We elect idiots.

Matt SchaeferNovember 19, 2015 at 1:31 PM
I am pro-refugee, from any country. But I can't find anything in this bill (at least the two summaries I have read) to rail against. It seems largely symbolic. Symbolic is what Congress does best so I am not surprised.
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John NovakNovember 19, 2015 at 1:33 PM
oh god i read a comment
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John NovakNovember 19, 2015 at 1:36 PM
"It also would require the Homeland Security secretary, the director of the FBI and the Director of National Intelligence to personally sign off that each refugee isn’t a security threat."

Yeah, and if that doesn't drastically reduce the number of refugees, nothing will short of ending the program entirely. And this almost has (in the House) veto-proof support.
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F-L SilverNovember 19, 2015 at 2:09 PM
Yes, that personal sign off bit was one of my favorites.
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John NovakNovember 19, 2015 at 2:23 PM
Some of the rest isn't objectionable, but that one seems surface-reasonable until you remember the last time you dealt with three bureaucracies and tried to get an individual to take responsibility for anything.

This is basically Congress saying, "We won't be accountable for any single thing, here."
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