Statement of Trump Administration strongly opposing H.R. 6 — the American Dream and Promise Act of 2019

It is unlikely H.R. 6 (text of bill) would pass the Senate, but if it did – President Trump would veto the bill. That would make H.R. 6 – a #publicityStunt and a #politicalStunt. Brietbart and davelevineonline.com reported that 7 House Republicans voted for the bill. There names are: Congressman Don Bacon (R-NE) (web) @RepDonBacon Congressman …

Markups to Northern Triangle Enhanced Engagement Act – HR 2615

Links to Documents MARKUP NOTICE: H.R. 2615, H.R. 2744, H.R. 598, H.R. 2140, H.R. 2023, H.R. 2046, H.Res. 129, H.Res. 372, H.Res. 345 https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/markups?ID=408D4841-4674-407C-92AD-22CF3AEC18CA Link to HR 2615 legislation available in XML, HTML, Text & PDF Link to Text version. This is bipartisan legislation from from the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Sponsors include Mr. Engel …

Bipartisan Bills from House Foreign Affairs Committee to Address Border Problems in Markup

NOTE: All bills were passed in this meeting for markups. (See bottom for tweets and Markup). There are five amendments to the markup. We will blog this tomorrow. Today in opening remarks, Chairman Eliot L. Engel urged his fellow Representatives of the "full committee on markups" to support the nine (9) propsed bills (H.R. 2615, H.R. …

Multiple Proposals On Fixing Border Issues from Administration, House & Senate – Some Bi-partisan

As of the writing of this blog, we see 4 proposals at various stages. This is counter to the reporting, and the admittedly uninformed comments from the Speaker of the House and the Minority Leader of the Senate. The sponsors for the proposals are Trump Administration Bi-partisan House Foreign Affairs Committee, vote up on Friday 10, …