Option 2:
Posted on 07/15/2014 12:25:58 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
House Republicans are planning to roll out their own plan to address the border crisis by Tuesday—and members say it won't come anywhere near embracing President Obama's $3.7 billion request for more funding.
Exact details of what Republicans will offer as an alternative have not been finalized, including the price tag it will carry, along with any policy proposals.
But in a closed conference meeting Tuesday morning, Speaker John Boehner told his House Republican colleagues that they needed to move quickly, so that at least the GOP-led House passes a plan before its August break.
It will then be up to Democrats in the Senate to decide whether to join Republicans in working out a two-chamber solution, several Republicans said of the strategy.
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul of Texas said Republicans are looking at a number of items as part of their plan. He said it will carry "a message of deterrence, look at more border-security measures, and more judges to process these cases more expeditiously."
"And the National Guard will certainly be in our proposal," he said. "We're looking at all of those components."
"No, it will not be the same as his," McCaul added of any additional spending, as opposed to Obama's $3.7 billion supplemental request to deal with the crisis. The amount of any new border funding is now being considered by the Appropriations Committee led by Harold Rogers of Kentucky.
But GOP conservatives such as Austin Scott of Georgia, said there is little appetite for the idea of "spending $4 billion when we've already appropriated money over and over on these issues and it hasn't resolved the problem."
During Tuesday's closed-door meeting, Republicans also heard from Rep. Kay Granger of Texas and other members of the speaker's special working group assigned to help come up with options for a House strategy to deal with the surge of unaccompanied minors to the U.S.-Mexico border.
The group had arrived back in Washington on Monday night after a weekend trip to Central America. Granger and others in the group did not yet provide specific recommendations, but follow-up meeting or "huddles" with lawmakers are expected through the week.
One of the group's members, Rep. Steve Pearce of New Mexico, whose district lies along the U.S. Mexico border, said that one thing emphasized to them in their meetings in Central American is that leaders of those countries "want their children back—because this is their next generation."
"We need to deal with this in humane way, we need to deal with it a compassionate way, but we also need to deal with it in a firm way,"Pearce said.
Several of the Republicans said they hope their plan, or parts of it, will ultimately receive support from the president and bipartisan support in Congress.
And there does seem already to be some bipartisan support for at least changing current law so that immigrant children at the border can be voluntarily and more swiftly returned to their home countries and families rather than held for deportation hearings, a process already allowed for undocumented young immigrants from Mexico and Canada.
"Some will join us," predicted Scott of potential Democratic support for what the House Republicans plan to be introduced by Tuesday.
"I think you will see others grandstanding," he said.
The proposal should include many trains headed south and Apache helicopters overhead.
At least until a Berlin Wall equivalent fence is built to keep the invaders and drug gangs at bay...
I would love to see a break down of where the money is to be spent. Especially Obama’s 3.7 Billion proposal.
HR 5014 is only one of the ideas I like. It shuts down foreign aid to El Salvador, Guatamala, Honduras, and Mexico until they shut down the flow on their end.
Nevermind getting the President to simply enforce the 2006 Secure Fence Act.
Option 2:
RINO’s meeting to determine how best to help 0 with his *crisis*. No thanks.
“.......Several of the Republicans said they hope their plan, or parts of it, will ultimately receive support from the president and bipartisan support in Congress.”
Now THAT’s a DREAM act in itself.
Unfortunately, I don’t trust Boehner, or most of the other rinos. If they have to move quickly, it is probably a garbage bill the Democrats can turn into amnesty in committee.
Want to bet $1 that not a single one of those enumerated items is in Gutless John’s Bill?
Complete exercise in futility and a waste of time. We have existing laws that the President and Attorney General refuse to enforce. Check out the photo of Obama and Perry in their meeting....that should tell you everything you need to know.
Doesn’t matter what bill is turned in by whom. They will all turn into amnesty bills by the time they are done with them. You can bet on it.
1.) Impeach Obama
2.) Defund the Obama Regime
3.) Order the House Sergeant at Arms to arrest and imprison Obama's minions for Contempt of Congress
4.) Fully support the States that use their Article 1, Section 10 powers to drive the illegal alien invaders back in to Mexico
Anything less is 100% complicity.
60,000 illegals. A free plane ride back to home country plus $2,000 each is $120 million, which will be proportionately taken out of the aid we provide for those countries.
Follow up is any illegal that comes to our country will be sent back at the hosts country’s expense.
Sounds like a great idea
How about flat out repeal of the Bush era law that Central American yutes be held and afforded a hearing and insert new language that says their butts will be pushed back over the border as soon as they step over the border.
No hearings, no immigration lawyers, no medical attention, just rapid delivery to the Mexicano border agents.
OK, but to the point. IS OBAMA going to support the Republican plan?
From the article: “.......Several of the Republicans said they hope their plan, or parts of it, will ultimately receive support from the president and bipartisan support in Congress.”
I say these guys are dreaming (I referred to them as a “Dream act”) if they believe Obama, or his Democrat yes men/women will let it happen.
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