This is why I didn't vote for the turtle.
January 15, 2015 HERSHEY, Pa.—After
hearing a week's worth of complaints from his conservative members,
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday that the Senate
will attempt to approve a House-passed bill that guts President Obama's
executive actions on immigration.
Months
after the president announced his executive action to protect millions
of illegal immigrants within U.S. borders, Senate Republican leaders
have been cagey about how they will respond, raising concerns among
border hawks within the conference. But McConnell affirmed at a joint
House and Senate Republican retreat in Hershey, Pa., that he will work
to get the House's bill—which passed that chamber Wednesday—to the
president's desk. "We're going to try to pass it," he told reporters
Thursday.
The
House bill appears very unlikely to pass the Senate, where McConnell
will need to attract at least six Democrats to reach the 60-vote
threshold to end debate. Although conservatives have called on McConnell
to bring the bill to the floor immediately, he did not offer a timeline
for consideration on Thursday. Funding for the Department of Homeland
Security expires at the end of February.
McConnell
did not provide a path forward Thursday in the likely case that the
House bill fails. Passing the House bill would "be our first choice,"
McConnell said. "If we're not able to do that, then we'll let you know
what's next." Keep on reading...
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