Posted on 07/29/2014 12:33:55 PM PDT by servo1969
Senate Democrats are angling to include the entire “Gang of Eight” bill in a conference committee with whatever border crisis bill comes out of Speaker John Boehner’s House of Representatives, Politico reports.
“The only way any piece of the House proposal could become law is if it was conferenced with the Senate’s comprehensive immigration reform bill, which is something we’d certainly consider,” a senior Democratic aide told Politico.
Gang of Eight Republicans Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL), John McCain (R-AZ), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and Jeff Flake (R-AZ) recently issued a joint statement saying they did not want this to happen, but there’s no stopping Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Speaker Boehner from entering a conference committee at which this could happen if both Reid and Boehner want to.
But the left is ramping up using its battle plans to force Republicans into a worse position with this too. “House GOP wants to change immigration policy on border bill,” Frank Sharry, a pro-amnesty advocate, Tweeted on Tuesday. “We do too: CIR [Comprehensive Immigration Reform]. Look forward to Senate Dems demanding CIR in conference.”
The Senate Democrats’ boldness comes as Speaker Boehner and House GOP leadership backed down, refusing to fight President Barack Obama’s plans to use executive orders to grant amnesty via executive order to 5 to 6 million illegal aliens in America.
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HELL NO!
I knew the GOP was going to stab us in the back. I thought they would at least wait awhile.
They just ruined their chances for big wins.
Fraud is rampant and goes unpunished.
Republicans are the blue blood country club banker faction of the Washingtonians, and Democrats are the communist/marxist faction of the Washingtonians.
It's us outside the Beltway against the Washingtonians from both parties.
It's time to stop looking to DC for solutions to the problems the degenerate sons of bitches in DC have created in the first place.
“Democracy… while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.”
I can’t help but suspect that perhaps Boehner and few other Pubs were involved in the surge to the border. In doing so- it would create a “crisis”- in which Obama would threaten to do another EO, and of course, Repubs would then have cover for coming up with an immigration bill. I really think we have been played.
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