House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mike McCaul (R-TX) introduced House Bill 4038, known as the American Security Against Foreign Enemies (SAFE) Act, in the wake of the Paris bombings by members of ISIS, the radical Islamic army, and it was voted on the House floor Thursday.
The outcome was 289 – 137 in favor, including a substantial portion of Democrats who fear the wrath of the American people if they do not show some commitment to protecting the citizens of this country. However, many members of both the Republican and Democrat parties have criticized the bill as being insufficient and ineffective in keeping terrorists disguised as immigrants fleeing civil war in Syria out of the country.
The bill must still pass the Senate, and President Obama has threatened to veto the bill in spite of the bipartisan support and the desire of the American people to keep America safe. It seems that there is no situation where Obama will take the side of the American public over the desires of those outside the country.
But the bill is also a first with the new leadership of the House and could prove to be a harbinger of things to come.
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We go to the trouble to get rid of a Crook and now it looks like the old Rinos slliped in another one on us so I guess we get rid of the RINOS first and then we get a Speaker that is going to do things according to the desires of the public who they work for!
Sounded like you did. All dems seem to hate all republicans and they blame us for everything. It gets old.
YAY
Just what we need NOT
He will hopefully learn his lesson by losing his next primary from a conservative. These guys will hold on to power by any means but Americans are fed up with this behavior of selling us down the river. His just cooked his own goose. So he will lose the speaker position because he will lose his seat altogether.
Helen Funk – I'[m not a Dem 🙂
Okay…:)
This is why we need Trump 2016. He’ll clean up corrupt Washington DC. We don’t need another career politician. It will be the same old corrupt c**p.
Nice to know why some were blocked???
We need a clear bill in thus one. It makes the Congressmen, both houses, declare themselves. Clutter it up with amendments, they can say they voted against one of the amendments. With a clear bill, they must vote on just this bill. It’s showing whether they stand with the president, or with the people.