GOP senators: DACA bill to get vote by Feb. 8

[Julian Englis]

Source: The Hill

GOP senators said early Saturday morning that they've gotten a promise from Senate leadership to bring up a fix for young undocumented immigrants by early next month.

"There was an agreement, we got the majority leader to agree to bring that bill up," Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) told reporters on his way out of the Capitol.

Asked if the agreement was to give a legislative fix for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program a vote by Feb. 8, he added: "Yes, by Feb. 8 that vote would happen. We would start the process vote, invoke cloture on the Graham-Durbin bill and maybe another one."

Spokesmen for Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/369893-gop-senators-daca-bill-to-get-vote-by-feb-8

[Demtexan]

1. Sure.

Do not believe them.

[RestoreAmerica2020]

26. Liars! So vote for it now, why wait? Because they

..are just leading dems on...trumpf has backout of promise twice, he, they will do it again.

[thbobby]

2. Democrats should

insist on public statements saying this from McConnel, Ryan, and Trump. If that happens then ending the shutdown until Feb 8 will be a good deal.

[DFW]

3. To hell with them. They could have voted DACA tonight

If they haven't voted by now, what possible evidence do we have that they'll vote by Feb 8?

DACA to them is like the extra $50 million from Trump's inaugural celebration fund. For one year, they been promising to do something constructive with that money within 6 weeks. Now they don't even know where it is (nor do I, but I'll bet I know where it ISN'T: with the inaugural celebration fund).

[thbobby]

5. Yea

I agree. But making them show, once again, that they are liars has an appeal to me. But, they will continue to use Dreamer Lives as a propaganda tool to keep their racist and hateful base drooling.

[cstanleytech]

12. We already know they are though, the problem is their base is willing to accept it and they

are not going to change their minds.

[Demtexan]

8. Better get it in writing.

On video.

[SnowCritter]

13. Like that would matter to any Republican

I wouldn't trust any of them as far as I could throw them - and I'm not as strong as I once was.

[Demsrule86]

22. Vote on it now...period....or no agreement.

[bluestarone]

30. this

x 1000000-00000000000000000%

[pnwmom]

4. Yeah, right. Like they promised Susan Collins on children's health. n/t

[maxrandb]

14. Speaking of Susan "I'm a Moderate...no really I am" Shit-for-Brains

How'd she vote?

Dems....PLEASE-PLEASE-PLEASE...Concentrate 1,000 times more energy to kicking these fucking so-called "moderate" Retrumplicans out of office instead of red-state Dems.

Oh, I forgot...everytime Susan Collins of any Retrumplican "moderate" is talked about, I have just one respone;

"Dear Retrumplican, go fuck yourself sideways with a First Edition hard-cover copy of Atlas Shrugged you worthless piece of amphibian shit"

[MGKrebs]

29. How do you feel about Alabama senator Doug Jones?

Just curious.

[NCjack]

32. The choice was a Blue Dog DEM or hard RW REP. So, I'm OK as long as he at least votes

for DEM to be Majority Leader. Anything more than that is butter and jelly on the biscuit.

[maxrandb]

33. Doug Jones isn't trying to tell me he's something he's not

And he will help ensure that if Dems take control, asshats like Grassley won't be chairman of a Senate committee and Retrumplicans won't be in majorities of important committees

[AlexSFCA]

6. never trust them, let shutdown last till then if needed

bring down the goverment and force trump intl resignation

[Journeyman]

7. Huh. And this couldn't have been accomplished sometime between last September & yesterday? . . .

[duforsure]

9. Why can't they just pass it right now?

Along with the Chips funding bill, why can't they just pass it now? They're all there, or is it like the bill suggested by Sen. Macaskil to continue pay for service members, McConnell refused to do it. Republicans and trump are turning the blue wave into a tsunami coming after them in Nov. . Daca and Chips both have a 80-90 approval by the American people. Trump and the republicans need to take a basic math course. They keep digging heir holes deeper and deeper while trying desperately to blame Democrats they're in a hole. 2018 VOTE!

[Tom Rinaldo]

10. I would take that deal, expecting it to fail.

It sets up ideal framing for Democrats either way. We can take credit for having forced Republicans to finally actually bring DACA fix legislation up for a vote if they actually do so as promised. If they fail to keep the deal, the public will really be focused on their betrayal now that the government shutdown coverage has hit fever pitch. And then in three weeks we shut down the government again, with public opinion even more firmly backing Democrats. Realistically DACA is not going to get fixed much sooner than Feb. 8th no matter what we do. The fact that Democrats forced the shutdown by not backing the extension last night was critical. It established that we have a spine and sets up our taking credit now for resolving DACA one way or another because of our resolve, regardless of how the political game gets played over the next few weeks.

[still_one]

17. Unless that assurance to bring it up for a vote in February is in writing, and made public, it means

very little

[Demsrule86]

20. No. If they had any intention of passing DACA...the could do it right now. They never intend to pass

it ...bunch of liars.They will have some sort of fake vote with poison pills everywhere if they even have a vote. NO.

[still_one]

23. Of course they could, and they would not put it in writing and make it public either

In fact they should have fond chip in September, but they lied, and trump lied about DACA

They are lying frauds

[Demsrule86]

21. It is like sequester was...the GOP has no intention of fixing DACA...they intend to deport those

kids. You can't force them to do anything...this is our shot. And you can't allow all those kids to be kicked out ...many will die to score political points...and we would get blamed too.

[Cartoonist]

11. They didn't say they would pass it

They just said they would vote on it. The R's will vote no and that will end it.

[Bengus81]

15. Then they could vote on Monday and pass it,McConnell trying to run out the clock

[lark]

16. LIAR

Just like they promised collins they wouldn't fuck with ACA, then included a host of measures to do just that in budget, and promised her they'd do a bill on re-insurance and guess what also was not included. McConnell and drumpf are two of the most untrustworthy pols to come around in ages and I wouldn't trust them if they were handing me a $100 bill. You can bet it would contain some kind of neurotoxin to kill me.

so fucking pissed that I might not get my first SS check which was due to be processed Monday, that military might not get paid, all to build a unnecessary and even harmful wall and to kick out brown folks who were here through no action of their own. Don't believe this "we'll do it later", it's a total lie from the criminal, greedy, traitorous russian repugs.

[Nitram]

18. I don't believe them. They've reneged on too many promises already.

[Demsrule86]

19. I don't buy it...bunch of liars...it can get a vote right now...there is bipartisan agreement...no

need to wait unless it is just to never do it. The GOP will never do it willingly.

[Demsrule86]

24. Bullshit...They could do it right now if they wanted to. They are liars.

[turbinetree]

25. What was wrong on voting for it last December?

FUCK YOU .........................just like your back stabbing on health care, when a disabled man on an airplane was begging you..............

Fuck you again




November 2018 cannot get here fast enough

[shanny]

27. oh, I totally believe that.

just in case it's necessary

[gibraltar72]

28. Believe Me!

[bluestarone]

31. the number one thing we've learned so far is

DON'T FUCKING BELIEVE THEM!!!!!

[dchill]

34. No.

Now.

[Demsrule86]

35. Liars. A vote in the Senate is meaningless as the House won't take it up.

Don't fall for it Dems.

[riversedge]

36. #Republicans conned Senator Collins, on of their own. DO NOT TRUST THEM!