LOL!
the berlin wall was built to keep people IN
Chuck Schumer is predicting the Senate will overwhelmingly pass comprehensive immigration reform before July 4. Marco Rubio says the bill doesn’t even have the 60 votes it needs to pass.
And as of today, Rubio’s right.
Granted, the Senate overwhelmingly voted Tuesday to begin debating the Gang of Eight’s immigration overhaul – 84-15. But that was expected, and it’s just the start. There is nowhere near as much agreement on the reform bill itself.
Sen. Schumer’s rosy predictions assume that all the hurdles will work themselves out over the next few weeks of debate—and that’s a big bet, given the magnitude of the divide that has emerged not only between Democrats and Republicans, but inside the gang as well, particularly on border control.
Senate Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid hesitated Tuesday to talk numbers—a clear sign that Democrats know they don’t have the votes. “I want to have a bill that adheres to our principles and gets as many votes as we can. I’m not going to be talking about specific numbers,” Reid said.
The biggest issue splitting the parties right now is how best to secure the border, and the fight is getting nasty, quick. Other potential land mines include how the Senate decides what tax, health care, and other benefits immigrants may enjoy.
Rubio's Right. The Gang Is Far From a Supermajority on Immigration - NationalJournal.com
other hang ups include back taxes, legalization and citizenship, gay partners (leaky patrick leahy), and leaving so much interpretation of the 1000 unread pages to janet big sis napolitano (who is an idiot) at dhs
on each particular, polls are two to one in favor of the xenophobes, as you can imagine
New State Polls: Voters Overwhelmingly Oppose Amnesty
pass this bill and you will see a tide beating backlash, indies and republicans will go tea in troves
reid calls cornyn's trigger a poison pill, schumer wants to soften it, durbin and reid won't let him (yet)
Senate Democrats divided on immigration - Manu Raju and John Bresnahan - POLITICO.com
because "republicans are beginning to condition their support for the whole immigration package on democrats’ agreement to include cornyn’s amendment"
yesterday border security went down (for now)
Senate rejects border security plan - Seung Min Kim and Burgess Everett - POLITICO.com
there are quite a few dems who are significantly to the right of, say, susan collins, on immigration reform, for the above and other reasons---hagan, pryor, manchin, baucus, tester, landrieu, donnelly...
Immigration Reform 2013: 7 Senate Democrats Who May Vote Against The Bill : Immigration : Latin Times
politico: "without cornyn's proposal---or another republican-friendly border-security alternative---added to the bill, reid and schumer will fail to get 60, much less 70"
and if anything does materially matriculate immigration-wise, the way things stand marco rubio will get probably
more credit than even our most transparent president in the history of all earthlings
Sens. Flake, Bennet urge Obama to stay on sidelines on immigration - UPI.com
si se puede, progresistas