Posted on 04/13/2013 3:00:16 PM PDT by Sir Napsalot
According to an ABC News report, senators from the bipartisan “Gang of Eight” pushing immigration reform are expected to drop their bill, estimated at around 1,500 pages, on Tuesday, mere hours before the only scheduled Senate hearing on the topic.
“A bipartisan group of senators plans to introduce its long-awaited immigration bill on Tuesday, Senate sources confirmed to ABC News,” Jim Avila and Jordan Fabian wrote on Friday. “Four Democrats and four Republicans, known as the 'Gang of Eight,' wrapped up months of hard-fought negotiations this week and will put forth a bill that includes a pathway to citizenship for many of the 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the U.S.”
If the Senators actually do wait until Tuesday to roll out their lengthy proposed overhaul of the U.S. immigration system, that will give members of the Senate Judiciary Committee less than a full day to read it before the only Senate hearing on the topic. Despite ardent pleas from Senate conservatives, including ranking Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Chuck Grassley, the committee’s chairman, Sen. Pat Leahy, has only agreed to one hearing on the legislation.
Leahy scheduled that single hearing for Wednesday at 2:30 PM, and the hearing’s sole scheduled witness is Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. Napolitano would have less than a full day to read the bill she is scheduled to testify about.
“Gang of Eight” member Marco Rubio (R-FL) has said he supports multiple hearings and an open and transparent immigration reform process, but his actions do not necessarily back his words. He has not pushed Leahy to force multiple hearings; he appears content with the single hearing Leahy has scheduled on the issue and now appears to be backing down from his demand for multiple hearings.
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This is a lawless land, starting from the very top.
I strongly oppose how this is being done.
Block it GOP.
I’m serious.
“We’ve got to pass it to find out what’s in it.” The Mexican Nationals must have received their copies quite some time ago judging from the current stampede across the border into America. Time to whack the Big Pinata.
No fence no amnesty. Period. Stop.
More reasons to march onto DC ......
Sign the bill so you can find out what was in it.
Obama lied about TRANSPARENCY. He’s nothing but a Chicago THUG and a Hawaiian BASTARD.
Don’t they work for us? This cannot be legal.
If I were a liberal in 2013, I’d be wiping my ass with everyone too.
The idiots keep voting for these guys.
So I’d be laughing too. :)
I strongly oppose how it is being done and that it is being done at all.
Fence. No amnesty. Period. Stop.
Boner has already said he’ll align with the house RATS to pass the Senate amnesty bill. No conferences. Nothing.
GOP can't wait to bend backwards to 'welcome the illegals', you know, big tent and such.
The Obamacare procedure is now the norm. All we need is SCOTUS to tell us it is Constitutional. WE ARE DONE.
Obamacare II.
What can we do?
Move to Australia.
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