WASHINGTON: A prominent hardline conservative from Texas urged his fellow Republicans in the US Congress on Tuesday (Aug 8) to withhold funding from the Department of Homeland Security unless President Joe Biden takes a series of controversial steps involving US-Mexico border policy. Representative Chip Ro
WASHINGTON: A prominent hardline conservative from Texas urged his fellow Republicans in the US Congress on Tuesday to withhold funding from the Department of Homeland Security unless President Joe Biden takes a series of controversial steps involving US-Mexico border policy.
Roy's demands, which are unlikely to be embraced by Biden or the Democratic-led Senate, could further complicate a spending challenge for Republicans in the House of Representatives, where infighting over government funding between party hardliners and centrists has stalled action on fiscal 2024 appropriations bills.
Among Roy's demands is enactment of a Republican border bill that would reinstate some policies of former President Donald Trump, greatly restrict access to asylum and give the Homeland Security secretary sweeping powers to block people who attempt to cross illegally. Republicans hold a narrow 222-212 House majority, meaning that as few as five party members can block appropriations bills, which face strong Democratic opposition. Hardliners, who temporarily shuttered the House floor in a protest over spending earlier this year, have made border security a key priority while clamoring for the impeachment of Mayorkas.
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