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Homeland Security to stay open as Congress OKs 1-week bill

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At a time of heightened security risk the House of Representatives almost shuts down Homeland Security.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the Republican party.

Certifiably insane sine the latter part of the twentieth century.

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“You have made a mess,” House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi said....

Totally predictable - and predicted - from the instant the GOP "we have to prove we can govern" Congress latched on to this insane scheme. And now, with the craziness all too evident, the best they could do was extend it by a WEEK!? What, pray, will change during that time? The Republican House reminds me of some woefully unprepared high school kid praying for a natural disaster so that his test is cancelled.

Boehner knows that there is only one way out: to rely on Democratic votes to pass a clean extension, after which the House can knock themselves out all they'd like with doomed attempts to undo Obama's executive actions. They claim these actions are illegal; they should leave it to the courts to decide this. In the meantime, Boehner's official position in a nutshell: ¯(ツ)

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We all saw this coming.

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http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/tag/border-patrol/

Obtained by Judicial Watch this week, the notice is titled “Enforcement Options With Alcohol-Impaired Drivers” and directs the 4,000-plus U.S. Border Patrol agents in the Tucson, Arizona sector to “release” individuals under the influence and “allow them to go on their way.” The document acknowledges that this feels counter-intuitive for Border Patrol agents, but eases concerns by answering a hypothetical question for the officers who have sworn to uphold the law: “If you allow this driver to continue down the road and they kill someone, aren’t you liable?” The answer is no, according to the new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) memo. “There is no legal requirement for a Border Patrol agent to intervene in a state crime, including DUI,” the order says, adding that “therefore there is generally no liability that will attach to the agent or agency for failing to act in this situation.”

At this point it would be best if DHS was shut down. Then you have the issues of a complete open border with vouchers given out to illegals that are being bused into the US in open violation of current law.

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I thought that living month to month was bad, but week to week?

The United States of Bankruptcy.

It's not about money, if ya bothered to read the article before posting.

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badsey3, just checked out your claim and was linked to all of the usual suspects - and no legitimate news service at all. Your link indicates "an internal government memo" apparently "(o)btained by Judicial Watch," yet there is no link to or excerpts from this supposed memo whatsoever.

Judicial Watch is a typical right-wing attack platform; they are a smidgen away from being a Birther site: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judicial_Watch

I could tell you that repatriations of undocumented immigrants are at an all-time high under Obama and document it, but you would likely either disbelieve me or ignore it. Such is life in the fact-free zone.

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badsey3, just checked out your claim and was linked to all of the usual suspects - and no legitimate news service at all. Your link indicates "an internal government memo" apparently "(o)btained by Judicial Watch," yet there is no link to or excerpts from this supposed memo whatsoever.

JW's take on the memo is misleading (and so Badsey's misunderstanding of the reach of the memo). It simply examines the civil liability of BP in each of the three options - detain them at the request of local law enforcement, detain them without the involvement of another agency or let them go on their way - given that Border Patrol has no legal authority to arrest drunk drivers, and advises them of their BP agents legal standing, and not what they should do.

<http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2958784/Border-Patrol-agents-advised-let-drunk-drivers-way-one-busiest-crossings-U-S-Mexico.html#ixzz3T2rLzPMm >

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I guess this shows the difference between politicking and governing... Good to see there was general condemnation from members of both parties. Still, until fundamental problems in the US political system, such as gerrymandering that allows politicians to be accountable to their party rather than the people who elected them, we'll continue to see things like this happen. Change only happens when enough of the majority get fed up enough to act.

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"There are terrorist attacks all over world and we’re talking about closing down Homeland Security." - article

Of course, how else can the GOP-Tea show how smart they are?

These wise and wonderful leaders have thought carefully, weighed their decision and opted to close the DHS.

Some have crowed that the voter gave the GOP-Tea both houses of Congress. Well, in less than sixty days the American can see the results of that. So far the GOP-Tea has one act they do well, threaten the security of Americans.

If ISIS needs any help, they only have to ask the GOP-Tea how to threaten Americans. The GOP-Tea is full of new and exciting ways to destroy their country. When American have the GOP-Tea, who cares about ISIS? No wonder DHS is closing.

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@Burning Bush

I thought that living month to month was bad, but week to week?

The United States of Bankruptcy.

How out of touch can you get? There are some companies that could probably fund the entire DHS on their own. Stock market is near all time highs, too. The 'pubs just like to keep the government on a starvation diet.

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