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House Republicans are threatening to use the power of the purse to stop Syrian and Iraqi refugees from coming to the United States
The right-wing of the party wants to tuck something to block funding into the spending package, which has to pass by Dec. 11
The GOP is feeling emboldened after 47 Democrats voter in favor of a refugee bill last week that upped security protocols

By Nikki Schwab, U.s. Political Reporter For Dailymail.com and J. Taylor Rushing, U.s. Political Reporter For Dailymail.com

Published: 19:12 EST, 23 November 2015 | Updated: 01:05 EST, 24 November 2015

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The issue of allowing Syrian refugees to come into the United States now looms as one of the major issues that could shut down the government.

The right-wing of the Republican party – emboldened by the fact that they got 47 Democrats to defect and vote in favor of legislation last week that would impose new security standards on Syrian and Iraqi refugees – want to use the spending package to kill the White House's plan once and for all.

The conservatives want language in the omnibus bill that bars any funding that could be used to relocate refugees, according to the Hill newspaper.

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House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi (left) warned Democrats that there could be an omnibus bill showdown after Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan (right) said the funding bill would contain some changes

Texas Republican, Rep. Brian Babin, sent a letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan and Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers asking them to kill funds going toward Syrian refugee relocation

Speaker John Boehner's parting gift to Congress was to put together a deal that set spending levels for the next two years, but he left it up to his congressional colleagues to decide what to spend the money on.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi put Democrats on alert after new House Speaker Paul Ryan suggested that the funding bill would include some changes to existing policy, the Hill reported.

They'll have until Dec. 11 to iron out these spending issues.

And Congress is in recess through the Thanksgiving holiday, giving them just two weeks to wheel and deal once they get back.

House Republicans were quick on their feet last week to push through veto-proof legislation adding additional security buffers to the process of letting Syrian and Iraq refugees onto American soil.

The House voted 289-137 in favor of the bill, as fears grew of a mainland attack by an ISIS fighter posing as a refugee, after news reports talked of a Syrian passport being found at one of the attack sites in Paris.

It marked Congress' first response to last week's bombings and shootings by ISIS militants in Paris, killing 130 people.

Now it will become a question of whether Republicans want to go farther.

Rep. Brian Babin, R-Texas, gathered 57 signatures and sent a letter to Ryan and House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers asking them to kill funds going toward Syrian refugee relocation.

He called it a 'Trojan House threat to American national security,' the Hill reported.

'The upcoming year-end spending bill provides the best opportunity to be successful in stopping this reckless refugee program,' Babin said in a release.

Alabama Republican Mo Brooks also piped up, saying the only way to halt the refugee program would be to insert something in the spending bill.

'The odds are we would not be in a position to overcome a veto, which means – if that analysis holds true – the only option we have left is to exercise the power of the purse that the Constitution says Congress has by withholding money for these programs that we don't have the money for,' Brooks said.

'Which ought to make it a no brainer!' Brooks concluded.