Posted on 07/06/2013 11:20:33 AM PDT by onyx
While most Americans rank the economy and government spending as the top challenges facing the nation, the Senate last month rushed through a comprehensive immigration bill to give amnesty to 11 million illegal aliens. The effort was more about the perceived needs of the Republican Party than the nation as a whole. The swift Senate action was intended to pressure the House to pass amnesty into law. The House seems to have other ideas.
Last Friday, before Congress left for a week-long recess, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's office released to GOP House members a 3-page memo detailing issues that would be on the legislative calendar when Congress returned.
The memo discussed issues related to energy, education and government oversight. Immigration was only mentioned at the end, in a section headlined "a few additional items." This is not how a Chamber gears up for work on a complex legislative issue.
“The House may begin consideration of the border security measures that have been passed by the Homeland Security and Judiciary Committees and begin reviewing other immigration proposals,” Mr. Cantor wrote, noting that Republicans will hold an internal conference on the issue on July 10th.
Speaker Boehner has repeatedly said that the House won't consider the Senate bill. It's been working on several pieces of legislation that cover various aspects of our immigration system. This piecemeal approach provides greater deliberation and consideration than the 1,000+ bill approach embraced by the Senate. The public is still learning the details of the bill passed by 68 Senators last month.
The idea that Senate action would force the House's hand was always silly. The House doesn't simply act on the whims of Senators. Having to face voters every 2 years, the House is more sensitive to grass-roots sentiment than the Senate.
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BUMP that!
KILL THE BILL!
True, but DC cannot be reformed from within, and the US military, the only institution available to protect our liberties from attack by the political class, is under siege and is being eviscerated on a daily basis.
They’re not scared and they’re not stupid.
They are reacting to $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
Find out where the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, particularly, is chucking its bribes this month. They’ve spent over $200 million on the congresscritters responsible for amnesty legislation.
Open Secrets will probably have the information, unless there’s an anonymous superpac laundering bribes (now legally, after the Citizen’s United verdict).
Yes that’s one of them.
This is from Wikipedia as FYI to others
America’s Party
Chairman Tom Hoefling
Founded August 21, 2008
Headquarters Fenton, Michigan, U.S.
Ideology American conservatism, Constitutionalism
Colors Red, white, blue, and purple
Political position Right-wing
Seats in the Senate 0 / 100
Seats in the House 0 / 435
Governorships 0 / 50
State Upper Houses 0 / 1,921
State Lower Houses 0 / 5,410
It’s actually worse than that.
Anyone hoping that our military can come swooping in to save us from tyranny being pushed upon us by the MarxoFascists, has no understanding of what has already been put in place to prevent that very thing here on these shores BY the Executive.
I won’t give any details, except to ask you all to ponder - how is it that on a U.S. military base, NONE of the personnel at Ft. Hood was armed (aside from MPs) to stop Hassan’s jihad attack??
Look into that question and you will discover why it is that any hope of our military saving us from tyranny is less than zero.
That might happen. I think it would be unlikely that the House members in the conference would add a path-to-citizenship to an "enforcement only" House bill, but what the House seems to be producing is its own Comprehensive Immigration Whopper bill (a bigger bill made out of smaller pieces), even before the bicameral conference.
If this goes to conference, RIP republican party.
Reconciliation is supposed to be for budget bills. I think you mean it would go into conference.
Yes, I believe "conference" is the correct term. "Reconciliation" is for budget bills only.
:-)
“CANTOR: HOUSE “MIGHT” CONSIDER IMMIGRATION REFORM”
This sorry son of a what-not better not consider any “immigration” (translation: AMNESTY) “reform”.
No bill, period.
Just a demand in the form of a House resolution that Zero start enforcing the laws already on the books. We can then consider any additional steps in a few years after seeing how that goes.
Boy I have been keeping my powder dry on this one...
Cannot a POTUS command troops for 90 days without Congresses Approval and not needing a declaration of war or an authorization of force?
Ok if so declare our Southern Border a war zone, make it a no fly over, evacuate it from any civilians for quite some distance, have the Coast Guard patrol it and hire the Israeli's with a boat load of crews to build the same wall they use against their internal neighbors, and get all 1900+ miles done in 90 days....
I could see a women of steel I can think of do this, not Comrade Oboingo...
Eric Cantor is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He has attended Bilderburg meetings.
At one time I believed this wasn’t important, that it was just happenstance but have observed the trend where so-called Conservatives vote as Progressives and they all belong to the CFR. I no longer ignore that fact. It is why I mention it here.
This guy has always been a whiney weak sister. He is a Boehner clone.
If you ever want to see what a gutless/spineless person looks like, just find a picture of him. (among others)
After this is over, the 3rd party sellout of the working people of the United States will be complete! The liberals will have their permanent dependent underclass, and the big business community will have their cheap ass labor force!!!.......
Right.
BUMP
Exactly so.
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