House stays in session to pass border bill that will go nowhere

thisnumbersdisconnected · Aug 2, 2014

Fox News: 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.
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A day late and a dollar short. The Senate adjourned Thursday, and even if they miraculously reconvened and passed the House bill, Obama has said he would veto it and "act alone ... make some tough choices to meet the challenge, with or without Congress." Translation: "I've got a pen ... I've got a phone ... "

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