House Speaker John Boehner told Senate Democrats Wednesday to “get off their [expletive]” and help pass a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) while limiting President Barack Obama’s executive actions related to immigration.
“The House has done its job, why don’t you go ask the Senate Democrats when they’re going to get off their [expletive] and do something other than to vote no?” said Boehner after meeting with Republican Party lawmakers. “The issue here is not Senate Republicans. The issue here is Senate Democrats.”
Funding for the DHS is set to expire Feb. 27, and a stopgap measure is required to avoid a shutdown of the cabinet-level department.
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