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Analyst puts odds of government shutdown over refugees at 50-50
WASHINGTON — Congress returns to Washington this week facing a potential showdown over Syrian refugees resettling in the U.S., a battle that could lead to a partial shutdown of the government.
Lawmakers must approve a $1.1 trillion spending bill before Dec. 11. And some opponents of President Barack Obama's effort to resettle 10,000 Syrian refugees in this country view the must-pass funding measure as the perfect vehicle to thwart the administration's plan.
"I think it's better than 50-50 that we're going to get one," Norman Ornstein, a centrist scholar on politics and Congress at the American Enterprise Institute, said of a shutdown.
The House of Representatives passed a bill before its Thanksgiving recess that essentially blocks the resettlement of Syrian and Iraqi refugees in the U.S. unless they pass heightened security background checks.
MORE HERE: http://yonside.com/analyst-puts-odds-of-government-shutdown-over-refugees-at-50-50/
Lawmakers must approve a $1.1 trillion spending bill before Dec. 11. And some opponents of President Barack Obama's effort to resettle 10,000 Syrian refugees in this country view the must-pass funding measure as the perfect vehicle to thwart the administration's plan.
"I think it's better than 50-50 that we're going to get one," Norman Ornstein, a centrist scholar on politics and Congress at the American Enterprise Institute, said of a shutdown.
The House of Representatives passed a bill before its Thanksgiving recess that essentially blocks the resettlement of Syrian and Iraqi refugees in the U.S. unless they pass heightened security background checks.
MORE HERE: http://yonside.com/analyst-puts-odds-of-government-shutdown-over-refugees-at-50-50/
