GOP takes on Library of Congress on immigration terminology

By trading common-sense language for sanitized political-speak, they are caving to the whims of left-wing special interests and attempting to mask the grave threat that illegal immigration poses to our economy, our national security, and our sovereignty.

[...] the library said in a March 26 statement that "the phrase illegal aliens has taken on a pejorative tone in recent years" and added that "aliens" can be confusing since it can also mean beings from another planet.

The bill funding the operations of Congress is the most obscure and little-watched of the 12 annual appropriations bills, making news only because it contains a freeze on lawmakers' pay and permits sledding on the Capitol grounds.

The first few bills to make it through the Senate pipeline have been mostly free of what Democrats call "poison pill riders," despite opportunities to try to block environmental regulations or President Barack Obama's mostly symbolic executive order on gun violence.