It’s gonna be a long four years, folks …
It is incredible to see that President Obama and the Senate Democrats are openly proclaiming that they consider the protection of illegal aliens more important than the protection of American citizens.
In just a few days, funding for the Department of Homeland Security will lapse. The House has passed a bill to fully fund the Department, and 53 Republican senators have voted in its support. However, the Democratic senators have blocked it by a filibuster and President Obama has threatened to veto the funding if it reaches his desk.
Democrats have insisted that they would rather end funding for Homeland Security than accept a bill that does not also provide funding for President Obama’s amnesty program. That amnesty, carried out without any legislative authority, has already been halted on constitutional grounds by a Federal judge and cannot proceed. Despite that judicial ruling, Obama and his fellow Democrats continue to insist that that will not allow a funding bill to become law unless it allows funding for amnesty.
It is time to end this gridlock. The House has done its job, passing a funding bill. A majority of the Senate has voted in support of the bill. Senate Democrats must end their filibuster and President Obama must sign the bill.
Peter J. Thomas, Americans for Constitutional Liberty
