Posted on 07/06/2013 11:20:33 AM PDT by onyx
While most Americans rank the economy and government spending as the top challenges facing the nation, the Senate last month rushed through a comprehensive immigration bill to give amnesty to 11 million illegal aliens. The effort was more about the perceived needs of the Republican Party than the nation as a whole. The swift Senate action was intended to pressure the House to pass amnesty into law. The House seems to have other ideas.
Last Friday, before Congress left for a week-long recess, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's office released to GOP House members a 3-page memo detailing issues that would be on the legislative calendar when Congress returned.
The memo discussed issues related to energy, education and government oversight. Immigration was only mentioned at the end, in a section headlined "a few additional items." This is not how a Chamber gears up for work on a complex legislative issue.
“The House may begin consideration of the border security measures that have been passed by the Homeland Security and Judiciary Committees and begin reviewing other immigration proposals,” Mr. Cantor wrote, noting that Republicans will hold an internal conference on the issue on July 10th.
Speaker Boehner has repeatedly said that the House won't consider the Senate bill. It's been working on several pieces of legislation that cover various aspects of our immigration system. This piecemeal approach provides greater deliberation and consideration than the 1,000+ bill approach embraced by the Senate. The public is still learning the details of the bill passed by 68 Senators last month.
The idea that Senate action would force the House's hand was always silly. The House doesn't simply act on the whims of Senators. Having to face voters every 2 years, the House is more sensitive to grass-roots sentiment than the Senate.
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Yep—we’ve got to just keep repeating that message over and over again, so the House can’t pass the Senate amnesty bill by stealth, claiming that all they voted for was for stronger border security.
We won’t get another chance to stop these politicians!
The big GOP House meeting is Wednesday.
And he illustrated why I’m registering as an independent.
I am going to fax a letter saying the same thing to him soon.
KILL THE BILL!
” Just called Boehner, got into his line, gave my message encouraging NO debate, NO bill. I reminded him this is the issue that lost the GOP majority to the dems in 2006.
I am going to fax a letter saying the same thing to him soon.”
Same here. Way to fight!
I wish more were doing the same!
Me too. Over 1,000 posts on the Zimmerman thread from this morning. I hope they all took the five or ten minutes necessary to call Boehner, Cantor, and their own rep. If they did it would be like the tidal wave onyx put on to the "call information" thread. I left a message with my own congressman again, as a reminder.
” Over 1,000 posts on the Zimmerman thread from this morning. I hope they all took the five or ten minutes necessary to call Boehner, Cantor, and their own rep. If they did it would be like the tidal wave onyx put on to the “call information” thread. “
Has Jim Rob posted a thread on this yet?
I called Boehner’s offices (his local offices too) and also Cantor’s today.
We MUST STOP THIS!
” We MUST STOP THIS!”
Exactly, or we lose the country!
San Antonio is Mexico City North.
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