So now why am I on the floor asking for a vote against the motion to proceed on the Department of Homeland Security funding bill? Well. I can tell us it is because the Homeland Security bill has two parts. One is an essential bill. the funding for the Department of Homeland Securitywhich I hope we get to and we get to as expeditiously as possible. But they have another component to itpoison pill ridersfive riders from the House of Representatives designed to attack the President on immigration. These riders. if passed. will guarantee the President will veto the bill. and we are going to be back to parliamentary pingpong. We posture and pomp and vote.
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