All 46 Democratic senators voted Feb. 3 to block a debate on President Obama’s unpopular November amnesty, so escalating the increasingly contentious fight over immigration prior to the 2016 primaries.Even illegals have their voting bloc in the U.S. Senate.
Without at least three Democrats, Republicans could not reach the Senate’s 60-vote threshold to start a debate, but GOP senators promised to keep up the anti-amnesty pressure.
“Senate Democrats put politics before our national security by refusing to even move forward on debating important legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security,” Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton announced.
Wednesday, February 04, 2015
Democrats Shield Obama’s Amnesty From Debate, For Now
The Daily Caller reports: