There’s BREAKING NEWS out of Congress right now. Nancy Pelosi just handed President Trump another huge win on border security.
And some Democrats are definitely NOT happy about it.
From Reuters:
“The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved a Senate-passed bill providing $4.6 billion to address a surge of migrants at the U.S. border with Mexico, sending it to President Donald Trump for his signature after Democrats abandoned efforts to add additional migrant protections.”
“Both the White House and the Senate opposed the changes House Democratic leaders had proposed, and a number of moderate Democrats also favored passing the Senate bill without changes.”
“House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the top Democrat in Congress, said shortly before the vote that her colleagues were giving up their fight for now.”
“‘At the end of the day, we have to make sure that the resources needed to protect the children are available,’ she said in a statement. ‘In order to get resources to the children fastest, we will reluctantly pass the Senate bill.’”
“The vote was 305 to 102.”
There’s more, from The Wall Street Journal:
The House passed a $4.6 billion bill funding humanitarian aid for migrants at the southern border, approving the Senate version of the legislation over the objections of many liberal Democrats and sending it to President Trump for his signature.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from California, had previously pledged changes to the Senate package before allowing it on the House floor for a vote. Abandoning those plans cleared the way for the bill to be approved by Congress before lawmakers leave Washington for the July 4 recess. …
House Democrats conceded that their leverage was undercut by the overwhelming bipartisan support for the Senate bill. …
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez-Stalin (D-NY) is reportedly furious.
The young Stalinist has gone on a Twitter tirade over the past two hours in one of the most epic online meltdowns we’ve seen in a while.
“We didn’t even bother to negotiate. … We’re immediately going to just saying yes to what got passed out of the Senate,” says Rep. @AOC on Pelosi’s decision to pass the Senate border funding bill.
“We are a House majority and we need to act like it.” https://t.co/woictb2LLA pic.twitter.com/iIVuhbc8Mi
— CNN (@CNN) June 27, 2019
.@AOC on House moving to pass Senate border bill: “The problem right now and the question at hand is Mitch McConnell sent us a bill & we’re putting a big checkmark on it instead of even trying to negotiate…what Mitch McConnell is doing is relying on the time pressure of recess” pic.twitter.com/jBPvlCSMge
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 27, 2019
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (which is ideologically diverse) concurs, and is officially recommending a NO vote.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 27, 2019
This Senate Bill will have us write a $4.6 Billion blank check (incl military $) for the border w NO accountability – just a verbal pinky promise.
Trump is not to be trusted with protecting our immigrants. Why must that even be stated? We need hard lines of protection, in ink. https://t.co/xFci23pFo6
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 27, 2019
We have time. We can stay in town. We can at LEAST add some amendments to this Senate bill. But to pass it completely unamended with no House input? That seems a bridge too far.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 27, 2019
0 negotiation with the House. We offered crucial amendments to protect children and families – none are even being considered.
A minority is different than a majority. And while the Senate has to deal with its lack of power there, a House majority should have a seat @ the table.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 27, 2019
She sounds like a child throwing a temper tantrum.
Face it, AOC. The country just isn’t that into you.
Time to shut up and go away.
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