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GOP lawmakers file motion to force immigration vote
The Hill ^ | 05/09/2018 | Rafael Bernal

Posted on 05/09/2018 8:35:45 AM PDT by GIdget2004

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“GOP Rep. Carlos Curbelo (Fla.) filed the motion, known as a discharge petition ... joined by Republican Reps. Jeff Denham (Calif.), Will Hurd (Texas), Mario Díaz Balart (Fla.) and David Valadao (Calif.) as initial sponsors. .... Republicans who support immigration reform have grown increasingly frustrated at leadership over inaction on the issue.”

The Cross-the-Aisle, Open-Borders Republican caucus.


21 posted on 05/09/2018 10:10:17 AM PDT by SharpRightTurn (Chuck Schumer--giving pond scum everywhere a bad name.)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

Nothing good for the citizens and the rule of law.


22 posted on 05/09/2018 10:23:36 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

“The linked article does not explain what is in the bill the open borders crowd wants to force a vote on.”

The article below has more on the four different bills being considered, as well as the process. They have to have 219 representatives to sign on to the “queen of the hill” process to force the votes. Then they would adopt the one that got the most votes.

I think they’ll be able to get the 219 signatures to get it going.

https://www.vox.com/2018/5/9/17335640/immigration-congress-daca-law-news


23 posted on 05/09/2018 11:01:30 AM PDT by GIdget2004
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To: drpix

Apparently they already have signatures from 15 republicans and only need 10 more.

https://twitter.com/AlexNBCNews/status/994275677896675330


24 posted on 05/09/2018 11:05:27 AM PDT by GIdget2004
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The Goodlatte bill (temporary status for DACA recipients plus stepped-up enforcement and legal immigration restrictions)
The DREAM Act (a path to citizenship for DACA recipients and other DREAMers, with no enforcement trade-offs)
The USA Act sponsored by Hurd and Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-CA) (quicker legalization for DREAMers with limits on sponsorship of parents once they become citizens, with some border provisions but no money for a wall)
A fourth bill, up to Paul Ryan to decide

I would not think the first 2 bills would get the most votes. The 4th bill would be like a mystery door.

25 posted on 05/09/2018 11:39:28 AM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Mozart tells you what it's like to be human. Bach tells you what it's like to be the universe)
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To: GIdget2004

NO AMNESTY!!! Build the WALL!! We haven’t laid a brick on the wall. All we are doing is repairing barbed wire fences!!


26 posted on 05/09/2018 11:50:36 AM PDT by raiderboy (" weÂ’ll close down the country because we need border" DJT NOW !!)
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To: GOPe Means Bend Over Spell Run

That goes up as the dumbest remark on the thread.


27 posted on 05/09/2018 12:41:57 PM PDT by arrogantsob (See "Chaos and Mayhem" at Amazon.com)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Importing cheap labor always ends badly.


28 posted on 05/09/2018 2:40:29 PM PDT by Architect of Avalon
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To: GIdget2004

Thanks! Sham on the GOP for it being that close.


30 posted on 05/09/2018 6:56:27 PM PDT by drpix
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