But there is a big difference between the amicus brief that was filed by 186 Members of this House and 39 Members in the Senate and what the Republican majority in the House is intending to do todaya big difference. They are looking to use taxpayer money to push forward their political partisan agenda and their position in this case of United States v. Texas. so they are injecting every American who pays taxes into this fight. even though most Americans support a comprehensive fix to our immigration system. Why would we want to use taxpayer dollars to go litigate? These days it seems that my Republican colleagues in Congress spend more time and taxpayer money filing partisan lawsuits and legal briefs than working to pass the countrys mustdo legislation. We have got a budget to do. We should be passing jobs legislation. and. yes. we should be fixing a broken immigration system by passing comprehensive immigration reform. Congress doesnt need to file a legal brief lobbying the Supreme Court to fix our broken laws. Most Americans know from their high school civics classes that the Constitution vests the Congress with the power to make or change any law without having to hope or wait for the Supreme Court to bail out Congress for not doing its work.
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