“Everybody has said they want to do something to stop his recklessness. If we have an opportunity to actually do something rather than complain…why shouldn’t we?” said Rep. Matt Salmon (R., Ariz.).
Mr. Salmon organized the letter urging the House Appropriations Committee to include language in the spending bill to bar funding for any executive action in the coming spending bill.
GOP leaders made clear in the days after the election that they wanted to set their own agenda when they control of both chambers next year without any lingering fights about spending for the current fiscal year. The leaders also want to look for other ways to push back against the president’s moves on immigration, said a senior Senate GOP aide.
House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers (R., Ky.) said it would be unrealistic to expect the president would sign a spending bill that included the immigration language.
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