Posted on 06/13/2013 9:35:08 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Rubio: ‘I’m done’ if immigration bill includes gay couple amendment The Ticket By Chris Moody, Yahoo! News | The Ticket – 27 mins ago
Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, a co-author and key proponent of the Senate immigration bill, said he will revoke his support if an amendment is added that allows gay unauthorized immigrants to claim foreign same-sex partners as family.
"If this bill has something in it that gives gay couples immigration rights and so forth, it kills the bill. I'm done," Rubio said Thursday during an interview on the Andrea Tantaros Show. "I'm off it, and I've said that repeatedly. I don't think that's going to happen and it shouldn't happen. This is already a difficult enough issue as it is."
The amendment, introduced by Vermont Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy, would grant green cards to foreign partners of gay unauthorized immigrants who seek legal status under new rules in the bill. Leahy originally introduced the measure during the Senate Judiciary Committee markup of the bill, but he withdrew it under pressure from Republican lawmakers who said it would reduce the chance of the bill passing.
The effort underway in Congress to overhaul the nation's immigration system is a bipartisan one, and its success hinges on a fragile coalition of political, business and religious groups that span the ideological spectrum. Opponents of Leahy's amendment have said repeatedly that his proposal would cause some key groups to withdraw their support and kill the bill. Rubio's exit would be especially devastating to its survival.
The Senate is expected to vote on Leahy's amendment soon.
In the interview, Rubio also said that as the bill is currently written, it has "no chance" of passing.
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I'm afraid he's not lying to Univision.
Red Herring! The fix is in! We are being sold out by the RINOs!
THAT is your line in the sand when there is virtually NOTHING in the bill to find the illegals and throw out the criminals?
Hasta la vista, sucka
Rubio is a really nice guy, and, uh....I don’t think he’s ready for prime-time.
Strike that —I don’t think he’s actually a conservative. I love Rush, but not enough 2b suckered by Rubio.
I don’t care HOW much Rush loves him, sorry.
Rubio is already “growing in office” and from here on out it’s only going to get much, much worse.
No matter. If that’s included, Portman will jump aboard.
He thought he could dance with the devil and make a deal....he got burnt.
"Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine, or they will trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces."
Marco really stepped on his future....
He has already calculated that his future does not include you, or any of us for that matter.
Just remember folks - Rubio is in the senate seat until 2017
How about we let *only* gays have amnesty?
I’ll gladly take 5% legalization over 95%.
He’s been threatening to vote against this bill, “if this, if that”, since January. He threatened to back out of support if the border wasn’t secured first. Guess what, today he voted against an ammendment to secure to border. This guy draws a new line in the sand everyday and lies during every interview. Time to throw him out of elected office asap.
Maybe Rubio is looking for an escape hatch.
Sounds like Rubio is looking for a way out of this disaster. What did he expect getting in to bed with Schmuckie Schumer?
He is losing whatever libertarian support that he was gaining with amnesty.
Rube’s immaturity is a real problem, indeed so serious as to disqualify him as a potential president. It strikes me that he’s a very ambitious young man who got carried away with his great initial success and decided to to lead on this issue. In the process the immensely slick shyster Schumer latched onto him, flattered him, and sucked him into this disastrous sponsorship. Indeed, Schumer even managed disastrously to compromise Rube as a potential Republican presidential candidate and Republican leader.
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