Conservative leadership's Do Nothing defunding plan
Obama's unconstitutional amnesty will give illegal aliens work permits and social security numbers. As soon as those are issued, there will be no turning back - no one is going to deport those aliens.
That's why it is important to defund the amnesty now. Not next year. Now.
So-called conservatives are talking about a "Cromnibus" hybrid funding bill, which will fund most of the government through the rest of fiscal year (through September 2015). It will fund immigration-related agencies through March. But here is no rider attached to the bill defunding Obama's amnesty!
We know that Speaker Boehner supports Obama's amnesty. The Republican leadership wants amnesty. They think Americans - conservative Americans in particular - are stupid and will fall for their "do nothing" plan.
Here is a very important article shedding light on this ploy:
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Don't be Grubered by Boehner's Amnesty Plan
By Daniel Horowitz, Conservative Review, December 2, 2014
First they tried to tell us they couldn't defund Obama's amnesty. Now, Boehner and his bootlickers are making it clear that they won't defund it.
Before delving into the minutia of the Boehner plan to fund amnesty, it's important to understand the context that preceded this plan...
That is it. There's no reason to analyze his strategy in opposing amnesty because he downright supports open borders and even told Obama to pull the trigger on his unconstitutional executive action...
So what is the window dressing?
They will pass a so-called "Cromnibus" hybrid bill, in which most of government will be funded for the remainder of the fiscal year (through September 2015), while immigration-related agencies will be funded through March. There is no rider attached to the bill defunding Obama's amnesty within the relevant agencies tasked with executing the illegal act. They think House conservatives are suckers who believe that leadership will fight to defund amnesty early next year when they win back the Senate.
But leadership realized that they needed some sweetener to sugar-coat the lack of an immediate response, so they are passing a stand-alone bill nullifying Obama's amnesty. Once again, they think we are stupid. Any bill that does not condition the funding for the immigration agencies to a rider defunding Obama's amnesty is a joke. It will never force the issue, and they know it...
It's time for them to execute their constitutional powers of the purse and defund the amnesty programs, including the issuance of work permits and social security cards.
Some conservatives might be fooled by the argument that we will have more leverage if we punt the fight into next year when Republicans control the Senate. But this false sense of hope fails to account for the fact that Boehner agrees with Obama and has no intention of fighting this - ever. They will simply use the reprieve granted to them by conservatives to distract from fighting Obama's amnesty...
Moreover, even if we had a committed conservative majority, we will not have much more leverage than we do now. Even with GOP control of the Senate, Democrats have the ability to filibuster a bill they don't like, preventing it from reaching the president's desk...
It's all about having a morally clear message that we will fund all lawful aspects of government except for the illegal amnesty. And the longer Republicans wait to fight while agreeing to fund these agencies, the weaker they look...
Related article
Sessions: Congress Must Deny Funding For Obama’s Illegal Amnesty And Work Authorization, Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL), December 2, 2014.
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