Shuler: McCain blocked immigration bill

Blue Ridge Times-News ^ | March 26, 2008 | James Shea

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U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler says he believes Republican presidential candidate John McCain blocked his immigration bill from getting a vote on the U.S. House floor. McCain's staff denies it.

The Waynesville Democrat spoke to the Rotary Club of Hendersonville on Tuesday. He said the Republican leadership tried to bring the Secure America Through Verification and Enforcement Act to the House floor. They used a provision of House rules called a discharge petition, in which a simple majority can bring to the floor a bill that is stuck in committee.

The petition had 181 of the 217 signatures needed to force a vote on the bill.

"It was going great until McCain blocked it," Shuler said.

McCain, a U.S. senator from Arizona, called Republicans in Congress and asked them not to sign the petition, Shuler said. He said after McCain's intervention, Republicans in the House were less willing to sign onto the bill.

"We've really slowed down in the last week in Washington," Shuler said.

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McCain's Director for Outreach, Juan Hernandez, is thrilled!

[Moose4]

I’m not saying this isn’t true, but remember, Shuler IS a Rat (and a lousy quarterback!). Take his words with a large shaker of salt.

}:-)4

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Yeah...true. However, McCain’s love for illegals is too well-known for this to be another urban legend.

[Dane]

Uh then why does Heath Schuler vote for nancy pelosi as Madame Speaker.

It's amazing how you all can be played like a violin.

[G L Tirebiter]

Occam's Razor requires us to explore the simplest explanation first before we go down the path with complex conspiracy theories.

The discharge petition failed because Speaker Pelosi and her minions willed it to be so.

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It’s good to see you back on FR, Dane. At the very least, it’s amusing.

After your fellow Atzlan/Reconquista activist, End Times Crusader, got banned, things got very rational here for a while.

BTW, the amnesty for illegals bill was defeated last year with some Democrats like Byron Dorgan and others voting against it. Pro-criminal GOP politicians incl. Larry Craig, Trent Lott, and some others voted in favor of amnesty for rapists, murderers, and gang bangers.

Nice strawman....doesn’t work though.

[Sybeck1]

Why so hard on Nancy? You and her would have probably voted the same on this bill.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

[DuncanWaring]

ETC got banned? I’ll be darned.

When did that happen/what took so long?

[Dane]

After your fellow Atzlan/Reconquista activist, End Times Crusader, got banned, things got very rational here for a while.

Well IMO, you praising a person(Schuler) whose first vote in Congress is for nancy pelosi doesn't sound to rational to me.

[geo40xyz]

Heath Shuler is lying yellow-dog democRAT who is full of BS:-()

[montag813]

Who was the worst pro quarterback of all time, Heath Shuler or Ryan Leaf?

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See post #7...Nancy, Teddy, and you are all in favor amnesty.

At least, you accept my premise that the only thing that drives you on this topic is a desire to see the Reconquista through.

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Happened about a month ago, I think. I found out from a fellow FReeper.

[Dane]

See post #7...Nancy, Teddy, and you are all in favor amnesty.

At least, you accept my premise that the only thing that drives you on this topic is a desire to see the Reconquista through.

And what drives you is the tin foil on your head.

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See post #6: "BTW, the amnesty for illegals bill was defeated last year with some Democrats like Byron Dorgan and others voting against it. Pro-criminal GOP politicians incl. Larry Craig, Trent Lott, and some others voted in favor of amnesty for rapists, murderers, and gang bangers. Nice strawman....doesn’t work though."

[Moose4]

Ryan Leaf. Shuler had occasional flashes of mediocrity. Leaf was a beginning-to-end failure.

}:-)4

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LOL...thanks Dane. Coming from you, I take that as a compliment.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Ths ZOTting of End Times Crusader. ;)

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BUMP....ETC was a nasty one. Good riddance and all that.