fund the department of homeland security and stop the president s overreach on immigration, and we are waiting for the senate to do their job. senate democrats have stood in the way now for three weeks over a bill that should have been debated and passed so until the senate does something, we are in a wait and see mode. the bottom line here is even though senate majority leader mitch mcconnell proposes a clean dhs funding bill boehner is sticking with his original bill that includes decision to derail the president s actions on immigration. a senior congressional reporter is with me pleasure to see you again. great to be here. what do you make of speaker boehner s decision today? he really wants to distance himself from the senate strategy. what mcconnell is proposing is a clean dhs bill that will not touch the president s executive actions, and that is politically toxic within his conference within boehner s conference.
news conference right now. let s listen in. over a bill that should have been debated and passed so until the senate does something, we are in a wait and see mode. obviously you know the way the caucus feels. are you concerned about rebellion? i am waiting for the senate to pass a bill. our staff talked back and forth, but listen senator mcconnell has a big job to do, so do i. did you talk to him ahead of this important deadline? our staffs have been talking back and forth. end of the day, the senate has to act, and i made it clear over the past couple weeks, we are waiting for the senate to act. what do you think on the merits of the plan what did you think about it? i am waiting for the senate to pass a bill. there s a lot, i don t know what the senate is capable of passing, until i see what they re going to pass no decision has been made on the house side. is congress going to avoid a shut down? i am waiting for the senate to act. the house passed a bill to fund
the department. time for the senate to do their job. thanks, everybody. got a good indication he is waiting for the senate to act on the dhs bill. any situation about funding dhs runs out friday he is saying it has to come out of the senate first. bring in congressman bill flores, good to see you. thanks for being with me. good morning, great to be on the rundown with you today. thanks, let s talk about this. homeland security funding runs out in less than three days you heard speaker boehner say we have to wait for the senate. there s been no direct communication between the speaker and leader of the majority in the senate. what do you think is going to happen and what needs to happen before friday? well i m not sure what s going to happen i tell you what i think needs to happen that is senate democrats need to uphold the oath of office they took to protect the constitution. article one of the constitution says the power to create law
in the sand about the need for comprehensive immigration reform. let me ask lpet me ask about the maneuvering. we need to have both the house and the senate vote on a clean bill, because for the senate to send a clean bill and the house is just going to put back the kind of amendments that brought us to this particular situation is not going to advance the dialogue. so what we need to send both the house and the senate is a clean bill for the president to sign and then we need to debate and pass comprehensive immigration reform that we have been calling on the house to do for over a year. it is really the ball being in speaker boehner s court right now. senator, finally i want to ask you about the controversy
for some strange reason but the senate reached a tentative deal today to pass a clean department of homeland security that does not block president obama s immigration actions. they voted and it was 98-2. the vote is only the first step to begin the debate on the dhs bill. the battle is far from over. there s no word on how house speaker john boehner will proceed now. the tea party republicans are making life pretty difficult for boehner right now. they want to see the president fail on immigration. this is a crowd that is bound and determined to stop the president on immigration on all fronts. earlier today, boehner was blaming the senate. i m waiting for the senate to act. the house has done its job to fund the department of homeland security and to stop the president s overreach on immigration. and we re waiting for the senate to do their job. senate democrats have stood in the way now for three weeks over