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  • 'Partisan Politics Prevailed': Senate Blocks Modest Step to Strengthen Refugee Screening

    01/21/2016 7:05:42 AM PST · by Kaslin · 31 replies
    Townhall.com ^ | January 21, 2016 | Cortney O'Brien
    Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul's (R-TX) SAFE Act asked that the director of the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and the director of national intelligence confirm that refugees from Syria and Iraq pose no threat to the country. Senate Democrats apparently thought that those terms were too radical and have blocked the common sense measure.While the SAFE Act seemed to scream bipartisanship, it did not gain enough votes during a procedural vote Wednesday. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid dismissed the legislation as nothing more than a "divisive platform" modeled after Donald Trump's controversial rhetoric. An infuriated Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)...