Posted on 09/04/2006 5:48:05 PM PDT by RobFromGa
Edited on 09/05/2006 1:53:36 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 — As they prepare for a critical pre-election legislative stretch, Congressional Republican leaders have all but abandoned a broad overhaul of immigration laws and instead will concentrate on national security issues they believe play to their political strength.
With Congress reconvening Tuesday after an August break, Republicans in the House and Senate say they will focus on Pentagon and domestic security spending bills, port security legislation and measures that would authorize the administration’s terror surveillance program and create military tribunals to try terror suspects.
“We Republicans believe that we have no choice in the war against terror and the only way to do it is to continue to take them head-on whether it is in Iraq or elsewhere,” said Representative John A. Boehner of Ohio, the majority leader.
I'd say we'd best have some more bricks on hand...just in case :)
Tonight on Brit's show I thought the "panel" indicated that the WOT, new NSA powers, and Immigration would all be on the table for debate and bills recommended for a vote in both the House and Senate.
And that Republicans in both bodies were simpatico with the schedule and the topics ?
SSDD.
Procrastinate.
Stall.
There already is an amendment to the Defense Appropriation Bill for fencing along the Mexico border...
So..regardless of whether the actual Immigration Bill is decided or not...there WILL be a fence built, and more guards hired...and additional units to keep the illegals so there won't be any catch/release anymore.
There is already money and programs allocated for quite a bit to be done down there...and so after the election will be soon enough.
This makes perfect sense.
Let immigration be an issue in the debates in each district.
Let the voters send those to Congress who represent their views.
Then let's have an immigration bill.
the House republicans are the only people STOPPING McCain/Kennedy, they deserve support for that.
What a complete crock.
"Just as long as they don't stick it to us after the midterms....
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Ah...I consider the probability that they will not to be roughly .05%.
"Hey...voters...we don't know nothing 'bout protecting our borders....."
I don't mind the House moving toward a strategy to stem losses to Dims in the midterms. As long as they don't stab us in the back after the election on illegals and border security.
What Democrat will you be helping to elect by staying home? Are they in agreement with you on Immigration? Who is your Congressman?
I've already gotten my firm border control candidate on the ballot in a firm GOP district and that's a start.
On the other hand I don't buy the fallacy that border control is separate from the WOT. One is the offensive side of the WOT and the other is the defensive side and we must win both.
Smart move..
I agree.
Crybaby...
63 Days till the Midterm Elections-- that is NINE WEEKS.
It will take longer than that to resolve this issue. I think that this is a smart political move, even if some single-issue people disagree. The single-issue people weren't going to be happy with anything that has a chance of passing anyway, so why go through the exercise?
Maybe in January, we'll have a chance to get something done a little out of the glare of election politics.
Repubs this is a dumb move.
Why???
"You must see a differnt Senate than the one I see, there is no way to get the tough bill you want right now."
It's not about getting a bill passed necessarily. The House Repubs had an opportunity to frame the debate with a new bill, or demand Bush fund prior authorizations, and distinguish themselves from Bush. They could even corner the Senate with promises of later talks about guest worker plans for their lobby moneymasters.
The Repubs are going to have a problem. Look at Britain, Labor members are challenging Blair and getting more popular doing so.
We also need to keep immigration under the intense light of an election. I fear we are going to get screwed later. Bush is dead set for his "legacy" of wage depression and lobby paybacks, I think because he can give it a cover story about "compassion" for illegal immigrants. Also he may well be a globalist and pulling us down to Latin American type socio-economic stratification is a-ok with him.
Oh great plan .. instead of getting a chance of closing the border in the future .. the Dems will guarantee an open border for all plus all the benefits they can give
Yep .. great plan you have there
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