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Senate rejects centrist immigration bill after Trump veto threat
The Hill ^ | Feb. 15, 2018 | Jordain Carney

Posted on 02/15/2018 1:07:10 PM PST by Innovative

The Senate on Thursday rejected immigration legislation crafted by centrists in both parties after President Trump threatened to veto the bill if it made it to his desk.

In a 54-45 vote, the Senate failed to advance the legislation from eight Republican, seven Democratic and one Independent senators. It needed 60 votes to overcome a procedural hurdle.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Kentucky; US: Maine; US: Pennsylvania; US: South Carolina; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: aliens; amnesty; immigrationbill; kentucky; lindseygraham; maine; mitchmcconnell; pennsylvania; senate; southcarolina; susancollins; timkaine; trump; virginia
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To: DoodleDawg

So it is better to have a bad bill passed than having nothing at all??

What people are forgetting is that we have an immigration policy in place. It is called the law of the land. People are looking for an immigration bill that will soften existing laws and allow for more immigrants to come into our country. I do not believe that this is a good underlying concept for passing more legislation. Maybe the politicos need to first come to grips as to what their objectives really are and work from there. The problem is that nobody is buying what the democrats and the “centrist” (read that as leftist) Republicans are trying to sell.


21 posted on 02/15/2018 1:22:02 PM PST by dirtymac
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To: Innovative

Who needs a new law? Let the EXISTING immigration laws prevail.


22 posted on 02/15/2018 1:23:50 PM PST by fwdude (History has no 'sides;' you're thinking of geometry.)
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To: Innovative
The New 21st Century Gauge of Centrism

Edge of the Leftist Universe     Center           Edge of the Right Spectrum
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Communism                        Conservatives
Socialism                        U. S. Constitution
Marxism                          Right to Life
Fascism                          Law and Order (reasoned)
Globalism                        Parental Rights
Election Fraud                   Reasoned Education
Racism                           Simple Clarity
Open borders                     Strong Defense
Abortion                         Small Government
Genocide                         Capitalism
Power to the State               Generally strong belief in higher being
Do not believe in higher being   Believe in Racial Equality
Large Government
Profess Racial Equal., game it
It Takes a Village
Indoctrination replaces education
CHAOS
Democrat Leadership
      Moderates
      Centrists
      Republican Leadership
      Profess to support Conservatism - Their version is very close to the far Left's view



23 posted on 02/15/2018 1:23:57 PM PST by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs..)
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To: Innovative

54 Senators voted to Sell Out the American People, 6 more and were toast.

there fixed the stupid headline


24 posted on 02/15/2018 1:25:58 PM PST by eyeamok (Tolerance: The virtue of having a belief in Nothing!)
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To: jyo19

He already showed the way for these DACA criminals a 12 year path. That’s fair for a bunch of anti American leeches but I prefer ZERO tolerance for them.


25 posted on 02/15/2018 1:27:02 PM PST by beergarden
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To: Innovative

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha


26 posted on 02/15/2018 1:32:43 PM PST by StAnDeliver (Vive la revolution!)
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To: WayneS

““Centrist”.
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means...”

We are supposed to post the exact title of the article and it was in there.

The MSM is deliberately using misleading terms.


27 posted on 02/15/2018 1:32:47 PM PST by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: Innovative

I know it wasn’t you.

My post was a movie reference.

“You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means” is a quote from the movie Princess Bride.

Sorry for the misunderstanding.


28 posted on 02/15/2018 1:34:39 PM PST by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
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To: beergarden
Centrist’ my ass..

Partner, my thoughts too!!!

29 posted on 02/15/2018 1:36:00 PM PST by TheConservativeTejano
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To: beergarden

12 Years would’ve honestly thinned the herd by about half because there’s no way the scumbag portion of the DACA kids would keep their noses clean that long.

But 10 years for wall funding? Still sanctuary cities and chain migration? F that.

Let it go to March and let the program go away completely. We have the Trump card here.


30 posted on 02/15/2018 1:38:13 PM PST by jyo19
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To: Innovative; All
““Centrist”. You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means...”

We used to see this show all the time with our kids and they cracked up and myself too when they got to this part!!!

31 posted on 02/15/2018 1:39:18 PM PST by TheConservativeTejano
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To: jyo19

“there’s no way the scumbag portion of the DACA kids would keep their noses clean that long.”

Exactly. DJT did it this way to make them fall in line but Im sure some will fall off the cliff..


32 posted on 02/15/2018 1:40:46 PM PST by beergarden
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To: Innovative

Most so-called “centrists” of today would have been up in front of the House Un-American Activities Committee 50 years ago trying to explain away their ultra-left anti-American conduct and rhetoric.


33 posted on 02/15/2018 1:41:01 PM PST by Vlad The Inhaler (The only trannie I want to see is a Muncie 4 Speed M-22 Rock Crusher)
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To: BenLurkin
These pee brains are in dire need of revising their dictionary. Water on the brain makes that responsibility most difficult. Centrist? HARDLY!There is no white stripe unless it is down their backs.
34 posted on 02/15/2018 1:41:58 PM PST by V K Lee (Anyone who thinks my story is anywhere near over is sadly mistaken. - Donald J. Trump)
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To: V K Lee

“centrist” = anti-American LIB loser whose goal is to erode civil society


35 posted on 02/15/2018 1:43:33 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: Bob Celeste
Come March 5, doesn’t the deportations begin big time?

On March 4 it'll be "Off to the races!" as we enjoy watching the pickup trucks, laden with furniture, Mama, niños and Abuela, make a run for the border ahead of La Migra.

36 posted on 02/15/2018 1:44:18 PM PST by COBOL2Java (The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen)
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To: Innovative

Good news.


37 posted on 02/15/2018 1:47:24 PM PST by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: beergarden

I think they mispelled “crappiest”.


38 posted on 02/15/2018 1:47:45 PM PST by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust Sessions. The Great Awakening is at hand...MAGA!)
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To: Innovative

GOOD!

Folks, you are watching “The Art of the Deal” in action.

Trump wouldn’t deal with them on DACA, and the government shut down. The Dems thought that they’d best him on that, because it worked many other times against the Schmuckpublicans, but Trump is Trump and they got schlonged. Next, they signed the budget deal...and are faced with trying to do a DACA deal and having NOTHING to threaten Trump with. Now they try to do a deal that they know Trump won’t do with some Schmuckpublicans, and Trump schlongs that deal. So who does everyone think is going to win this one?


39 posted on 02/15/2018 1:52:25 PM PST by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: Road Warrior ‘04

Sounds like the plan is to replace McConnell with Romney. The Senate GOP will resist but he will use his donor network to buy the position.


40 posted on 02/15/2018 1:53:03 PM PST by lodi90
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