Session #114 · 2015–17

Speech #1140008378

Yet this Department. Homeland Security. has been the target of the Republicans to really execute a political ploy. a political strategy. Here is what they said: The way to get the Presidents attention on immigration is to refuse to fund the Department of Homeland Security. Well. they not only have the Presidents attention. but they have the attention of the United States of America. People are asking: What are the congressional Republicans thinking? In fact. the latest inquiry. just referred to by the Democratic leader. was an editorial yesterday inof all thingsthe Wall Street Journal. The article is entitled: "Can the GOP Change?" It basically challenges the whole strategy of jeopardizing the funding for the Department of Homeland Security in order to make the point that they disagree with the President on immigration. What we have offered. what the Wall Street Journal suggests is to have a debate on immigration but not at the expense of funding the Department of Homeland Security. That is what they have called for. Mr.
Keywords matched
immigration

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
RICHARD DURBIN
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
IL
Gender
M
Date
2015-02-10
Speech ID
1140008378
Paragraph
#0
← Prev Next →