The House approved long-term funding today for the Department of Homeland Security that would allow the Obama administration to move forward with its unconstitutional executive amnesties should the courts reverse its temporary injunction. Today’s vote in the House was the final step in securing funding for the department through the end of September.
In January, the House passed the DHS funding bill, H.R.240, after adding two amendments offered by Reps. Robert Aderholt (R-Ala.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) that blocked funding for Obama’s amnesties. Senate Democrats blocked debate of the bill on four separate occasions before Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) finally agreed to strip the amendments from the bill. The Senate passed H.R.240 without the defunding provisions last week.
The House of Representatives rejected the Senate-passed bill at first, requesting that the two chambers go to conference to work out the differences between the House and Senate passed bills. On Monday, the Senate rejected the House’s request for conference and sent its version back to the House where House rules allow any Member, including a Democrat, to bring the bill to the floor for a vote. The House vote on Tuesday reversed its initial rejection of the Senate-passed bill, in essence, approving the measure.
Here are the Members of Congress who voted to fund Pres. Obama’s amnesties:
All Democratic Representatives**
NC Thom Tillis (Sen. Tillis voted against the McConnell amendment that stripped the defunding provisions from the DHS funding bill, but he also voted against the Sessions/Lee motion that would have allowed votes on additional amendments to the bill.)
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