Tuesday, February 17, 2015
A Marked Preference for self immolation
Republican/Teabaggers in Congress have been given an opportunity to re-do the Homeland Security funding bill without the contentious amendment on the President's executive order. A gold plated chance to save their asses and let the courts stop the President. And they responded with a hearty Hell No!
Judge Andrew S. Hanen of Federal District Court in Brownsville, Texas, ordered a halt to Mr. Obama’s executive actions late Monday, ruling that a coalition of 26 states had the legal grounds to challenge programs that would provide work permits to as many as five million people and protect them from deportation.And so it is likely that the reactionary asshole wing of the Republican/Teabaggers will prevent the funding of the DHS at the same time said RA wing of the party is howling for the services of the DHS to be increased. And since the latest polls show that a majority of Americans know full well that the Republicans are to blame for this, all we can say is "Flame On" GOP, "Flame On"!
Republican lawmakers could argue that the federal courts will end up doing what the party is trying to do with its showdown over Homeland Security funding, potentially freeing Congress to fund the department without restrictions. But in a series of coordinated statements on Tuesday, Republican leaders in Congress and officials at conservative organizations showed no sign of relenting.
They said they would continue to hold up the money unless the Homeland Security funding bill included language that would stop the immigration programs. Republicans called on Senate Democrats to end a filibuster of that legislation.
”This ruling underscores what the president has already acknowledged publicly 22 times: He doesn’t have the authority to take the kinds of actions he once referred to as ‘ignoring the law’ and ‘unwise and unfair,’” Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the majority leader, said in a statement. “Senate Democrats — especially those who’ve voiced opposition to the president’s executive overreach — should end their partisan filibuster of Department of Homeland Security funding.”
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