WASHINGTON, D.C. – During the Senate Republican Leadership Stakeout today, U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.) discussed his support for legislation he co-sponsored with U.S. Senator Ron Johnson (Wis.) to block funding for President Barack Obama’s recent executive actions related to immigration.

As the Missouri Times recently reported, Blunt “has taken the lead in the Senate on opposing President Obama’s executive order granting legal status to thousands of undocumented immigrants bypassing Congress… In the days leading up to the [President’s] announcement, Blunt encouraged voters to call the White House or communicate through one of its various social media accounts. Since that announcement on Nov. 20, Blunt has hardly missed a chance to confront the President – even calling his moves “dangerous” and even ‘illegal.’”

In December 2014, Blunt joined an amicus brief led by U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (Texas) and co-signed by U.S. Senator John Cornyn (Texas) in support of a lawsuit brought by the State of Texas against President Obama’s illegal amnesty. Blunt also voted in favor of a constitutional point of order offered by Cruz and U.S. Senator Mike Lee (Utah) against the president’s executive amnesty.