The rationale I heard for a House bill sounded more realistic, to keep the House from being in position of being handed a Senate passed bill and then Bohner just puts that sole bill up for a vote as he did VAWA and taxes.
In both those cases the Reid Senate decided what Obama would sign into law.
If this is really the case then I as I always say kill the billin the Senate and the GOP house doesnt have to do anything as the failure is all in the Reid Senate.
One way to kill the bill is to add poison bill amendments.
Doing nothing (by some) doesnt ensure that nothing gets passed, ironically.
Maybe the house GOP is smarter than I think. But what worries me (in addition to statements that sound like amnesty will pay for itself or even be profitable) is is they say "The people want us to work with Democrats on immigration." I don't want that, unless it means going through the motions of working with them, to run out the clock or put in poison pills.
The rationale I heard for a House bill sounded more realistic, to keep the House from being in position of being handed a Senate passed bill and then Bohner just puts that sole bill up for a vote as he did VAWA and taxes.
Seems like one big handicap the GOP has is cowardice. If the GOP was in control of the senate and passed a bill that hurt Dems as much as a Reid amnesty would hurt the GOP, you bet your *** a Pelosi-led House would vote it down with no apologies.
The GOP has the votes to kill any senate amnesty bill but lacks the will to do so. Maybe they have orders from the Chamber of Commerce.