Posted on 08/01/2013 10:45:44 AM PDT by jimbo123
If the Senate immigration bill came up for a vote in the House, it would probably pass — some of the Republicans and almost all of the Democrats would combine for 218 votes.
But conservatives have extracted promises from John Boehner not to let that happen, and the Speaker has dutifully pledged to keep the House from voting on any bill that lacks the support of most Republicans.
That would seem to make comprehensive reform pretty dead, right? Except Paul Ryan, who clearly wants to pass a bill, floated a way around this promise:
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So the plan he's discussing here apparently would be to bring some bills to the floor and then find out if most Republicans support them. Of course, the likely outcome is that they discover that an overwhelming majority of Republicans really don't like the bill and vote against it, but it gets 200 Democratic votes and passes, by which point it's too late.
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I understand... I do not like having to say it but the truth is the truth.
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Sadly it happens more and more these days.
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I suspected him when romney picked him. Birds of a feather flock together.
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They are all about personal power.
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Wow. What is up with this scumbag Ryan?
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