Ayotte support for immigration bill could assure filibuster-proof majority
Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., announced Sunday that she will provide a crucial Republican vote in favor of an immigration reform bill pending in the Congress, bolstering Democratic-led efforts to build a filibuster-proof majority in favor of the measure.
On the CBS broadcast Face the Nation, Ayotte said she had decided to back the bill, calling the nation's current immigration policy "completely broken."
Sixty votes are needed to invoke cloture and end a filibuster. Four Republican members of the so-called "Gang of Eight," which drafted the immigration bill, have already said they expect to support the bill.
"This is a thoughtful, bipartisan solution to a tough problem and so that's why I'm going to support it," Ayotte said. "I looked at the border security provisions, the e-verify so that we can control who is getting a job in this country and also making sure that there is a better immigration system bringing the high tech workers here so we can be sure that we have the best and the brightest here in this country to grow our economy."
full: http://www.unionleader.com/article/20130609/NEWS06/130609269
Face the Nation interview:
On Monday, Ayotte had a heated debate with Howie Carr, a Boston-based conservative radio host whose show is syndicated throughout New England. Carr kept throwing the typical right wing bullshit "they don't pay for their own cell phones" etc. but had no real answer to Ayotte's facts such as E-Verify and restrictions on public benefits.
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