WASHINGTON — Republicans in the Senate likely don’t have the votes to pass a bill blocking President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration, but House conservatives said Wednesday that was no reason to cave on the subject during a fight over funding for the Department of Homeland Security.
Their message to Senate Republicans: Step up, stop the excuses and do whatever you can to end Obama’s policies protecting some undocumented immigrants from deportation.
“I’m going to speak to our conservative counterparts on the Senate side, who have said time and time again, ‘You in the House need to do this, you in the House need to do that,'” Rep. Matt Salmon (R-Ariz.) said at a “Conversations with Conservatives” event, a monthly gathering of reporters and Republican House members. “Well, you know what? Now it’s in the Senate and they have an opportunity to shine and to do their job, and I hope they do.”
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Labrador told reporters after the meeting he thinks there will be “a pretty unified vote” in favor of the bill. He said he needs to review it further before making a decision.
“We have the Senate now, we have an opportunity to move on border security,” McCaul said. “I want to get that done.”
