on November 19, 2015 in World News
Obama threatens to veto GOP halt on Syrian refugees
Obama threatens to veto GOP halt on Syrian refugees Tensions rose between the Republican lawmakers and US President Barack Obama when the White House threatened to veto a GOP-proposed bill requiring additional background checks for 10,000 Syrian refugees that Obama intends to settle in the US. Sponsored by Representatives Mike McCaul (R-Texas) and Richard Hudson (R-North Carolina), the bill would require top US security officials to certify that every refugee admitted to the US “does not represent a security threat,” according to McCaul, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee. The bill, which is up for a vote Thursday, is… View Article
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