Phony outrage from Senators on Trump refugee consultation with Congress
Posted by Ann Corcoran on September 29, 2017
I can’t spend a lot of time on this, but it warrants a bit of attention.
These US Senators have no shame!
Senator Grassley has been there 36 years and Feinstein 25 years. I would like them both to tell us when exactly was the Refugee Act of 1980 properly/legally carried out when it came to the provision involving the Presidential “determination” and “consultation” with Congress.
What the hell is Senator Grassley doing scolding the White House/State Department, complaining that the legal process was not followed on THIS year’s legally required consultation on the refugee CEILING/CAP.
For the last ten years (and probably the ten before I was watching), Congress never paid any attention to the law when it came to the President’s determination about how many refugees COULD be admitted in the coming fiscal year.
Someone from the Administration would come to the Hill in mid to late September, present the determination and report, and no one on the Hill said boo!
Whatever was sent up, even literally within days of October 1, Congress accepted.
Faux outrage!
Now, only now! are they screaming about how the process was subverted (because it is Trump?). ...
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