• Home
  • Bookmarklet
  • pbs.org
  • Public CR Newsletter
  • statnews.com
  • americangreatness.com
  • Daniel Horowitz
  • Steve Deace
  • Original
    X
    HomeNewsletterLiberty ScoreContactTermsPrivacy
    November 19, 2015

    Paul Ryan rejects moratorium on refugees

    Daniel Horowitz

    So much for the open amendment process.

    Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) initially promised he would change the direction of the House by allowing members to offer important amendments to pending legislation. Last night, the Rules Committee, which serves as an arm of the Speaker’s office, rejected an amendment by Rep. Dave Brat (R-VA) and other conservatives that would have placed a six-month moratorium on the entire refugee resettlement program.

    This means that H.R. 4038 will be voted on under a closed process with no way to amend the bill. Crafted at the last minute, behind closed doors, this bill is not only bad policy but it completely accepts the premise of the left that to the extent there is any problem with the refugee program it’s only a threat of ISIS infiltration and only with the Syrian refugees. To that end, it merely calls on Obama to guard his own hen house and better vet them. Never mind that not a single perpetrator of the Paris attacks was on any terrorism watch list. In short, this bill does nothing to halt the program.

    Don’t be fooled by Obama’s threat to veto the bill. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and a number of Democrats fundamentally support this bill. However, unlike Republicans, Democrats negotiate from a position of strength. When Republicans offer them 97% of what they want, Democrats immediately reject it with the confidence they will soon get an even better deal. Republicans have already ceded the moral clarity on this issue by eschewing public cries to categorically shutdown this dangerous program.

    It’s evident that Ryan has made “process reforms” a shiny object, an ends to itself. The entire purpose of instituting process reforms is to change the policy focus of the House and draw a bold contrast on the issues of our time that voters actually care about. Ryan had no problem allowing dozens of amendments on the most banal, deep-in-the-weeds issues pertaining to highway policy, even though the underlying $85 billion bailout was preserved in the bill. Yet, when it comes to an issue that actually matters – the safety and future of our civilization and security – Ryan is making sure to protect his members from a real vote on shutting down the odious program that has transformed America without the consent of the people.

    Paul Ryan is no different than John Boehner. Boehner also supported an open amendment process…except for the urgent bills; in other words, all the bills that actually mattered. And like Boehner he is refusing to seize the moral high-ground and commit to defunding this immoral fleecing of the American people.

    Republicans could have 99% of the American people demand they follow a certain course of action, but if that would require fighting the Democrats and siding against the media, they will always demur.

    Horowitz: Why does nobody care about the pandemic of mystery deaths?

    Horowitz: The smoking gun of mRNA is spreading to breast milk

    Horowitz: If this global study is right, then funding the shots is very wrong

    Horowitz: The FDA is now willingly approving dangerous, ineffective shots even after pandemic

    Horowitz: House GOP must pledge: Not one red cent for COVID shots

    Horowitz: Mississippi Health Department aggressively promoting the dangerous COVID shots

    Horowitz: The vanity of Fox and the GOP: UFOs but nothing about COVID fascism

    Horowitz: 3 healthy pilots die suddenly on flights, 5 collapse

    Horowitz: CDC committee shockingly approves yet another RSV shot that had more fatalities in trial group than placebo

    Horowitz: Chip Roy calls on House Republicans to use pandemic reauthorization bill for COVID reckoning

    Horowitz: No blank check for FDA: Will we continue funding a shot with a 1 in 35 rate of heart damage?

    Horowitz: Why Speaker McCarthy needs to set up a commission auditing vaccines

    Horowitz: Now that government COVID malfeasance is exposed, what will the GOP do about it?

    Horowitz: FDA responds to negative efficacy of variant boosters with another variant booster

    Horowitz: Confidential Pfizer document shows the company observed 1.6 million adverse events covering nearly every organ system

    Load more
    Get the Conservative Review delivered right to your inbox.

    We’ll keep you informed with top stories for conservatives who want to become informed decision makers.

    Today's top stories

    ‘Don’t kill the survivors’: Why killing chickens won’t stop the bird flu

    www.theblaze.com

    Dads: Want to leave a legacy for your kids? Focus on living like this.

    www.theblaze.com

    How strong fathers shatter a poisonous narrative about manhood — one child at a time

    www.theblaze.com

    Weekend Beacon 6/15/25

    freebeacon.com

    The 100-year question: My father's challenge that stands the test of time

    www.theblaze.com

    This is true fatherhood: My dad's final act defined love and manhood

    www.theblaze.com

    The Alliance Wasn’t Always Grand

    freebeacon.com

    Looking for Bitcoin’s Mr. Roboto

    freebeacon.com
    © 2023 Blaze Media LLC. All rights reserved.