NEW REPORT SAYS CONGRESS CAN DEFUND OBAMA'S AMNESTY

NEW REPORT SAYS CONGRESS CAN DEFUND OBAMA'S AMNESTY

Republican leaders in Congress don't want to do what it takes to stop the president's executive amnesty. Some lawmakers were caught last week telling their constituents that they're powerless to stop the amnesty because it will be funded with user fees, not through the annual appropriation process. This isn't true and a new report from the Congressional Research Service (CRS) sets the record straight.

According to Breitbart News, the report prepared for U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) concludes that "no matter how USCIS gets it money – even if it's from a prior authorization appropriation that is permanent and based on fee collection – Congress can still restrict the use of that money for some purposes." This is exactly what Republicans in Congress must do.

Please add your name to the national petition to defund Obama's amnesty.

GOP PLANS TO PASS MASSIVE OMNIBUS SPENDING BILL

According to reports from Capitol Hill, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) are working on a plan to pass a massive omnibus spending bill in the lame duck session. The plan will allow Harry Reid (D-NV) and the Democrats to control spending for most of the government until next fall and won't stop the president's executive amnesty. A separate, short-term bill will be passed that funds only immigration services until early next year.

The strategy is designed to trick conservative lawmakers into agreeing to a massive omnibus spending bill in exchange for a promise to fight against amnesty next year. It's a trap. GOP leaders have no plans to fight amnesty and they're simply trying to get conservatives to cave on spending in the lame duck session. We have seen this before. Republican leaders promise to fight another day, but that day never comes. It's the old Lucy and the football trick.


The Republican establishment won't fight the president's amnesty unless conservatives force them to. Conservatives in Congress should not support any appropriations bill unless it includes language to defund the president's amnesty.

What do you think?

Should conservatives agree to a long-term omnibus spending bill now in exchange for a promise from GOP leaders to fight the president's amnesty next year?

1) Yes

2) No

3) Not Sure

DEMOCRATS BEGIN TO DISTANCE THEMSELVES FROM OBAMACARE

Democrats are beginning to come to terms with the political consequences of supporting Obamacare. U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) – the third ranking Democrat in the Senate – said his party made a mistake by passing Obamacare in 2009 rather than focussing on helping the middle class. "Democrats blew the opportunity the American people gave them," Schumer said. "We took their mandate and put all our focus on the wrong problem – health care reform."

Senate Republicans should capitalize on the Democrats' retreat and send a bill to the president's desk that fully repeals Obamacare. They can pass it with only 51 votes using budget reconciliation. With Democrats distancing themselves from Obamacare, now is not the time for Republicans to give up on full repeal.