Wednesday, September 20, 2023

5 Easy and Not So Easy Steps to Drain the Swamp

 

House GOP fight over border looms as continuing resolution hangs in the balance and deficit skyrockets past $1.5 trillion

There is no agreement among the House and Senate for a temporary continuing resolution while Congress finishes the appropriations process, usually culminating with a year-end omnibus bill. Instead, Congress needs more time, which means it wants a stopgap, creating an opportunity for enterprising Congressmen to attempt to make a deal in exchange for their support. One such group of 14 House Republicans is led by U.S. Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), who seek to attach border security to any spending bill in exchange for advancing any legislation, likely into the fall, giving Congress time to finish the spending bills, but also posing a challenge to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). The U.S. southern border is a catastrophe by every definition of the word, as President Joe Biden has been dismantling parts of the border wall that former President Donald Trump had built, and cartel activity is peaking. Since President Joe Biden took office in Jan. 2017, there have been about 7 million border crossings documented by the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, according to data from fiscal years 2022 and 2021, but only 1 million were ever expelled, either under Title 42 or Title 8 inadmissibles, by far the most chaotic border in American history.

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