Iowa Rep. Steve King, a leading conservative opponent of President Barack Obama’s executive action on immigration, said the Speaker’s office canceled funding at the last-minute for what he called “a very important diplomatic mission.” That came after King and a group of about 50 Republicans opposed Boehner’s eleventh-hour attempt to fund the Department of Homeland Security without rolling back the executive order.
“He’s currently throwing tantrums,” King said of Boehner. “This is retribution on the highest scale.”
King said the trip “had been signed off on, certified, authorized, everything all booked” until the last-minute cancellation.
“Apparently the people whom he most objects to for disagreeing with him are now grounded to the United States,” King said.
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