Vote Tally Count House passes bill to expand background checks on Syrian & Iraqi refugees

November 19, 2015 — bunkerville

Individual votes at end of post from Gov Track:

A bill that would require background checks on Iraqi and Syrian refugees hoping to enter the United States has moved quickly through congressional procedures. H.R. 4038, the American Security Against Foreign Enemies SAFE Act, received a House vote on November 19, just two days after it was introduced. The vote succeeded 289-137 with almost all Republicans and 47 Democrats voting in favor. The President has said he would veto the bill if it also passes the Senate.

Millions of refugees from Syria and Iraq have been forced out of their homes as a result of the ongoing civil war in Syria and militarization by the Islamic State (ISIS). Many of these refugees hope to find sanctuary in the United States and European countries. H.R. 4038 would expand the screening process for those refugees attempting to enter the United States by requiring the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to conduct their own background checks in addition to the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS). Any refugee would be prohibited from entry until the FBI certifies that they pose no security threat. Refugees would only be admitted with the unanimous agreement of the FBI, DHS, and Director of National Intelligence.

The bill was introduced by House Republicans after a report that an individual who may have participated in the Nov. 13 attack on Paris had a Syrian passport and matched fingerprints with someone who entered through Greece in October. “Top Administration counterterrorism and security officials have repeatedly told Congress that the current refugee vetting process is insufficient to ensure terrorists are not admitted as refugees,” House Republicans wrote in a summary of the bill. Republicans proposed H.R. 4038 on the belief that the bill will prevent possible attacks from occurring within the United States.

Even with Democratic leadership against the bill, one-fourth of Democrats still voted to pass it in the House vote.

Congress
114th Congress
Date
Nov 19, 2015
Chamber
House
Number
#643
Question:
On Passage of the Bill in the House
Result:
Passed
TRACK VOTES
TOTALS     REPUBLICAN     DEMOCRAT
  AYE 289
67%
 242 47
  NO 137
32%
 2 135
NOT VOTING 8
2%
 2 6

Vote Details

Statistically Notable Votes

VOTE PARTY REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT
Aye   D   Garamendi, John CA 3rd
Aye   D   Brownley, Julia CA 26th
Aye   D   Aguilar, Pete CA 31st
Aye   D   Hahn, Janice CA 44th
Aye   D   Polis, Jared CO 2nd
No   R   King, Steve IA 4th
Aye   D   Lynch, Stephen MA 8th
VOTE PARTY REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT
Aye   D   Keating, William MA 9th
Aye   D   Ashford, Brad NE 2nd
Aye   D   Norcross, Donald NJ 1st
Aye   D   Israel, Steve NY 3rd
Aye   D   Rice, Kathleen NY 4th
Aye   D   Slaughter, Louise NY 25th
No   R   Jones, Walter NC 3rd
VOTE PARTY REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT
Aye   D   Kaptur, Marcy OH 9th
Aye   D   Langevin, Jim RI 2nd
Aye   D   Vela, Filemon TX 34th
Aye   D   Doggett, Lloyd TX 35th
Aye   D   Connolly, Gerald VA 11th

Statistically notable votes are the votes that are most surprising, or least predictable, given how other members of each voter’s party voted and other factors.

Complete breakdown of individual votes here at Gov Track

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There’s money to made on these Syrian Refugees‏

November 19, 2015 — bunkerville

While our veterans go without, the so-called refugees are raking the good stuff in their pockets as well as the “relief” agencies. Guess who decides which and whether one of these Syrian young men moves into your community? A relief agency. In the end, it’s always the line,”follow the money.” Here we go:

“Every refugee receives a sum of money from the government that’s welcome money. It’s $925 per person — a one-time sum,” the organization employee tells the caller.

In addition to the “welcome money,” refugees are also eligible to sign up for a few “cash assistance programs” but are supposedly only eligible to enroll in one.

That’s only the beginning. She also rattled off a laundry list of services offered to incoming refugees intended to make them “self-sufficient and indeptendent,” including:

  • Being picked up at the airport
  • Finding and securing an apartment
  • Setting up the apartment “so it’s livable”
  • Providing bus orientation
  • Transporting them to Social Security office to apply for card
  • Helping find employment
  • Eight weeks of English as Second Language (ESL) classes

The employee says volunteers help by setting up apartments. The organization gives the volunteer a Walmart gift card to buy “all the items needed for the refugee’s apartment.”

Liberty News reports Refugee Services of Texas, “one of the largest networks set to receive Syrian refugees,” received $1,243,000 in tax dollars last year. That amount is expected to “increase significantly” this fiscal year, according to the news site.

Refugee resettlement group admits: We don’t track them

A Syrian refugee relocated to Louisiana has already gone missing, but the group accommodating them isn’t taking responsibility. WBRZ reports: WBRZ has learned Catholic Charities helped the refugee who settled in Baton Rouge, but said the immigrant left for another state after a couple of days, …
American Thinker
And how about the Church World Service President and CEO, Rev. John L. McCullough?  American Thinker states  last year CWS received $45.4 million in government grants, 56.8% of its total revenue.  The Reverend received $288,000 in pay and benefits in 2014.  Not bad … and his prospects for next year will rise on the Syrian crisis.  God forbid we should be wondering why Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and UAE are not taking ANY refugees but the UN commands we do.

“There was a real sense of frustration from all the governors that there is just a complete lack of transparency and communication coming from the federal government,” said one GOP state official who was on the call.

Now this is what you need to know!  Directly from the US State Department’s own website (emphasis is mine):

The Department of State works with nine domestic resettlement agencies that have proven knowledge and resources to resettle refugees. Every week, representatives of each of these nine agencies meet to review the biographic information and other case records sent by the overseas Resettlement Support Centers (RSC) to determine where a refugee will be resettled in the United States.

*** The nine major federal resettlement contractors determining the futures of your cities and states and which like to call themselves VOLAGs (short for Voluntary agencies)—a joke considering how much federal money they receive:

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