Dem senator says Obama 'overstepped' on immigration

Who said bipartisanship was dead?

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said he'll be ''voting with the Republicans'' as they seek to fund the Department of Homeland Security apart from President Obama's executive orders on immigration because he believes the president "overstepped his boundaries.'"

According to The Hill, Manchin said that what’s needed now is ''a clean DHS funding bill.''

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"Don't play politics with it," Manchin said. "Mitch McConnell is going to pull [the DHS funding bill] out separately. I appreciate that. I support that wholeheartedly."

Funding for the DHS will run out on Friday if Congress doesn't agree to a strategy to avoid a shutdown. Democratic Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware has also come out in favor of McConnell's proposal to split up the funding legislation, but Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), the Senate Homeland Security Committee's chairman, said passing a short-term continuing resolution might be more realistic.