Schumer announces revival of border-related proposal, but House GOP warns it 'would be dead on arrival' in their chamber



Some Republicans are signaling that they will not support a border-related proposal that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has indicated will be pushed again this week.

The measure failed to advance earlier this year when it had been packaged together with other items such as Ukraine aid, but now, it will be revived a standalone proposal.

'The fake border bill will fail, again, because it does nothing to seriously secure the border—just cement outrageous levels of illegal immigration.'

"This week, the Senate will return to the pressing issue of our nation's border security," Schumer wrote in a dear colleague letter posted on X. He said that "the Senate is prepared to take up the bipartisan Border Act as a standalone measure this coming week."

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House GOP figures, including House Speaker Mike Johnson, Majority Leader Steve Scalise, Majority Whip Tom Emmer, and GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik said in a statement that the measure "would be dead on arrival" if it were to get to the House.

"For more than three years now, Congressional Democrats have stood by while the Biden Administration has opened our borders to criminal drug cartels, terrorists, and untold millions of illegal immigrants. Now, Leader Schumer is trying give his vulnerable members cover by bringing a vote on a bill which has already failed once in the Senate because it would actually codify many of the disastrous Biden open border policies that created this crisis in the first place. Should it reach the House, the bill would be dead on arrival," the four House Republican lawmakers said in a statement.

"If Schumer cares about the border He should tell Biden to enforce the law," GOP Sen. Mike Lee of Utah tweeted in a post on his @BasedMikeLee X account. "Biden already has authority to fix it," he continued. "The bill Schumer’s pushing this week Would make matters worse," he added. "A lot worse."

"The fake border bill will fail, again, because it does nothing to seriously secure the border—just cement outrageous levels of illegal immigration," a post on Lee's @SenMikeLee X account reads. "Ironically, some Democrats will vote against it, because even pretending to limit illegal immigration is a step too far for them."

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Some Republicans want to defund the UN, and they plan to push legislation to do so



Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah indicated that he will file a measure to defund the United Nations. Some House Republicans will also push legislation to yank funding away from the globalist organization.

"Tomorrow I will file by bill to #DefundTheUN. Please like and repost if you'd like to see that bill become law," Lee tweeted on Wednesday.

"So will I :)" GOP Rep. Chip Roy of Texas wrote in response to Lee's post.

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"The UN doesn't deserve a single DIME of American taxpayer money," a tweet from the "Rep. Chip Roy Press Office" X account reads. "That's why Rep. Roy is looking forward to introducing House legislation alongside @RepMikeRogersAL and @SenMikeLee that would DEFUND it."

While the prospect of pulling funding from the U.N. will certainly appeal to conservatives, such legislation will likely be dead on arrival since it will likely not have enough support to move through Congress.

In addition to expressing support for cutting off U.N. funding, Lee has also suggested, "While we're at it, let's expel them too."

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During remarks last week, U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres, a climate alarmism proponent, spoke of "the sickness bringing our climate to its knees. A sickness only you, global leaders, can cure." He asserted that "Earth's vital signs are failing."

Some of the nations that are currently members of the U.N.'s Human Rights Council include China and Cuba.

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DHS inspector general refuses to investigate Border Patrol agents whom media accused of whipping migrants



Do you remember "whipgate," the story of mounted Border Patrol agents whom the mainstream media and Biden administration accused of using whips against Haitian migrants encamped under the Del Rio International Bridge?

The Department of Homeland Security released an update Tuesday on the probe into the matter, revealing the DHS inspector general actually declined to investigate the incident.

What is the background?

Two months ago, as thousands of Haitian migrants streamed across the Rio Grande and illegally entered the U.S., mounted Border Patrol agents were accused of whipping migrants.

The outrage was instantaneous. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), for example, said it was worse than slavery. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas promised a swift investigation, placing on administrative leave the Border Patrol agents who were accused of committing the dastardly deed. President Joe Biden even promised the allegedly guilty agents "will pay."

Outrage continued despite the fact that journalists who witnessed the incident — including the photographer who snapped the infamous photographs — disputed the allegation that Border Patrol agents harmed the migrants.

What is the DHS saying now?

The DHS revealed Tuesday that its agency watchdog, the office of inspector general, has not and will not investigate the incident, a telling admission. Instead, the agency's office of personal responsibility is handling the investigation.

The DHS explained:

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) initially referred the investigation to DHS's Office of Inspector General (OIG). The OIG declined to investigate and referred the matter back to CBP's Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR). OPR then immediately commenced investigative work, including its review of videos and photographs and the interview of witnesses, employees, and CBP leadership. OPR has followed customary process in its investigation of this matter.

Once completed, the results of the investigation will be provided to CBP management to determine whether disciplinary action is appropriate and, if so, the specific discipline to be imposed. At that time, the employees will be afforded due process, including an opportunity to respond, and any corrective actions will comport with applicable laws and regulations.

Despite the promise of due process, DHS spokeswoman Marsha Espinosa said the Border Patrol agents involved in the incident remain on administrative duty, CNN reported.

Anything else?

Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) grilled Mayorkas about the whipping lie during a Senate hearing on Tuesday.

"Why on Earth did you not defend them?" Lee asked. "Has no one in your entire department ever become aware of how one uses split reins when riding a horse?"

In response, Mayorkas claimed he "stand[s] with" Border Patrol agents. Lee, however, was not buying it.

"Did you defend them when they were being attacked for whipping people, which they were not?" Lee shot back.

Still, Mayorkas continued to deflect, and said that only an investigation would draw conclusions about what happened at the border with the Haitian migrants.

"Your response and your failure to defend [Border Patrol agents] then, and now, is nothing short of morale crushing," Lee chided. "If you want to maintain, or obtain, operational control of the border, which you do not now have, this is not a way to get there."

.@SenMikeLee just RIPPED Mayorkas for perpetuating a false narrative and not defending CBP agents who were falsely accused of whipping migrants at the southern border:\n\n"Has no one in your entire department ever become aware of how one uses split reigns when riding a horse?"pic.twitter.com/ZSFua6ZXdO

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Sen. Mike Lee files nine bills to take on Biden's vaccine mandates



Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), an outspoken critic of President Joe Biden's federal vaccine mandates, introduced a flurry of legislation last week that would weaken the president's executive orders.

Lee introduced no fewer than nine bills as a direct response to Biden's vaccine requirements for federal employees and contractors, as well as the president's instructions to OSHA to require businesses with more than 100 employees to have their workers vaccinated or tested for COVID-19 weekly.

According to the Salt Lake Tribune, each bill attacks Biden's vaccine mandates by creating exemptions, allowing civil actions, limiting the powers of agencies to enforce vaccine mandates, and more:

  • S.2840 - A bill to permit civil actions against the United States for COVID-19 vaccination mandates.
  • S.2841 - A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to publicly disclose information regarding adverse effects of COVID-19 vaccines.
  • S.2842 - A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Defense from requiring that members of the armed forces receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
  • S.2843 - A bill to prohibit the imposition of a fine, fee, or taxation on any person for violation of a COVID-19 vaccine mandate issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration or any other executive agency.
  • S.2846 - A bill to require Federal agencies to acknowledge, accept, and agree to truthfully present, natural immunity pertaining to COVID-19 pursuant to promulgating certain regulations.
  • S.2847 - A bill to prohibit the Federal Government from mandating vaccination against COVID-19 for interstate travel.
  • S.2848 - A bill to exempt individuals with a personal health concern from complying with a Federal COVID-19 mandate.
  • S.2849 - A bill to stipulate that nothing in federal law provides a Federal agency with the authority to mandate that an individual be inoculated by a COVID-19 vaccine.
  • S.2850 - A bill to exempt individuals from complying with a Federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate on the basis of a personal belief, and for other purposes.
Reached for comment, Sen. Lee's office did not immediately respond, but Lee has previously accused Biden of showing "wanton disregard for the U.S. Constitution" by implementing the mandates, calling the president a "would-be autocrat."

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During an interview on Fox News on Sept. 13, Lee said, "the president is not a king."

"There is no federal law, there is no provision under the Constitution that gives the president of the United States the power to just say, you know, 'I'm in charge of everything. My job is to keep the American people safe regardless of whether the law empowers me to do that,'" Lee said.

The President isn’t a King. He shouldn’t be able to rule by decree on vaccines or anything else, not in America. https://t.co/gjvook4M8I

— Mike Lee (@SenMikeLee) 1631560324.0

He predicted that some private companies would challenge the fines imposed for violating Biden's orders and that the Supreme Court will strike down the mandates as an overreach of executive power.