House GOP Votes to Deport Children Of Illegal Immigrants

Posted by | January 14, 2015 20:00 | Filed under: Contributors News Behaving Badly Opinion Politics Tommy Christopher Top Stories

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In the US House of Representatives Wednesday morning, legislators from both parties debated amendments to the Department of Homeland Security funding bill that would undercut President Obama’s executive actions on immigration, which the President has already promised to veto. Despite several of his colleagues’ insistence that this has everything to do with immigration, Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) took to the House floor to explain that his party was striking a blow against a “lawless” president. If you want to have a little fun with this, take a drink every time Boehner says “and I quote…”, or as Boehner calls it, “warming up.”

That all makes total sense, right? If someone gets a DUI, you obviously cut off funding for his gas money. This should completely satisfy the anti-immigration hardliners in the Republican conference.

Following that rousing speech, the House voted on the measures, and while the final bill passed by a convincing-enough margin of 237-190, there were ten Republican defections. Justin Amash (R-MI), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Jeff Denham (R-CA), Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL), Robert Dold (R-IL), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) and David Valadao (R-CA) all voted against the final bill, while two Democrats, Brad Ashford (D-NE) and Collin Peterson (D-MN). defected and voted yes.

That’s not earth-shaking, but it does show the general contours of the immigration rift among Republicans. Much more ominous is the vote total for another amendment, this one to defund the President’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a much more popular action that affects hundreds of thousands of so-called DREAMers, and has been in effect since 2012. That amendment was…READ MORE

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By: Tommy Christopher

Tommy Christopher is The Daily Banter's White House Correspondent and Political Analyst. He's been a political reporter and liberal commentator since 2007, and has covered the White House since the beginning of the Obama administration, first for PoliticsDaily, and then for Mediaite. Christopher is a frequent guest on a variety of television, radio, and online programs, and was the villain in the documentaries The Audacity of Democracy and Hating Breitbart. He's also That Guy Who Live-Tweeted His Own Heart Attack, and the only person to have ever received public apologies from both Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck.

50 responses to House GOP Votes to Deport Children Of Illegal Immigrants

  1. tracey marie January 14th, 2015 at 20:08

    morons in charge of the houses, damn this next 2 years are going to be exciting

  2. tracey marie January 14th, 2015 at 21:08

    morons in charge of the houses, damn this next 2 years are going to be exciting

  3. Hirightnow January 14th, 2015 at 20:09

    ” take a drink every time Boehner says “and I quote…”…”
    I watched it…am I Speaker yet?

    • tracey marie January 14th, 2015 at 20:10

      no, I am *hic* now wheres my gavel thingy

      • Hirightnow January 14th, 2015 at 20:20

        RINO!

        • tracey marie January 14th, 2015 at 20:21

          lol

          • Hirightnow January 14th, 2015 at 20:21

            :)

            • tracey marie January 14th, 2015 at 20:43

              How awful I was to you a few times because I do not trust people easily. I apologize and I am glad I took and deep breath and actually lightened up

              • Hirightnow January 14th, 2015 at 20:49

                Aww, don’t worry about it…all is forgiven.
                Just because a person doesn’t immediately recognize my tendencies toward snark and sarcasm, it doesn’t mean I have to hunt them down and flay them alive take offense…

      • allison1050 January 14th, 2015 at 21:45

        No way Tracey! I am hic hic hic

        • tracey marie January 14th, 2015 at 21:55

          Hi there allison

          • rg9rts January 15th, 2015 at 04:48

            TAG

          • allison1050 January 15th, 2015 at 05:57

            Hi there Tracey! Here’s hoping all is well with you and see you soon.

        • rg9rts January 15th, 2015 at 04:48

          Thwack TAG oops wrong one

  4. Hirightnow January 14th, 2015 at 21:09

    ” take a drink every time Boehner says “and I quote…”…”
    I watched it…am I Speaker yet?

    • tracey marie January 14th, 2015 at 21:10

      no, I am *hic* now wheres my gavel thingy

      • Hirightnow January 14th, 2015 at 21:20

        RINO!

        • tracey marie January 14th, 2015 at 21:21

          lol

          • Hirightnow January 14th, 2015 at 21:21

            :)

            • tracey marie January 14th, 2015 at 21:43

              How awful I was to you a few times because I do not trust people easily. I apologize and I am glad I took and deep breath and actually lightened up

              • Hirightnow January 14th, 2015 at 21:49

                Aww, don’t worry about it…all is forgiven.
                Just because a person doesn’t immediately recognize my tendencies toward snark and sarcasm, it doesn’t mean I have to hunt them down and flay them alive take offense…

      • allison1050 January 14th, 2015 at 22:45

        No way Tracey! I am hic hic hic

        • tracey marie January 14th, 2015 at 22:55

          Hi there allison

          • rg9rts January 15th, 2015 at 05:48

            TAG

          • allison1050 January 15th, 2015 at 06:57

            Hi there Tracey! Here’s hoping all is well with you and see you soon.

        • rg9rts January 15th, 2015 at 05:48

          Thwack TAG oops wrong one

  5. Obewon January 14th, 2015 at 20:48

    “Deport children who are legal U.S. Citizens”-GOP family values are exactly like everything else the functional illiterate party claims. 14th Amendment Constitutional illiteracy is the only remaining excuse for today’s lockstep Republiklan racism.

  6. Obewon January 14th, 2015 at 21:48

    “Deport children who are legal U.S. Citizens”-GOP family values are exactly like everything else the functionally illiterate party claims. 14th Amendment Constitutional illiteracy is the only remaining excuse for today’s lockstep Republiklan racism.

  7. rg9rts January 15th, 2015 at 04:45

    Hey they are out of the womb ….so are fair game for the gopee hate machine

  8. rg9rts January 15th, 2015 at 05:45

    Hey they are out of the womb ….so are fair game for the gopee hate machine

  9. Warman1138 January 15th, 2015 at 07:25

    Awfully big hearts on the right hand side of things, about as big a microgram.

  10. Warman1138 January 15th, 2015 at 08:25

    Awfully big hearts on the right hand side of things, about as big a microgram.

  11. booker25 January 15th, 2015 at 08:45

    The RW keep trying to say the executive order was illegal, it wasn’t but the talking points have to repeated until someone believes them.

  12. Böcker January 15th, 2015 at 09:45

    The RW keep trying to say the executive order was illegal, it wasn’t but the talking points have to repeated until someone believes them.

  13. Tom Pryor January 15th, 2015 at 11:39

    Veto.

  14. Tom Pryor January 15th, 2015 at 12:39

    Veto.

  15. imapayne January 15th, 2015 at 22:37

    All of Boehner’s ” I quotes” prove just how obstructive the GOP/TP have been. I wonder how many shots he had before he addressed the House??

  16. imapayne January 15th, 2015 at 23:37

    All of Boehner’s ” I quotes” prove just how obstructive the GOP/TP have been. I wonder how many shots he had before he addressed the House??

  17. Brian Jarreau January 16th, 2015 at 14:36

    What a douche nozzle

  18. Brian Jarreau January 16th, 2015 at 15:36

    What a douche nozzle

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