Popular Posts

Friday, August 01, 2014

House Revives, Approves Border Crisis Bill – As Obama Vows To ‘Act Alone’

The House late Friday revived and approved a Republican-authored border crisis bill after GOP leaders hurriedly resolved an internal battle that scuttled the vote a day earlier – but with the Senate on recess and the House soon to follow, there’s little chance of any bill reaching President Obama’s desk until the fall.

The president now is vowing to act unilaterally to address the illegal immigration issue.

The House legislation was approved on a 223-189 vote. The new version of the bill adds additional funding for the National Guard and includes policy changes meant to speed deportations of illegal immigrant children surging across the southern border

More

2 comments:

  1. Big whoop! The president has already said he would veto anything the congress passed. At least the did something though.

    ReplyDelete

Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.