biodieselman
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The 114th United States Congress convenes Jan. 3rd but the battle to stop the lawless Obama begins.
Democratic and GOP leaders in the Senate are delaying a vote on the huge 2015 government budget until Monday because theyre trying to block a floor vote on President Barack Obamas unpopular amnesty of 12 million illegals.
The leaders may be able to avoid a direct vote on the unpopular amnesty, but they likely will be forced to vote on whether there should be a vote on blocking funds for the amnesty, and a vote on whether the amnesty is constitutional.
The two votes will reveal which Senators favor the use of low-wage migrant workers in jobs sought by Americans, including low-income, minority and unemployed Americans, said one Hill aide.
Three diverse GOP Senators are pushing for amnesty votes Utah Sen. Mike Lee, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions.
Theyre backed up by some sympathetic GOP Senators, and by voters who paralyzed the Capitol Hill switchboard on Thursday. Thats when the Houses GOP leader. Rep. John Boehner joined with Obama to strong-arm House approval for the $1.1 trillion bill, which doesnt include any language barring spending on Obamas amnesty.
But the three Senators are being blocked by Democratic Leader Sen. Harry Reid.
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Reid is trying to shield the 46 Democratic survivors of the November election from having their votes on amnesty reported to the public in 2016. Obamas Nov. 21 amnesty is unpopular among many Democrats and swing-voters, and midterm voters ejected four Democratic Senators who had backed the Senates 2013 amnesty bill.
Cruz is trying to force a vote via a different point of order procedure. If successful, the Senators would be required to support or oppose a statement declaring Obamas amnesty to be unconstitutional. That vote is expected Sunday.
This procedural tool will ensure that every Senator will be on record regarding the constitutionality of President Obamas illegal amnesty, said his spokeswoman, Catherine Frazier.
GOP leader Mitch McConnell isnt supporting Lee, Sessions or Cruz because hes backing Obamas de-facto amnesty of 12 million migrants.
The amnesty reduces one major obstacle to the GOPs very unpopular goal of adding huge numbers of foreign workers to the nations slack labor market. Since at least 2006, Democrats have said they will oppose business demand for extra foreign workers unless the foreign workers are allowed to vote in future elections.
But Obama is trying to provide work-permits for 5 million migrants by granting en-masse individual exemptions from immigration law. Hes also telling an additional 7 million illegals, plus people who overstay their work-visas, that he wont repatriate them unless they commit major crimes or pose a national security threat.
Unsurprisingly, the amnesty is unpopular among Americans, including the voters needed by the GOP to win the 2016 presidential election.
Obamas amnesty could also reduces press coverage of efforts in 2015 to pass the foreign worker bills, and perhaps keep the issue out of the 2016 election.
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McConnell, however, is pushing his GOP caucus to oppose a vote, said the aide. Hes telling GOP senators that if they agree to a vote on amnesty, theyll also have to agree to a vote on a bipartisan amendment by GOP Sen. David Vitter and Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
The amendment would kill a GOP-drafted measure in the government bill that allows banks to find derivative investments and gambles using funds from government-insured accounts.
That measure is unpopular among many Democratic senators, and some GOP senators but it part of the leadership compromise that funds the Obama amnesty and many other leadership priorities.
On Thursday, Obama successfully urged Democratic House members to support the spending bill, despite the GOPs bank measure, because it the bill doesnt block his pro-business amnesty.
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