Good to see that a few Republicans are paying attention
Posted on 02/28/2015 7:02:52 AM PST by cotton1706
Senate Republicans are fuming over the House GOP’s decision to extend the standoff over the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), a move that they say uses up political oxygen and burns precious time on the legislative calendar.
GOP senators say it’s time to move on to other issues, such as the budget, trade legislation, and regulatory and tax reform.
They must defend 24 seats in the 2016 election and worry that voters could soon start to question their ability to govern unless they can move forward with a more substantive agenda.
The fight over President Obama’s executive actions on immigration brought that agenda to a standstill in February, as the threat of a homeland security shutdown thwarted other priorities.
“I just think we ought to move on to other things. I’m not sure how it helps for the American people to have the perception that Republicans in the Senate and Republicans in the House are at odds with each other,” said Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).
“We have a lot of initiatives I think we could show the American people we can work together on,” he added.
Senate Republicans say there’s no need to extend the battle over immigration given that a federal court in Texas has declared that Obama’s executive action violated the Administrative Procedure Act.
“Why don’t we just look at the court decision in Texas, declare victory and move on?” said Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.).
Senate Republicans say they expect the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold Judge Andrew Hanen’s ruling on the district level.
“When the judge ruled, that was the way I wanted to end it,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.).
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Maybe I missed something. I thought spending bills originated in the House. Once passed out of the house the bill goes to the Senate. The Senate then considers the House bill and, if differences arise, the House and Senate form a conference committee to iron out the differences. The compromise bill is then voted on by the House and the Senate. Upon passage by the House and Senate the bill is sent to the president for approval or veto. Am I wrong about how this process is supposed to work?
The EXEMPT US Senate, defilers of the US Constitution,
kept themselves EXEMPT from taxes they DEEMED
for the lower people beneath their heels.
I would be really cool if the founding fathers had set it up
where the State Legislatures would appoint two senators
to represent the interests of the States at the federal level.
I wonder why they didn’t think of something like that.
Go suck eggs, McCain.
The House did it correctly.
The eggs should radioactive.
Very much so.
Good to see that a few Republicans are paying attention
repeal the 17th and get rid of graham style senate asshats who seem to be part of the problem:
gee, why don’t we roll the dice with the constitution and let the USSC do our jobs for us, wink wink (oink oink)...
“Why don’t we just look at the court decision in Texas, declare victory and move on?” said Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.).”
How about you and the rest of the Senate Quislings file an emergency brief with SCOTUS and have them rule on it?
Until that treasonous bastard in the White House is shut down on his illegal amnesty agenda it will keep coming back like a wooden nickel. There is no victory until owebama stops fighting the rule of law!
Running, no doubt, on the premise, "Hey, vote for us. We promise not to keep the promises we make."
If the Senate were serious about governing it would remove McConnell as majority leader.
Republican senators want to move past this uncomfortable and devisive issue so they can resume some Bi-Lateral plundering of the treasury and slopping at the pig trough.
Their pals, relatives and political contributors are starting to wonder when the money will start flowing again.
Fruck them.
My thoughts also. McConnell could have said that national security was too important to play political football with, and passed it via reconciliation and sent it to Obama for a veto. But that would have required courage.
The Senate just gets in the way , remove it !!
Dude, that’s so 1980s...
This is 2015; get with the program!
The Executive Branch and the Senate don’t need no steenkin Constitution. Glad the GOP is back in charge. Those RINOs are sure making a huge difference!
So the argument now from the limpwrists in the GOP is that we should just trust and wait on the courts while thousands of illegals are granted amnesty? These guys are a piece of work. They should be attacking the Democrats for putting illegal amnesty and non citizens above the national security interests of the United states.
“Why don’t we just look at the court decision in Texas, declare victory and move on?” said Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.).”
Flake knows full well that the temporary stay could be lifted at any time.
He’s hoping that we are stupid enough to not know that when they endorse the illegal amnesty for illegal aliens by funding it that will be used in court against us.
Flake is a traitor, AZ, how could you not know this?
I was on to Flake when he was in the House.
“Why don’t we just look at the court decision in Texas, declare victory and move on?” said Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.). “
Now we have an excuse not to do our job.
Completely correct.
They are quislings.
So do I get this right: the GOPe Senators are more worried about getting re-elected than they are standing up to the unconstitutional power grab of the President on executive amnesty?
The House is doing what they were sent there to do. Doesn’t matter much to me whether the likes of Mitch the Bitch McConnell or Juan McCain and the likes get re-elected. By virtue of caving to Obama on executive amnesty, they have become traitors to our country by being complicit with Obama in destroying the Constitution. They are sworn to uphold the Constitution, not to get re-elected.
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