Posted on 03/27/2008 10:08:24 AM PDT by indcons
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.
(Excerpt) Read more at blueridgenow.com ...
We're losing the battle.
Good point....I was thinking about the same thing as well. On amnesty, global warming, Gitmo, “education” for terrorists, and other left-wing causes, McCain is far, far worse.
Pres. Bush has his faults but those of us criticizing him might well end up yearning for the good old days before long.
Shuler is an enigma to me - staunchly pro-life, yet staunchly democrat. Not sure how he joins voting for Pelosi as speaker and trying to end abortion in his mind.
That guy was a Crusader for the End Times of this country.
“Why so hard on Nancy? You and her would have probably voted the same on this bill.”
Ding Ding Ding, we have a winnah!
Yeah, fraid you're right.
After all the McCain betrayals, I was shocked to see that there's actually a cheering section for him on FR nowadays.
"The world turned upside down"
Then I would suggest to all that you get ready for the coming war.
Congressman Shuler showing his true colors???
Most of your pro-illegal allies in the House voted for Pelosi. Now you seem to be dissing your own people. Or are you now claiming that on immigration issues that the representatives who voted against Pelosi are more "rational" than the reps who voted for Pelosi?
I don’t believe this story, because I can’t imagine that McCain would deny doing this if he did it — he’s not usually one to try to hide his actions.
If a republican comes forward and says McCain called them, I’ll reconsider it. It sounds though more like some republicans didn’t want to go on record supporting this bill, and decided to blame McCain for it.
Ping!
Thanks I was about to post this article.
I am sure he is.
Thanks for pinging your list, HiJinx.
Even if every republican in the House voted for it, there would still not be enough votes. Count ‘em!
Perhaps, but he's not above sophistry to describe his actions.
I don't know whether this story is true, false, or a misunderstanding. For example, it's possible that a McCain staffer did try to stop the bill. McCain's staff, with Juan "Immigrants steal social security numbers because they can't get legal documents" Hernandez, might have more like him.
If someone doesn’t believe it they should take it up with Congressman Shuler.
I doubt that McCain wanted any illegal alien crimmigration bills being talked about this year. He would just as soon folks forget that issue until he is president, and then next year he’ll be able to push through the worst legislation possible, early enough for most folks to have forgotten about it by 2012.
“Even if every republican in the House voted for it, there would still not be enough votes. Count ‘em!”
There are quite a few dems co sponsoring this bill. Shuler is a dem. They don’t need all the repubs.
181 signed the discharge petition.
http://clerk.house.gov/110/lrc/pd/Petitions/Dis5.htm
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