Getting the job done for the good of Rick Perry's costume
by digby
What a deal
"House Republicans plan to vote Thursday on a bill that would provide less than a fifth of the funding the president requested to address the ongoing border crisis. After more than 57,500 unaccompanied minors crossed the border illegally since October, President Barack Obama requested $3.7 billion to care for them, speed up deportation proceedings and attempt to deter illegal immigration. Senate Democrats proposed a $2.7 billion package. But the House GOP plan went from an expected $1.5 billion as of a week ago to less than $1 billion on Friday. On Tuesday, House Republicans announced the funding had been pared down even further to a $659 million package that was introduced on Tuesday. 'I think we should do something before we go home, and we're working to get there,' House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) told reporters after meeting with Republican members.
Two-thirds of the bill's funding would go toward border security, such as dispatching National Guard troops to the border, while one-third of the money is meant to provide humanitarian assistance.
So, one fifth of the request was granted. And two thirds of that will essentially be on behalf Rick Perry's presidential campaign. That sounds like a big win for the wingnuts to me.
They may only control one house of congress but they know how to get the job done. For themselves. In this case, they'll spend just enough money to allow themselves the privilege of saying they did something while actually paying for some silly "enforcement" that benefits them politically and keeps the "crisis" going. All in a day's work.
Oh, and they're making sure those "illegals" get the tough love that's coming to them. It's all good.
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