2015
Lawmakers will begin returning to Washington on Monday with only five days left to prevent a shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Legislation funding the agency is at an impasse over provisions demanded by House Republicans that would overturn President Obamas executive actions on immigration that shield millions from deportation.
Over the recess, both sides dug in, with many Republicans arguing that there is no reason for their party to bend now that a federal court has ruled in their favor by blocking Obamas most recent actions.
The Senate is scheduled to v**e Monday evening for the fourth time on a motion to open debate on the House-passed DHS funding bill.
The motion will certainly fail, leaving a decision on what comes next to Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).
McConnell has publicly said that the House-approved bill cannot be passed by the Senate, but Boehner has shown no interest in moving away from legislation reversing Obamas executive actions.
The House passed a bill weeks ago to fund the Department of Homeland Security. Now, Senate Democrats need to stop filibustering to block debate on that bill, Speaker John Boehners (R-Ohio) spokesman Michael Steel told The Hill late last week.
As a result, Senate Republicans are considering a strategy in which the immigration riders would be separated from the DHS funding bill, but its unclear whether conservatives would back that plan.
Boehner could lay out his next play when the House GOP conference meets on Wednesday morning, which would leave him just 72 hours to prevent a shutdown.
One option being floated is a short-term spending bill known as a continuing resolution (CR), but it is not clear whether this would pass muster.
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson has been lobbying Republicans and Democrats on the agencys need for new funding, which he says would bring the kind of stability that a CR cannot provide.
When you're on a continuing resolution, it is a little like trying to drive cross-country with no more than five gallons of gas at a time, and you don't know when the next gas station is, Johnson said on Fox News last week. You can't plan except days and weeks at a time.
Over the weekend, Johnson emphasized that a new threat by terrorist group al-Shabaab to attack shopping malls in the U.S. and United Kingdom demonstrates why the DHS needs a new budget.
"Its absurd that were even having this conversation about Congresss inability to fund Homeland Security in these challenging times," he said on CNNs State of the Union.
Centrist Republicans have openly worried that their party could take a significant political hit by shutting down the DHS, while more conservative members have downplayed that threat. The Republican brand was badly damaged by the 16-day government shutdown in 2013, though the party had recovered by the 2014 midterm e******ns.
After last weeks court ruling, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) argued it could be best for the GOP to let the fight play out in the courts, where he said Republicans are winning.
"We now have an exit sign," he said Sunday on CBS's "Face the Nation." "And that is the federal court decision saying that the president's actions unilaterally are unconstitutional. And I think we've got a great argument to hand to the Supreme Court, where it will go."
Other GOP senators, including Bob Corker (Tenn.) and Lindsey Graham (S.C.), echoed McCains comment on the Sunday morning political talk shows about courts handling the constitutionality of Obamas actions.
"I hope Republicans will come together and back the court case, file a friend of the court brief with the court and fund DHS. I am willing and ready to pass a DHS funding bill and let this play out in court," Graham said on ABC News's This Week.
Republican Tom Ridge, who served as the first secretary of Homeland Security under President George W. Bush, said Sunday on CNN that the GOP should send Obama a clean spending bill. Instead, the judicial branch can handle immigration, and Republicans can send immigration reform bills to the White House, Ridge added.
Johnson has warned a DHS shutdown would trigger the furlough of 30,000 employees and force 80 percent of the department's workforce to come to work without pay.
Polls have indicated that v**ers would largely hold the GOP responsible for the DHS shuttering, just as Republicans were blamed in 2013.
Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) recently said a shutdown would reflect poorly on the GOP.
"Its not livable. Its not acceptable. When youre in the majority, you have to govern. You have to govern responsibly. And shutdowns are not responsible."
I may be way off base, but how did we ever survive... (
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Don. G. -with the republicans short on v**es in the Senate they know that it is a no win situation unless they are prepared to use the Nuclear Option. Even that will result in a veto and the media will ensure that the republicans are blamed for the shut down. It may be wise to do as some have suggested and let it play out in the courts. The republicans have a chance to gain the White House in 2016 and that is more important than winning one battle. If SCOTUS slaps Obama down, much of what he has done illegally can be undone. Good Luck America !!!
asphaltman wrote:
no i dont but just send ur kid to school with a Holy Bible and u will get more law suits than u care to endure
No, my kids are allowed to pray in school.
Dummy Boy wrote:
No, my kids are allowed to pray in school.
im sorry, i messed up. Its ok for my kids to pray as long as no one hears them, "silent prayer", but no Holy Bible or any mention of God will be tolerated in public schools. However, a koran or porn etc. probably wud get them a + on their grades. I thought that law was for the whole United States.. btw I live in Florida
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