Republicans Try to Stop Immigration Order While Avoiding Shutdown
One option would be to fund the government for a full year, then cancel money that would pay for any executive action.
House Appropriations chairman Harold Rogers, R-Ky., speaks with reporters following the House Republican Conference meeting in the basement of the Capitol on Tuesday, July 9, 2013
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House Republican leaders are trying to persuade members not to risk a U.S. government shutdown in responding to President Barack Obama’s plan to ease deportation of undocumented immigrants.
House Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers has offered a plan that would keep the government operating after current funding expires Dec. 11. Rogers of Kentucky said he wants to finance the government for a full year, and retroactively cancel money in 2015 for any immigration action ordered by the president.