Boehner proposes a plan to avoid a government shutdown

Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Tuesday urged House Republicans to support a plan that would keep the government funded and also send a strong message to President Barack Obama that they reject the executive actions he took on immigration.

The plan, which Boehner discussed during a closed-door meeting with House Republicans on Tuesday, comes in two parts. First, he wants House Republicans to vote this week for a bill to disapprove of Obama’s executive actions on immigration, which include providing deportation reprieve and work permits for up to 5 million undocumented immigrants.

Then next week, Boehner wants House Republicans to approve a spending bill to fund most of the federal government through Sep. 30, 2015. Attached to that spending bill would be another shorter-term measure to fund the Department of Homeland Security, which is in charge of immigration-related services, until March.

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Following the closed-door meeting with House Republicans, Boehner told reporters that House Republicans haven’t made a final decision on how they want to challenge the president on his executive actions.

“This is a serious breach of our Constitution,” Boehner said about Obama’s move on immigration. “It’s a serious threat to our system of government. And frankly we have limited options and limited abilities to deal with it directly.”

“But that’s why we’re continuing to talk to our members,” he continued. “We’ve not made decisions about how we’re going to proceed, but we are in fact going to proceed.”

The plan Boehner is proposing is designed to give House Republicans an opportunity to express their disapproval of Obama’s executive actions while avoiding a government shutdown, like the one from last year. Republicans argue that Obama exceeded his authority when he issued his executive actions last month.

Congress has until Dec. 11 to pass a spending bill that would fund the federal government.

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