House passes bill that could limit Syrian refugees

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Washington (CNN)The House easily passed a bill Thursday that would suspend the program allowing Syrian and Iraqi refugees into the U.S. until key national security agencies certify they don't pose a security risk.

The vote was 289-137, with 47 Democrats joining 242 Republicans in favor of the bill, creating a majority that could override President Barack Obama's promised veto. It also faces an uncertain future in the Senate, where Minority Leader Harry Reid said he will try to block the bill.

The high number of Democrats voting against the White House is a clear sign Obama is increasingly isolated in his position on refugees in light of the ISIS terrorist attacks on Paris.

During his trip abroad this week, Obama has offered a forceful defense of the program and derided Republican opponents as being scared of "widows and orphans."

http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/19/politics/house-democrats-refugee-hearings-obama/index.html

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1. Playing devil's advocate ...

(1) Is Obama committing to only allowing in widows and orphans, and never any adult males? That, I think, would not past Constitutional muster.

(2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahidka Rather sexist, saying that widows are poor, frail females that do nothing but mourn their men.

Or is he just playing disengenuous rhetorical games for the purpose of humiliating and belittling people that he's going to claim he's tried to work with?