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ICYMI: Lee Discusses Plan to Avoid Prolonged Government Shutdown

Congress: 113

2013-2014

Lee: Senate Should Pass Military Pay Bill Immediately

The House passed the military pay bill unanimously on Saturday night. Instead of reconvening the Senate on Sunday as some had called for, Senator Reid chose to wait until Monday afternoon to call the Senate back into session, increasing the possibility that the fight over Obamacare could put military pay in jeopardy.

Lee: GOP Has the Votes to Stop Funding Obamacare

Senate Republicans have the ability to show that same courage by staying unified and together opposing cloture on the final bill. We should continue to withhold support for ending debate until Senator Reid either brings up the House bill as is for an up-or-down vote, or allows an open amendment process that permits both Republicans and Democrats to offer amendments to the bill.

America’s opportunity crisis

It is government policies, after all, that trap poor children in rotten schools and poor families in substandard housing. It is government policies that inflate costs and limit access to quality schools and health care; that hamstring badly needed innovation in higher education. And it’s government policies that give preferential treatment and subsidies to well-connected corporations and special interests at the expense of everyone else.

House Leaders Must Shut Back Door to Comprehensive Immigration Bill

House leaders, therefore, should make absolutely clear that any individual immigration bills must be considered separately by the Senate, not crammed together into a behemoth comprehensive proposal. It’s not step-by-step if the bills are merged with the Senate monstrosity at a later date—either through a formal conference or a closed-door negotiation. Any possibility of such an outcome must be ruled out.