Fellow Conservative,

Good Saturday Morning! This week, Vice President Pence visited Heritage, the Senate failed to pass an important appropriations bill, and 27 senators introduced a bill to ensure that your taxpayer are spent on illegal immigrants.

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27 Senators Attack President Trump’s “Public Charge” Rule

Last month, the Trump administration instituted a new administrative rule to promote self-sufficiency and ensure non-citizens do not place an undue burden on America’s social safety net and that the limited pool of green cards and visas remain available for those immigrants who seek to work hard and contribute to our society.

This “public charge” rule addresses a key concern of Americans. Heritage Action polling shows that immigration is the single biggest issue among Americans, and that that the number one concern is the strain illegal immigrants place on our social safety net.

Tim Chapman explains our polling on immigration to Hill.TV

But now, Congressional Democrats are trying to take this conservative victory away while pandering to the radical-left.

On Tuesday, Senator Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) and 26 other Senate Democrats introduced a bill to block this important immigration rule. These 27 senators want to continue spending your taxpayer dollars on illegal immigrants.

It’s important to note that President Trump’s “public charge” rule is not changing the law but enforcing existing law that was enacted by President Bill Clinton in 1996 (but has gone unenforced by previous administrations).

In 23 years, liberals have moved so-far left that they can’t even stomach common-sense laws signed by President Clinton.

Heritage Action has been leading the fight on this issue and will continue to support President Trump’s “public charge” rule.

Spending Bill Stalls in the Senate

September 30 is the last day of Fiscal Year 2019 and Congress has yet to pass a set of appropriation bills that would fund the government starting on October 1.

Before the August recess, the House and Senate did agree to topline spending levels of $738 billion for defense and $632 billion for non-defense. The $632 billion figure is bloated, but it came with a handshake agreement from Democrats that they would pass “clean” appropriation bills that did not contain new, leftist policies, or poison pills.

On Thursday, that handshake agreement was shown to be a sham when the Senate failed to pass a clean appropriation bill by a vote of 51-44 (60 needed).

This is not another case of government ineptitude but a carefully crafted plan by Democratic leadership.

While liberals in the Senate obstruct actual appropriation bills, their counterparts in the House passed a continuing resolution (CR) to extend funding at current levels through November 21.

Liberals will hold hostage desperately needed funding for Defense and Homeland Security in exchange for liberal policy riders, and then try to force a bad deal on Americans right before the holidays.

VP Pence Visits Heritage

Vice President Pence visited the Heritage Foundation this week to discuss President Trump’s modernized trade agreement between the U.S., Mexico, and Canada.

The USMCA contains the important improvements for 21st century trade issues and the continuation of promoting free trade in North America. Read the Heritage Foundation’s full analysis here.

As trade disputes escalate worldwide, Congress should enact the USMCA to strengthen our relationship with key trading partners and promote American industry — this means quickly replacing NAFTA without weakening the USMCA bill.

Watch Vice President Pence’s speech here.

Thank you for your continued support for conservative principles!

Tim, Jessica and the Heritage Action Team

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