Jordan calls on Sen. Reid to allow vote on DHS funding bill

Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Urbana) joined House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and 168 other House Republicans in sending a letter to Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) demanding that the House-passed bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security be approved for debate in the U.S. Senate.

The letter reads, in part:

"Three times, you and other members of your caucus have prevented even a debate of the House-passed Department of Homeland Security Appropriations bill. While we understand that you and many of your Democrat colleagues are opposed to the provisions in the House-passed bill that would defund President Obama's effective rewriting of our immigration laws, you should at least support debating the merits of such an important funding bill and offer amendments to the provisions you wish to change.

"By preventing the Senate from taking up the House-passed bill, you are also denying the American people a fair debate on this issue. And a fair debate is what the American people want – they fundamentally disagree with President Obama's actions and believe that he has unlawfully acted alone. For example, a Washington Post/ABC News poll last month found that 57 percent of registered voters believe that President Obama's grant of deferred action should be blocked."

To read the complete text of the letter, click here: http://judiciary.house.gov/_cache/files/f745408b-b073-48bd-8687-cee3e3c51def/021315-letter-to-reid.pdf

Earlier this week, Rep. Jordan joined Sen. Rob Portman and the rest of the Ohio Republican congressional delegation in sending a letter to President Obama expressing concerns on the issue. To read the full letter, click here: http://www.portman.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/files/serve?File_id=3ee0a84b-7d3c-4a34-b247-608094afcf90

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