As of this writing, it appears that House
Republicans are only going to try the same old ‘show vote’ again, by Ann Corcoran 9/22/16
I don’t know
exactly what is happening. I don’t have any inside track, but since you all have
been calling your members of Congress to defund the Refugee Admissions Program
(Rep.
Babin’s strategy is a good one), I need to tell you what some House Republicans proposed
two days ago.
Republican
Congressional leaders have been enabling Obama for years. And, they are about
to do it again on refugee funding. Why? Go here to page 8 of HR 6071 (Title III Ensuring vetting of refugees to Keep Americans
Safe).
It is the same
old scam they tried to pull last year where the Director of the FBI and the
Director of National Intelligence would certify that individual refugees from
only Iraq and Syria would have to be ‘certified’ terror free.
This is what Senator
Jeff Sessions said last year when Congress was addressing the same issue! The
Republican Congress decides how many are brought to America by how much funding
they make available.
Senator Jeff
Sessions last year: There is only one true check now against the President going it alone:
Congressional funding. In his annual budget request, the President asked for
more than $1 billion to fund the Refugee Admissions Program. All Congress has
to do is make clear that the President’s funding request will not be granted
unless he meets certain necessary Congressional requirements – the first of
which should be to make clear that Congress, not the President, has the final
say on how many refugees are brought into the United States and from where.
Apparently
negotiations are on-going between the House and Senate to get the Continuing
Budget Resolution done so they can get home to campaign so they can get back in
there in January and not do their work
again next year. Will let you
know what I learn later today or tomorrow (you may know before me!).
See my tag
‘Where is Congress’ for everything I’ve written on the funding issue in recent
weeks.
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