With "Dangerous And Gathering Threats," Dems Threatening To Hold Military Funds Hostage
Editorial Cartoon by AF Branco |
The House reconvened at 10 AM today.
Bills which may be considered today:
H.R. 2685 - Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016
H.R. 2393 - Amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to repeal country of origin labeling requirements with respect to beef, pork, and chicken, and for other purposes."
However, it is expected that the appropriations bill for DOD will occupy most of today's floor actions.
Yesterday the House passed the following bills:
H.R. 2051 (voice Vote) — "To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to extend the livestock mandatory price reporting requirements, and for other purposes."
H.R. 2088 (Voice Vote) — "To amend the United States Grain Standards Act to improve inspection services performed at export elevators at export port locations, to reauthorize certain authorities of the Secretary of Agriculture under such Act, and for other purposes."
H.R. 2289 (246-171) — "To reauthorize the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, to better protect futures customers, to provide end-users with market certainty, to make basic reforms to ensure transparency and accountability at the Commission, to help farmers, ranchers, and end-users manage risks, to help keep consumer costs low, and for other purposes."
H.R. 235 (Voice Vote) — "To permanently extend the Internet Tax Freedom Act."
H.R. 2394 (Voice Vote) — "To reauthorize the National Forest Foundation Act, and for other purposes."
H.R. 2577 (216-210) — "Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes."
H.R. 889 (Voice Vote) — "To amend chapter 97 of title 28, United States Code, to clarify the exception to foreign sovereign immunity set forth in section 1605(a)(3) of such title."
Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today praised the House of Representatives for adopting by a 229-193 vote an amendment to the Transportation and HUD appropriations bill by Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) defunding implementation of the "Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing" rule and the "Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Assessment Tool," which when finalized will empower the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to condition eligibility for community development block grants on redrawing zoning maps to achieve racial and income integration: "House passage of Rep. Paul Gosar's amendment to the HUD appropriation bill has now defunded Obama administration regulations that usurp local zoning authority. It serves as proof that the power of the purse can be alive and well when Congress chooses to use it. Rep. Gosar showed his commitment to federalism and the people of this nation through his courageous leadership on this issue. We anticipate a vigorous debate in the Senate as the discussion of our nation's housing policies moves forward."
The Senate reconvened at 9:30 AM today. Following an hour of morning business, the Senate resumed consideration of H.R. 1735, the Fiscal Year 2016 Defense Authorization bill.
Yesterday, the Senate voted 46-51 to reject an amendment from Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Jack Reed (D-RI) that would have prohibited any money being returned to defense accounts until non-defense spending is increased
With national security threats on the rise all across the globe and here at home, leading Washington Democrats and President Obama are threatening to hold funding for our troops hostage in order to get more money for Washington bureaucrats.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell addressed these threats in a speech this morning, highlighting Democrats’ announced plans to filibuster the Defense appropriations bill. “At a time of grave threats to our nation, these Democrat leaders think it’s a good idea to hold brave servicemen and brave servicewomen hostage to partisan demands for more waste at the IRS and bigger congressional office budgets for themselves.
“Let me repeat, at a moment of dangerous and gathering threats, here’s the position of these Democrat leaders: they want to hold hostage the funding needed to make our troops combat ready so they can spend more on bureaucracies like the IRS.
“These Democrat leaders just can’t seem to kick the gridlock habit, even on legislation with the exact same level of funding President Obama asked for in his own budget.”
Despite Democrats’ posturing, Politico writes, “Congressional Republicans are calling Democrats’ bluff on government spending and vowing to press ahead with funding bills despite filibuster threats from the left . . . ‘It appears as if the Democratic position is that unless we spend what they want us to spend on agencies like the IRS or EPA, they’re not willing to meet the requested amount from the president himself for defense,’ Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said at a press gaggle Tuesday. ‘We’re going to move forward. … There’s been a lot of big talk about stopping bills; we’ll see whether they really want to do that.’ As his opening gambit, McConnell in the coming days plans to call up a massive defense spending bill, daring Democrats to vote against money supporting troops and securing the nation. . . .
“[V]oting against defense spending is tough, with the U.S. facing threats or embroiled in conflicts across the globe.
“‘Since 2011, we’ve had the Russians invade Crimea; ISIS chop off heads; Syria in trouble; Libya in trouble; … troops in Afghanistan. … All this costs money, so we have to put more money in defense,’ said Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), a budget hawk. ‘How does that then mean you have to spend more money … to spend on social programs?’”
As Leader McConnell said, “These are our neighbors. Our friends. Our daughters. Our sons. They’re not chess pieces for Democrat leaders to wield in some partisan game. If Democrat leaders are really this worried about fattening up the IRS or adding a new coat of paint to their congressional offices, we can have that discussion. But leave our troops and their families out of it.”
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Then send them to the front lines.
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