{"id":1995185,"date":"2023-08-09T09:54:09","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T13:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-rep-moves-to-defund-dhs-until-biden-secures-the-border\/"},"modified":"2023-08-09T09:56:09","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T13:56:09","slug":"gop-rep-moves-to-defund-dhs-until-biden-secures-the-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-rep-moves-to-defund-dhs-until-biden-secures-the-border\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Rep seeks to defund DHS until border is secured by Biden."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgop-rep-moves-to-defund-dhs-until-biden-secures-the-border%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1995185&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<h2>A \u200cHouse Republican from <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Texas<\/span> calls\u2062 for\u2063 action to secure the border<\/h2>\n<p>A House Republican from \u2064 <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Texas<\/span> urged his party members in Congress \u200bon\u200c Tuesday to \u200dwithhold funding from the Department of Homeland Security unless President Joe Biden takes a \u200dseries of steps\u200b to &#8220;secure\u2064 the border&#8221; with Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>Representative Chip Roy, a leading member of\u200c the House Freedom Caucus, laid out his\u200c demands in \u200ca \u200dletter\u2064 to colleagues that \u200bcalled for the ouster of Homeland Security secretary \u200bAlejandro Mayorkas and a \u2062$10 billion payment to compensate <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Texas<\/span> for unilateral border\u2062 actions by Governor Greg Abbott (R.).<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;No appropriation should fund DHS until \u2062the necessary steps\u200b are taken to secure the border,&#8221; Roy said in his letter.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Roy&#8217;s \u2064demands for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">border security<\/a><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Enactment of a\u2062 <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Republican<\/span> border bill that \u2064would reinstate some policies of former president Donald Trump<\/li>\n<li>Greatly restrict access to asylum<\/li>\n<li>Give the \u200bHomeland Security secretary sweeping powers \u2064to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-were-warned-about-the-latest-coup-attempt-we-were-warned-about-the-deep-states-plans-to-remove-trump-in-the-2020-election-steal\/\" title=\"We Were Warned about the Latest Coup Attempt \u2013 We Were Warned about the Deep State\u2019s Plans to Remove Trump in the 2020 Election Steal\">block people<\/a> who attempt to cross illegally<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;We have a moral obligation to protect our states, \u2063our nation, and, importantly, the migrant children getting abused from the disaster\u200b transpiring\u200b at our southern border,&#8221; Roy said. \u2062&#8221;No border security, no funding.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Republicans<\/span> \u2062 hold a \u200bnarrow 222-212 House majority, meaning that as few as five party members can block appropriations bills, which\u200c face strong\u200d Democratic opposition. Hardliners, \u2062who temporarily shuttered the House floor in a protest over spending earlier this year, have made border \u200dsecurity \u200da key priority while clamoring for the impeachment\u2064 of \u2064Mayorkas.<\/p>\n<p>Congress, which is currently in \u2062recess, could \u200drisk a government \u200cshutdown unless it \u200bcan \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-rep-moves-to-defund-dhs-until-biden-secures-the-border\/\" title=\"GOP Rep seeks to defund DHS until border is secured by Biden.\">enact 12 fiscal 2024 appropriations bills<\/a> by Sept. 30,\u200d when current funding for federal\u200b agencies is set to expire, or adopt a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-bill-helping-alaskan-cruise-ships-circumvent-canadian-travel-ban-through-feb-2022-moves-forward\/\" title=\"GOP bill helping Alaskan cruise ships circumvent Canadian travel ban through Feb. 2022 moves forward\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-dark-religion-of-identity-politics\/\" title=\"The Dark Religion of Identity Politics\">stopgap measure<\/a> allowing<\/a> the government to remain open while \u200dlawmakers debate spending into the autumn and winter.<\/p>\n<p>Roy also opposes a stopgap measure, known as a &#8220;continuing resolution,&#8221; \u200bwhich he \u2062said \u200dwould allow current funding and policies to remain in place.<\/p>\n<p>While House <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Republicans<\/span> struggle \u200dto find consensus on spending, the Senate is expected to\u2063 begin voting on \u2064bipartisan appropriations\u2063 bills when \u200clawmakers return to Washington next \u2062month.<\/p>\n<p>(Reporting by\u2062 David Morgan in Washington; Additional \u2063reporting\u2064 by Ted Hesson in\u2064 Washington; Editing by Matthew Lewis)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas House Republican, Chip Roy, called on fellow party members to halt funding for the Department of Homeland Security unless President Biden takes action to &#8220;secure the border&#8221; with Mexico. 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