Posted on 07/10/2014 10:25:13 AM PDT by jazusamo
Speaker John Boehner on Thursday said Republicans will not give a “blank check” to President Obama to deal with the crisis on the border.
While Boehner (R-Ohio) said no decisions have been made on legislation, he was adamant that there will be strings attached to the emergency funding that Obama has requested to deal with the thousands of unaccompanied children who have entered into the United States.
“I can tell you this: We're not giving the president a blank check," Boehner said. "Beyond that, we'll await further discussions with our members before we make a final decision."
With Congress set to leave town in early August for a month-long recess, Boehner said he thinks the House should act on border legislation this month, though he declined to offer specifics.
"I do believe that the House should act this month. What that action would be I think has yet to be determined," Boehner said at this weekly Capitol press conference.
Asked whether he thinks Republicans would suffer a political backlash if the border funding isn’t provided, the Speaker said the blame for the problem falls on Obama’s doorstep.
"This is a problem of the president's own making," Boehner said with a raised voice. "He's been president for five and a half years. When's he going to take responsibility for something?"
Republicans argue Obama’s relaxed deportation policies have encouraged the influx of children across the southern border. The White House acknowledges that there are misperceptions about Obama’s immigration policies in Latin America, but says other factors are driving the border surge.
One of the complicating factors for responding to the crisis is a 2008 human trafficking law that prevents unaccompanied children who are not from Mexico or Canada from being quickly deported.
The Speaker said he supports the administration’s call for changing the trafficking law.
"I do," Boehner said. "And the president agrees with it as well."
"Clearly, we would probably like the language to be similar to what we have with Mexico," Boehner said.
Obama has requested $3.7 billion in emergency funding to speed up the deportations process, and on Wednesday demanded that Congress take swift action on the request.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Republicans would be blamed if they don't move quickly on the border funds.
"If we do that, then we’re going to get blamed for perpetuating the problem," Graham told reporters
But some conservatives are wary of giving the White House such a large chunk of cash without assurances it will be used to toughen border security.
Boehner said he is still awaiting the results of a review from the House Appropriations Committee and the House GOP working group about border security. The findings of the report could influence the GOP’s next steps.
yep, it all boils down to “don’t ask any politician any questions and they won’t tell Americans no lies”. I’ll die fast when it starts but remember everyone ... Each of us was warned because of the Internet. Hi nsa ....
Here we go.
Don't worry folks... it's ALL in the spirit of good Kabuki theater.
They’re not “chilrens” and MANY are likely not even latin/hispanics.
Under Obama, any money provided would only go to liberal non-profits like La Raza.
True Jane. Don’t tell anyone though ... that’s classified.
But its for the children
Boehner never sounds reassuring. What he should have said is that they will give sufficient funds to put the National Guard on the border and then when its locked down they will take another look at the other stuff.
Hey Glenn Beck is delvering soccer balls and teddy bears so its all taken care of anyway.
Given that that states have never delegated to Congress, expressly via the Constitution, the specific power to regulate immigration, immigration a 10th Amendment-protected intrastate power issue, corrupt Congress shouldn't be laying takes for such purposes anyway.
“Congress is not empowered to tax for those purposes which are within the exclusive province of the States.” —Justice John Marshall, Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824.
So state revenues that the border states could be using to deal with border problems are being illegally sat on by the feds at this time.
As a side note concerning the federal government's constitutionally limited powers, please consider the following. The states would sure be a dull, boring place to grow up and live in if parents were to make sure that their children were taught about the federal government's constitutionally limited powers as the Founding States had intended for those powers to be understood. /sarc
Great point ... Thank You!
Wait a minuter, these people are NOT children!!!!
How can we get this picture into wider circulation? It is worth a thousand lies that this is for the “children.”
I will send it to those I know.
Thank-you.
Regarding the “2008 human trafficking law” that Zero hinges everything on and is pointed to as really being a Bush created problem - I believe that the “law” actually hearkens back to the Clinton era and was essentially expiring in 2008, so the extension with whatever baggage was what happened then.
The real bottom line is that the law - whoever it can be blamed on irrelevant - is not being followed at all. Given that some sort of extra scrutiny is required under the law for minors before deportation - OK, Zero - show us anyone that has been through the process and deported. Just not happening. Why give more money to make a system that is not effectively deporting minors found to not be part of “human trafficking” at the heart of that law.
do these look like babies?????
Hell, no! He can have that $3B now, but gosh darn it, he'll have to come back and get a second check for the NEXT $3B.
jeez... u can't make this stuff up!
no wonder, that no pics are allowed!
Average age appears to be about 30.
Latest batch of Democrat voters.
But, but, but - - - - Speaker Boehner’s nickname is BLANK CHECK!?
Boehner has loyally paid for everything that Obama has charged to us taxpayers - - - , now that is a really BIG Blank Check!
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