GOP: We'll move immigration reform if we take back Senate

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill

By Alexander Bolton - 05/15/14 06:00 AM EDT

Senate Republicans say they'll try to pass immigration reform legislation in the next two years if they take back the Senate in November.

The Republicans say winning back the Senate will allow them to pass a series of bills on their own terms that have a better chance of winning approval in the House.

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), a central member of the coalition that passed a comprehensive reform bill in the Senate last year, said he would craft a better legislative approach if Republicans control the upper chamber in 2015.

That would give his party a chance to pass immigration legislation before the presidential election, when Hispanic voters will be crucial to winning the White House.



Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/206177-gop-well-move-immigration-reform-if-we-take-back-senate

[randys1]

1. i.e. phuck you immigrants if we cant have power first because we only care about us

[geardaddy]

3. +1

[Fred Sanders]

5. Because good policy is not good if the other guy does it first, so vote GOP???

[kelliekat44]

22. Because they will have the SCOTUS overturn whatever they pass. Like they tried with the ACA. nt

[Dawson Leery]

2. More hostage taking.

[Fred Sanders]

4. ....or we keep stomping our feet, block everything and scream at Obama, what do Americans want?

[Ash_F]

6. They'll move it the wrong way.

They'll "build that dang wall".

[randys1]

7. Terrrorism at it's very best

[pinto]

8. What a transparently political ploy. And he'll call for an investigation on the climate change stuff

[Gman]

9. "Trust us, Hispanics

and don't pay any attention to what we said and did before. You can trust us this time.

Oh, and BTW, don't sign up for the ACA and remember Benghazi."

[Kelvin Mace]

10. Translation:

We have NO intention of ever enacting immigration reform!

[madashelltoo]

11. Take your carrot and put it to better use.

Sit on it!

[cosmicone]

12. We should say we'll guarantee immigration reform

if we got 60 seats.

[Swede Atlanta]

15. That would be nice but we don't control the House and won't after November either.....

They think they are so smart....

Tell the Hispanics if they just give them control of the Senate (and understood continued control of the House) we will pass immigration reform.

First of all I'm not sure if even then Boehner or whoever is Speaker would take up the bill in the House for a vote. But assuming he did....

I suspect the bill will look something like this...

1. Build a fence/wall including shoving metal and concrete bunkers down 200 feet all along the border. Electrify it and shoot anyone seen to be breaching over or under the fence. Once this has been in place for 25 years....

2. Anyone who speaks perfect English with no accent can apply to be allowed to be sent back to his/her country and apply for immigration behind all of the others in his/her country

3. Massive sweeps across the country for mass deportations

4. Give all deportees a little keychain with an American flag on it as a moment

[Xipe Totec]

13. FDR: Warning about today's Republicans

[SpankMe]

14. More evidence of the real Republican agenda of total takeover.

They're directly saying that nothing important will get done in our national government unless they are running the whole thing and get to implement their entire, unedited, uncompromised agenda.

This disqualifies them from governing, in my opinion.

[jwirr]

16. So what - we will to and our path to citizenship will be an easier one than yours.

[sakabatou]

17. I don't believe what they say

If they do take the senate (knocks on wood), they'll sit on their asses and do nothing about it.

[xxqqqzme]

18. Rethuglicans are liars

n/t

[Kablooie]

19. If they take both House and Senate they will move on a ton of issues.

They will work hard to reform our whole legal system to reflect their priorities.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

20. The check is in the mail

and I promise I won't xxx in your mouth.

[okaawhatever]

21. Gotta love the pro-Rubio shilling by the article's author. From the article:

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), a central member of the coalition that passed a comprehensive reform bill in the Senate last year, said he would craft a better legislative approach if Republicans control the upper chamber in 2015.

Ahem...Rubio voted AGAINST the immigration bill. He was booed at a neo-con speaking engagement when he brought up immigration and then went into hiding for a few months. He was hardly "a central member of the coalition that PASSED..." He wasn't a part of anything that passed that bill. Gosh, more shilling from the right wing media.