Saturday, January 10, 2015

The GOP has united with a plan to fight Obama's immigration executive action. Here's the inside story of how it happened...

Circular GOP firing squad straightens out - David Drucker/Washington Examiner

Even when House Republicans agree, they usually flirted with the possibility of having a blowout row before coming together.

But instead of forming a circular firing squad this week, House Republicans agreed a shocking seven weeks ahead of deadline on how to confront President Obama on immigration.

Specifically, they concurred in the best way to beat back the president's free pass for 4.1 million illegal immigrants. GOP lawmakers have agreed on, and are expected on Wednesday to pass legislation that would reverse the executive action and would be attached to a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security. DHS runs out of money Feb. 27.... KEEP READING