Sen. Graham: Immigration reform 'dead' in health debate aftermath (Let's Hope)

TheHill.Com ^ | March 25, 2010

[BradtotheBone]

Immigration reform legislation is "dead" in the Senate this year, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Thursday.

Graham, who's sought to work with some Democrats on the controversial issues, said that healthcare efforts had "poisoned the well" for bipartisan cooperation going forward.

"When I say immigration's dead in the Senate, risk-aversion abounds," Graham said during a press conference on Capitol Hill Thursday. "Some of my colleagues will lose over healthcare. The consequences of this vote are going to be long-lasting politically."

Graham had partnered with Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to work on immigration legislation, and the pair had met with President Barack Obama earlier this month on the issue.

But Graham said that winning the support for any legislation was all but impossible in the wake of a divisive healthcare debate that's wrapped up this week in Congress.

[b4its2late]

Hope is right.

[lowbridge]

And health care reform was supposed to be DOA in the senate, and not supposed to pass the house....

I'll believe it when I dont see it.

[K-oneTexas]

Let’s hope Goober’s right this time. DEAD!!!!

Or this this another part of the Dem/Lib plot and Bag O
Tricks.

[PA-RIVER]

Damn Biggot ...

[Newton]

just like healthcare was “dead” after Scott Brown won?

[historyrepeatz]

COMPLETELY changing something is not REFORM. It’s CHANGE, and we’ve HAD IT with CHANGE.

[ModelBreaker]

Meanwhile, Janet Napolitano has halted all work on the border fence.

Fox and Limbaugh should be screaming about this. Hardly anything. This is the time to put the rats on the defensive.

[MrB]

So, Senator McLame,
what say you on Amnesty?

Or are you going to “my esteemed colleague” us
into irrecoverable socialism?

[Plutarch]

Lets hold you to this, Grahamnesty.

[b4its2late]

Didn’t they stop virtual fence too saying it was too expensive?

[haywoodwebb]

Just remember . . .

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WORLD!!!

[Cheryllynn]

Don’t believe a word they say!!

[DarthVader]

Healthcare was passed in the Senate before Brown was sworn in. He could not have made a difference unless he was seated.

[businessprofessor]

A ray of sunshine in a week of despair. However, I am suspicious about him. He is a slippery character. If the health care debate made him see reality, there is a silver lining.

Do not doubt the rats resolve on all remaining legislative issues. They have tossed the filibuster in the trash. Any bill can be passed in reconcilation as a companion to another bill with only 51 votes. Amnesty can be passed this way. We need to defeat amnesty in the House.

[Fedupwithit]

Yeah, it's dead alright...

Here we go again...

[johniegrad]

Head fake by Grahamnesty.

[freespirited]

Nanny Pelosi is on record saying she’s not bringing it up unless it passes the Senate first.

She knows that she’s going to lose dozens of seats in November and is not keen on making it worse.

[Secret Agent Man]

I don’t believe anything out of Graham’s mouth. Not until I see it proven. ANd I mean if he said gravity is still alive and well, I would want to have him or someone drop a damn apple right there to prove it.

This guy is a class one RINO.

[vigilo]

“Immigration reform legislation is “dead” in the Senate this year, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Thursday.”

That means we’ll have a bill for Obama to sign by September. The socialist will simply ram it through. Count on it. They didn’t need the GOP for socialized medicine and they won’t need them for importing massive numbers of new progressive voters.