Posted on 05/17/2018 8:13:12 AM PDT by ethom
House Speaker Paul Ryan has many tools to prevent the discharge petition from reaching the House floor — and even to prevent a clear majority of legislators from passing the planned amnesty. Twenty GOP legislators have signed the petition, just five short of the number need to let the Democrats get 218 votes for a floor vote on an amnesty bill. When, or if, 25 GOP members have signed, Democrats can rush another 193 signatures on the petition, giving them then 218 votes they need to force a vote on the floor, which can happen the following month.
Voters can make their opinions clear, and the President can threaten a veto, but House Speaker Ryan has the institutional and political power to make or break the amnesty petition — and to avoid turning the floor over to Rep. Nancy Pelosi in the run-up to the November election.
1.Ryan can demote, defund and defenestrate lame duck GOP legislators who sign the petition.
2. The retiring Speaker can get the next Speaker to pressure House legislators
3.The Speaker can put the Goodlatte bill on the floor.
The discharge petition offers an amendment to a bigger immigration bill created by Rep. Bob Goodlatte and Rep. Mike McCaul, the chairmen of the House judiciary committee and the House homeland security committee.
The petition’s status as an amendment means that it is sidelined if the House debates the Goodlatte bill
4.If the petition gets to 218 votes, the Speaker can block the vote by keeping the House out of session for just two days each month.
The petition rules say debates forced by petitions can only be held on two Mondays of each month.
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But will Ryan do any of that?
Probably not, he is not on the side of the citizens and the rule of law.
Who says Chamber of Amnesty stooge Paul Rino WANTS to block it?
yesterday, he was against it...today who knows?
don’t listen to the words, we’ve got to look to actions!
He. Does. Not. Want. To.
He is Jack Kemp II.
“don’t listen to the words, we’ve got to look to actions!”
Yes, if bull$hit were music, Ryan and McConnell would be one-man bands!
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