Centrists break in deportation vote (centrists = pro-amnesty republicans)

thehill.com ^ | 1/14/15 | Cameron Joseph

[cotton1706]

More than two dozen House Republicans broke with their party on Wednesday to oppose defunding a program that lets those who entered the U.S. illegally as children to stay in the country, a sign of tension within the party on immigration.

A total of 26 GOP lawmakers bucked leadership and voted with Democrats against an amendment to defund Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

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Freshman Reps. Ryan Costello (R-Pa.), Carlos Curbelo (R-Fla.), Crescent Hardy (R-Nev.), John Katko (R-N.Y.), Tom MacArthur (R-N.J.) and Martha McSally (R-Ariz.) all voted with Democrats on the amendment, as did perennial Democratic targets including Reps. Mike Coffman (R-Colo.), Jeff Denham (R-Calif.), Robert Dold (R-Ill.), Chris Gibson (R-N.Y.) and David Valadao (R-Calif.).

The rest of the list features more centrist Republicans from slightly safer districts that have either large Hispanic populations, like Reps. Mark Amodei (R-Nev.) and Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.), or are in more suburban Northeastern and Midwestern territory, like Reps. Pete King (R-N.Y.), Charlie Dent (R-Pa.) and Fred Upton (R-Mich.).

The lone exception who might be taking on more political risk with her vote is Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-N.C.), who warded off a challenge from a conservative border hawk in 2014.

The 26 Republicans who voted against the amendment were:

Mark Amodei (Nev.)

Mike Coffman (Colo.)

Ryan Costello (Pa.)

Carlos Curbelo (Fla.)

Jeff Denham (Calif.)

Charlie Dent (Pa.)

Mario Díaz-Balart (Fla.)

Robert Dold (Ill.)

Renee Ellmers (N.C.)

Chris Gibson (N.Y.)

Richard Hanna (N.Y.)

Cresent Hardy (Nev.)

Joe Heck (Nev.)

John Katko (N.Y.)

Pete King (N.Y.)

Adam Kinzinger (Ill.)

Frank LoBiondo (N.J.)

Tom MacArthur (N.J.)

Martha McSally (Ariz.)

Pat Meehan (Pa.)

Devin Nunes (Calif.)

Dave Reichert (Wash.)

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (Fla.)

Chris Smith (N.J.)

Fred Upton (Mich.)

David Valadao (Calif.)

[LeoWindhorse]

shameful

[PhilCollins]

Two Illinois Republicans, Bob Dold and Adam Kinzinger, voted to help illegal aliens. Which conservatives will oppose those RINO’s in the 2016 primary? I hope their conservative opponents will announce in Feb. or March.

[montag813]

Arizona’s Martha McSally? I am disgusted beyond words. I helped her repeatedly on social media and she won by less than 200 votes. Never again. Traitor.

[grania]

McSally BEGGED conservatives all across the nation for support when her election was in jeopardy. Has the woman no shame?