Posted on 02/02/2014 9:32:32 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, one of the top proponents for bringing a major immigration reform bill to the House floor this year, raised serious doubts about the likelihood of such legislation in remarks on ABC's This Week.
Ryan also provided greater detail about how the GOP's approach might be structured. Referring to provisions to increase border security and interior security, Ryan said “those things have to be in law, in practice, and independently verified before the rest of the law can occur. So it's a security-first non-amnesty approach.”
That statement is important because it implies key details about how he would like to proceed that are at issue in the internal debate.
First, Ryan suggested there would be a single piece of legislation (“the law”) that includes both security and legalization provisions. Secondly, Ryan implied legalization would be in that single bill but that security benchmarks would need to be met before “the rest of the law can occur.”
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NO SH*T! Ryan...a total sell-out DOLT!
The fate of Ryan’s future politican aspirations are “clearly in doubt”, too.
He was hoping to cash in on the immigration issue like Rubio did. Rubio supposedly got some $3 million in new donations right after the Senate passed their version of the Gang of 8 immigration bill.
I had high hopes for Ryan when he was confrontational at the WH healthcare summit with Obama a few years ago. More recently, my opinion of him is on the same level as my opinion of Rubio. They both would have to rise a bit to even be swept off the sidewalk.
Has Goober Graham spoke on this latest attempt?
Sorry, a gang of 8 or whatever will garner the votes and reach across the isle to get this done.
I’ll believe it when I see it.
Is this a head fake? Will they pass amnesty in the dead of night like too many things?
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