House Republicans Lash Out at Homeland Security After Pier Killing
House Republicans expressed outrage over the Obama administration’s release of an immigrant who is accused of later murdering a woman in San Francisco, The Associated Press reports.
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Justice Department Negatively Impacted by Delay in Confirming Lorreta Lynch
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The partisan delay in confirming Loretta Lynch as the next attorney general is beginning to impact promotions and policy decision at the Justice Department, The Los Angeles Times reports. The delay has prompted DOJ officials to question whether to hold a major intentional meeting on cybersecurity this spring. “There is a…
Senate Republicans Probe Claims That Agents Disciplined over Obama Immigration Policies
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Senate Republicans want to know whether Border Patrol agents or Homeland Security officials were disciplined for refusing to follow President Obama’s immigration policies. Fox News reports that Republicans are investigating claims that federal managers are retaliating against employees who don’t follow the president’s order. “We are aware of multiple allegations of…
Long Standoff with Republicans Ends with President Obama Signing Homeland Security Bill
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The long standoff between Republicans and President Obama ended with a fully funded Homeland Security bill that prevents a partial shutdown. The USA Today reports that the president signed the Homeland Security funding bill Wednesday after Republicans couldn’t come up with the votes to pass an alternative measure. Republicans had hoped…
LA Times: Does End of Homeland Security Stalemate Mean New Type of GOP Leadership?
By Los Angeles Times Editorial It took the House GOP leadership a couple of weeks, but it finally conceded defeat Tuesday and allowed a “clean” funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security to come up for a vote. With all 182 Democrats in the Capitol and 75 of the 242 Republicans lining up in…
Republicans Give Up Fight Against Obama’s Immigration Plan with Homeland Security Budget
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com After all the outrage and pledges to dig in for a fight against President Obama’s immigration plan, Republicans in the House gave up Tuesday and voted to fund Homeland Security to avoid a partial shutdown of the agency. The New York Times reports that Speaker John A. Boehner built a coalition…
Denver Post: Republicans Must Stop the Antics over Homeland Security Funding
By Denver Post Editorial Board House Speaker John Boehner seemingly wants radical conservatives in the Republican caucus to stop threatening a pointless, partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security as a response to President Obama’s immigration orders. But if so, there is a simple solution: Let the House vote on the Senate-passed measure. By…
Day of Reckoning: Deadline to Avoid Homeland Security Shutdown Is Today
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The fate of Homeland Security’s budget and President Obama’s immigration plan is in the hands of the U.S. Senate on the final day before money runs out today. The New York Times reports that the Senate is expected to vote today on a measure that would providing funding for the remainder…