CD 2 GOP candidate Martha McSally supported Rep. Steve King’s Tea Party non-compromise border bills in the House. Martha McSally is a ‘Deportation Republican.
Now Steve King is threatening to shut down the government in September if President Obama uses executive orders to deal with immigration.
McSally has steadfastly refused to give a straightforward yes or no answer to whether she would have supported the Tea-Publican government shutdown last October. If she wants to serve in Congress, the voters of CD 2 have the right to know her position on this latest Tea-Publican government shutdown threat.
Think Progress reports, Republicans Threaten To Shut Down The Government If Obama Extends Relief To Immigrants:
Rep. Steve King (R-IA) floated the possibility of shutting down the government on Wednesday if President Obama issues an executive action granting deportation relief to more undocumented immigrants.
“If the president wields his pen and commits that unconstitutional act to legalize millions, I think that becomes something that is nearly political nuclear,” King said in remarks before the Westside Conservative Breakfast Club in Urbandale, Iowa, adding that “all bets are off” on passing a measure to keep the government running past October.
“I think the public would be mobilized and galvanized and that changes the dynamic of any continuing resolution and how we might deal with that,” he added.
Congress will have just 10 working days to pass a continuing resolution after it returns from summer vacation on September 8. Several Republicans have already threatened to hold up the measure over renewal of the Export-Import Bank and the administration’s proposed environmental regulations, though no party leaders have yet endorsed using must-pass legislation to prevent the administration’s forthcoming immigration action.
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Earlier this month, Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) told a Politico reporter that Republicans would strong arm President Obama into adopting a host of Republican policy priorities, from repealing the Affordable Care Act to undoing environmental regulations, but did not specifically mention immigration.
In the House, Republicans approved a bill that would end the Obama administration’s Deferred Actions for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), which has allowed young immigrants to obtain work permits and remain in the country. The measure would also prohibit the president from extending the program to other undocumented people. House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) did not say if he plans to attach the measure to the continuing resolution.
UPDATE: The New York Times, Immigration Clash Could Lead to Shutdown. The Washington Post, How GOP frustration could produce another government shutdown.