Only 18 of 41 Freedom Caucus members have pledged
to end Refugee Program funding
Reminder! These are the House members who should
be automatically on the side of DEFUNDING the Refugee Admissions Program, by Ann Corcoran on 10/26/16
At least they
should support any effort in the lame duck session of Congress coming up a week
after the election to defund the program until certain problems have been
resolved—primarily the weak screening process—and to pause the program as a new
administration comes into office in the new year.
Don’t forget,
the Obama Administration is working quickly right now to front
end the huge flow of refugees Obama wants for FY17.
Here is what I
said in September and it still applies (with updates!): In my previous post I told you that it is not too late to
tell key members of Congress to protect your towns by cutting funding in the
Final Budget for FY2017 for refugee admissions for 2017 from terror-producing
regions of the world and elsewhere which must be passed before Congress
recesses for Christmas.
This is the
House calendar as it stands right now. Check out how little they actually work!
They will be back on the 14th of November and the 2017 Budget must be done by
December 9th. And, btw, the 2017 fiscal year began on October 1st, so they are
already way behind (as usual)!
Those likely to
be on the side of making America safe again are House
Freedom Caucus members listed below.
Those crossed off signed on to the earlier Babin/Brat
letter but be sure to contact them again
to urge them to join a new effort in November.
Again, those crossed off below have already
taken a brave position, but focus your calls on all Freedom Caucus members.
Tell them to check in with Rep. Brian Babin’s (R-TX) office to see what the
plan is for the lame duck.
Only 13 days
left before the election to get a commitment from them!
Justin Amash of Michigan
Rod Blum of Iowa
Ken Buck of Colorado
Curt Clawson of Florida
Ron DeSantis of Florida
John Fleming of Louisiana
Trent Franks of Arizona
Scott Garrett of New Jersey
Paul Gosar of Arizona
Morgan Griffith of Virginia
Raúl Labrador of Idaho
Alex Mooney of West Virginia
Mick Mulvaney of South Carolina
Gary Palmer of Alabama
Steve Pearce of New Mexico
Scott Perry of Pennsylvania
Ted Poe of Texas
Bill Posey of Florida
Keith Rothfus of Pennsylvania
Mark Sanford of South Carolina
David Schweikert of Arizona
Marlin Stutzman of Indiana
Don’t know who
your Congressman is, click here and put in your zipcode. This is the
third in a series of posts on DEFUNDING the Refugee Admissions Program in the
FY2017 Budget. See Texas, here and Idaho, here. All posts on this topic are
tagged ‘where is Congress.’
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