dhsshutdown

Leslie is re-joined by regular Friday guest Brad Bannon. Brad runs Bannon Communications Research, a polling, message development and media firm which helps labor unions, progressive issue groups and Democratic candidates win public affairs and political campaigns.

They discuss the latest between the Senate and the House in the showdown over the President's Executive Action on Immigration and how Republicans have tied funding for Homeland Security to it.

Leslie and callers discuss what a Homeland Security shutdown would mean for America and how likely it is to happen.

Leslie is joined by Allan Wernick, a professor and a widely-noted authority on citizenship and immigration law.

They discuss conservative lawmakers urging Speaker John Boehner not to back down in a fight with Democrats (over President Obama's immigration policy) that threatens a partial Homeland Security shutdown. They also talk about how, in the Senate, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has agreed to separate measures against President Obama's immigration actions from Homeland Security funding. The Senate would then debate the issues separately, and avoid a Homeland Security shutdown. It remains to be seen if the House will follow suit.