House passes bill declaring Obamas actions on immigration null and void
���Our voters who sent us back here in a resounding way in the majority, and retaking the majority in the Senate, expected us to be a little more forceful in our fight.��� Republican leaders fear such spending-bill language could court an Obama veto and.
GOPs Reince Priebus stumbles on immigration, Democrats.
MarcACaputo The different Republican State of the Union responses about immigration (nada in English, un poquito en Espa��ol) was so tough for national GOP Chairman Reince Priebus to explain Wednesday that he tried to blame.. As someone with a familiarity with the politics and ���not the policy,��� Priebus couldnt say that the composition of the U.S. Houses GOP caucus includes a majority of members who hail from conservative (and sometimes gerrymandered)��.
Ancestry of Liberty Caucus Members: Voices From (For) the.
The Republican Party has had a genuine and formal dissident political bloc for the past 11 years, led by the indefatigable Ron Paul, called Liberty Caucus���.. We need to stop illegal immigration totally, and���. government power and the emerging U.S. welfare state, but not really focused on social conservatism or foreign affairs [the ���isolationists��� were led by Taft]; (2) The Barry Goldwater campaign of 1964 (the legacy of which a great many Republicans today claim��.
House Republicans Officially File Suit Against President.
The filing of this suit falls just a day after President Obama announced executive action on immigration, renewing Republican cries that the president continually oversteps his authority.. A White House spokesperson responded today by dismissing the lawsuit as lacking in ���any sound legal basis.���. Now they are to judge us and intelligence... I hope the Supreme Court doesnt try their This ruling should only be used once trick like they did with the Florida vote.
Beck: Obama May Cause Racial Chaos if Immigration.
Glenn Beck finds something alarming in President Obama planning immigration action the same week of an expected Ferguson ruling, and wondered aloud today whether Obamas doing this to stir up racial chaos.. from wherever they hail from originally. As of 2010 there estimates of 12M+ illegals here (Pew), there are 8 Million illegals in the job market..that leaves..4M without jobs, living on unemployment or using US Citizen resources. That is 1/3 of all Illegals!
Policy? What Policy?
According to Thompson, the Department of Homeland Security asked OLC to evaluate proposals to grant relief to two groups of illegal aliens: the parents of U.S. citizens (subject to the further qualifications noted by Podhoretz), and the parents of.
All hail the new House leadership: Cruz, King, and Bachmann
Republicans in Washington have repeatedly called the situation at our border a crisis; yet, tonight they are considering partisan legislation that will not address the problem and is sure to be rejected by the Senate. As the President said today, the Administration will continue to manage the border as responsibly as possible and address our broken immigration system, but no Administrative action is a substitute for Congressional action. Thats why the President will urge��.
Like Obama, George W. Bush Let Illegal Immigrants Stay.
When President Barack Obama decided to allow undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children to stay in the country and work, Republicans blew a gasket.. Steve King (R-Iowa) vowed to sue the administration in court to block the move. And Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, accused Obama of putting partisan politics and illegal immigrants ahead of the rule of law and the American people.
7 conservatives who have compared Obama to Hitler
Texas Republican Congressman Randy Weber came under withering criticism last night after he posted a tweet comparing President Obama with Adolf Hitler. The occasion for such an incendiary comparison? Unlike Obama, who did not attend an anti-terror .
The Washington Report ��� January 30, 2015 | Capstone.
������Given Republicans insistence that any changes to the Senates byzantine rules require the support of 67 senators, its impossible to envision the filibuster disappearing anytime soon on Supreme Court nominees.��� ������������. The presidents actions could allow up to 5 million undocumented immigrants to temporarily stay in the country and work legally if they came to the U.S. as children or are parents of U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents. They would also��.
GOP says hail no to Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson
Shes a lightning rod ��� perhaps the lightning rod ��� for conservatives in Wisconsin. Just say the name Shirley, (no last name required), in the presence of a conservative and watch brows furrow and faces flush. She has a way of doing that to certain.
EXCLUSIVE: Americas last great convention: Mondale, Jackson and Hart dish to.
Democratic rules had shifted from ���winner take all��� primaries to ���winner take more��� primaries whereby winners earned an extra delegate in each district where he was the top voter getter. This helped Mondale. So did the 550 super delegates; four out of.
Colorados Democratic Drift Seems to Stall
AURORA, Colo.���With its pockets of immigrants and young families, this growing city outside Denver symbolizes the demographic winds that seemed to be pushing Colorado and similar states into the Democratic fold. That drift this year appears more.
Some politicians hail Obama immigration plan, others cry #fail
I regret that he has reversed his position today by ordering executive action which not only lacks legal justification, but will set back important bipartisan efforts to reform our broken immigration system and secure our nations borders. At the same time, I believe that we Republicans must remain committed to advancing the broad, common-sense conservative agenda we share, and prove to the American people we can legislate solutions and govern effectively.
Romney Planning to Etch-a-Sketch His Way Out of His.
So his response will apparently be to go all-in with the GOPs Hail Mary on immigration���a version of the DREAM Act that would keep those kids from being deported without giving them any hope of actual citizenship; perpetual second-class status with a guarantee those youngsters will. Indeed, Romney even campaigned with an anti-immigrant leader who has ties to hate groups and helped pen Arizonas ���show us your papers��� bill ��� on Martin Luther King Day.
Republicans hail court ruling on immigration
WASHINGTON ��� Republicans hailed a Monday court ruling as proof that President Obama overstepped his authority on immigration while Democrats predicted the presidents power to grant temporary legal status to some undocumented immigrants would be.
Republicans Furious After Obama Announces Will Give 5.
Because according to the NYT, here comes Obama with a package of executive actions which will assure Congress full of furious Republicans, which will result in a broad overhaul of the nations immigration enforcement system but more importantly,. Consequently, there is no immigration data to share with anyone. You want to protect yourself for future U.S. citizenship and other government benefits and programs by registering with Selective Service. Do it today.
Thank GOODNESS Bob Dole could NOT make it in todays.
The Republicans that hail from Doles time offered conservative big government solutions to combat moderately liberal big government solutions. Americans want contrast not copy cats. It was Bob Doles neoconservative view��.
Murphy was tapped after Newtown to reform the mental health system
The Republican congressman held multiple hearings looking into the state of the nations mental health care system. Even with his years of training, Murphy still gets taken aback when he hears stories from families. He marvels at the love of.
EPW chairman meeting to set 2015 agenda Hatch open to talking gas tax.
Senate EPW Republicans are meeting to set their agenda for the year, the FAA is making a non-drone-related announcement and President Barack Obama is traveling to the heart of auto manufacturing to hail the end of the auto bailout. Lets jump right in.
Immigration and LGBTQs: Inside ICE detention
Undocumented immigrants who are arrested by Immigration Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) agents in Illinois are often detained at facilities scattered across the state.. The same system is used for court appearances. Inside.. Of particular concern are.
White House hits TV networks for skipping immigration address
The White House is exasperated with the major broadcast networks ��� ABC, CBS and NBC ��� for skipping out on President Barack Obamas Thursday prime-time address on his executive actions on immigration. ���In 2006, [President George W.] Bush gave a .
Pontiac police stop not just about pockets: Column
Or the testimony given by a Ferguson police officer that the Michael Brown, the black teen who he shot, looked like a demon, that he was enraged, not defeated, by bullet wounds, that he was almost bulking up to run through the hail of gunfire, like.
The Republicans Bad Day and What it Means for America
What will Republicans do now that the impossible has happened, that the Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the loathed Obamacare? Now that the Supreme Court has struck down much of the infamous Arizona Immigration��.
Obama announces actions on immigration: What Im.
President expected to describe new executive actions on immigration reform that would remove deportation threat for millions of migrants.. But today, our immigration system is broken, and everybody knows it... They hail a ���grand success��� and a ���great day for America.���. ���Administration officials cite, in particular, the Supreme Courts ruling in a 2012 case rejecting key provisions in a new Arizona anti-illegal immigration law,��� writes Josh Gerstein in Politico.
House GOP Files Lawsuit Over Health Law
The lawsuit, filed in a Washington, D.C., federal court a day after President Barack Obama said he would act without Congress on an immigration overhaul, exacerbates an already frayed relationship between the White House and congressional Republicans, .
YouGov | What should be done about illegal immigrant.
. Central America. While the feeling that the immigrants expect amnesty is highest among Republicans, 51% of Hispanics and 44% of Democrats also believe that is the major driver of child immigration.. Of course, even then it was a question of LEGAL, not ILLEGAL immigration and while some hearts may bleed at the sight of war and pestilence, that cannot be the governing factor in making our decisions TODAY, and not based on the conditions of 120 years ago.
Lone Walk leads Deval Patrick back to private life
Under the state Constitution, he was required to rule by Wednesday whether lawmakers base pay should be adjusted based on changes in the states median household income over the last two years. But, in a letter released Wednesday night, after he had .
Obama Announces that he Will Rule Without Congress on.
While Republicans have remained open to ideas aimed at curbing illegal immigration, all pieces of legislation that have gained any sort of traction in the House or Senate have called for some form of amnesty- a reward of citizenship for. Obamas announcement came just days after the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that he had overstepped his offices limitations by making recess appointments and it came on the same day that the Supreme Court affirmed the��.
Obamas immigration order: Whats a Catholic Republican to.
There is current immigration laws in place in the US which have been blatantly ignored. Why should those who break the law now get rewarded? Should we just give them 10 Hail Marys and 10 Our Fathers and welcome them��.
How Congress Can Fix the Justice System
Sharpton, a big Obama supporter, says that so far he thinks the president has responded well; better than President Bill Clinton did in 1999 when Amadou Diallo, an unarmed Haitian immigrant, died in a hail of 41 bullets fired by New York police.
Punchlines: Immigration, network and GOP battle
The major networks decided to bow out of airing President Obamas speech on immigration Thursday night, during which he detailed a plan to use executive action to give millions of undocumented immigrants protection from deportation. What did lack of .