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McCain’s amnesty dies in Senate
The Washington Times ^
| February 15, 2018
| Stephen Dinan, S.A. Miller, David Sherfinski
Posted on 02/15/2018 12:40:36 PM PST by jazusamo
The Senate shot down Sen. John McCain’s latest immigration legalization proposal Thursday as lawmakers finally began their long-awaited floor fight over the fate of “Dreamers.”
Mr. McCain and Sen. Chris Coons, Delaware Democrat, had proposed an amnesty for perhaps 3 million illegal immigrants in exchange for a study of border security and a promise of action by 2021.
But the plan had been rejected by President Trump and garnered only 52 votes in support, which was well shy of the 60 senators had set as the needed threshold for action.
Votes were expected in quick succession on a plan to crack down on sanctuary cities, then on Senate Democratic leaders’ immigration plan — an amnesty for 1.8 million illegal immigrants, coupled with border wall funding. Finally, a vote was expected on Mr. Trump’s four-point framework combining an amnesty for 1.8 million with border wall funding, changes to chain migration and an end to the Diversity Visa Lottery.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona; US: Delaware; US: Kentucky; US: Maine; US: Pennsylvania; US: South Carolina; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: 115th; amnesty; arizona; chriscoons; daca; delaware; illegalaliens; johnmccain; kentucky; lindseygraham; maine; mccain; mitchmcconnell; nothanks; pennsylvania; sanctuarycities; senatevote; southcarolina; susancollins; timkaine; trumpillegals; virginia
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To: tennmountainman
Not soon enough to suit me!
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posted on
02/15/2018 12:47:48 PM PST
by
Jean2
To: jazusamo
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posted on
02/15/2018 12:48:46 PM PST
by
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posted on
02/15/2018 12:48:47 PM PST
by
jazusamo
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To: DoughtyOne
Boy would that be great news!
To: jazusamo
Why is he still a Senator? Is he trying to make his wife the Senator?
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posted on
02/15/2018 12:49:19 PM PST
by
bray
(Pray for President Trump)
To: tennmountainman
To: Jean2
I misread the headline! Darn!
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posted on
02/15/2018 12:51:28 PM PST
by
notaliberal
(St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle,)
To: Okeydoker
Just flip the first two words. Amnesty McCain dies in Senate.
Two birds, one shot. Yeah, I went there.
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posted on
02/15/2018 12:51:51 PM PST
by
PSUGOP
To: SandRat
His attempts to legalize, will probably not end until he does.
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posted on
02/15/2018 12:52:13 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
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To: DoughtyOne
That is how I read it the first time.
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posted on
02/15/2018 12:52:39 PM PST
by
Gator113
( ~~Trump 2020~~)
To: bray
If the turkey had an ounce of decency (which he doesn’t) he’d resign and let his seat be filled.
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posted on
02/15/2018 12:52:48 PM PST
by
jazusamo
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To: jazusamo
exchange for a study of border security and promise of action by 2021<\I> So a maybe kinda sorta promise to study the issue with action being a no vote in 2021.
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posted on
02/15/2018 12:53:00 PM PST
by
zlala
To: jazusamo
I glanced at the headline...McCain dies in the Senate and thought....Really?
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posted on
02/15/2018 12:53:03 PM PST
by
Beagle8U
(Wake up and smell the Covfef)
To: Okeydoker
Sadly, yes...
I wish he’d go retire and leave the issues of the nation to others.
If he isn’t going to, don’t blame me if I ‘act out’ at times. LOL
(I didn’t think you were giving me a hard time here.)
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posted on
02/15/2018 12:54:09 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
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To: SJSAMPLE
"Almost there ..."
I first saw the words McCain and Dies...
Close, but no cigar.
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posted on
02/15/2018 12:54:22 PM PST
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
To: Gator113
Well it sure stuck out like a sore thumb to me.
Couldn’t resist.
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posted on
02/15/2018 12:55:42 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
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To: jazusamo
Vaya con dios, Juan.
Come to think of it, just vaya.
To: jazusamo
” promise of action by 2021”
they actually think anyone would believe that, I can see the wink and smirk from here,
these are the people taking this country to ruin.
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posted on
02/15/2018 12:56:33 PM PST
by
tm61
(Election 2012: we find it IS possible, to polish a turd.)
To: Governor Dinwiddie
Four more days and his 6 months are up
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posted on
02/15/2018 12:56:47 PM PST
by
bert
(K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column)
To: notaliberal
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posted on
02/15/2018 12:58:20 PM PST
by
Jean2
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