Posted on 01/21/2010 7:58:39 PM PST by rabscuttle385
While he remains committed to comprehensive immigration reform, Sen. John McCain doesn’t have a positive outlook on its passage this year.
Leadership on the immigration issue is required by President Barack Obama before Congress can act, McCain recently told Western Growers officials, but that’s unlikely in an election year.
McCain told Western Growers said it will likely be impossible to pass AgJOBS as a stand-alone bill in 2010.
“He believes that it will take passage of comprehensive (reform) in order to get AgJOBS,” said Tom Nassif, Western Growers president, who was in the group that met McCain, R-Ariz., on Jan. 14.
McCain and his staff initiated the Phoenix meeting with Irvine, Calif.-based Western Growers to talk about issues for growers, Nassif said.
Nassif said McCain was energetic and upbeat at the meeting, which started and ended with discussion about the need for AgJOBS and immigration reform, Nassif said. Immigration, health care and climate change were the primary topics for discussion.
Nassif said Western Growers will continue to push for AgJOBS this year despite McCain’s skepticism about its changes.
“We don’t believe that comprehensive immigration reform will get done before the election either, but we want to get AgJOBS passed,” he said. “We believe it is a question of economic survival and a question of maintain a secure and stable food supply in the U.S.”
Nassif said the Western Growers provided McCain with policy papers on the group’s concerns, including health care costs for seasonal workers and undocumented workers. Western Growers would prefer that part-time seasonal workers be exempt from insurance requirements.
Currently, a majority of farm workers are not covered, he said.
“How do you impose those costs on companies where they don’t have the financial wherewithal to do so?” Nassif said.
Also, he said the health insurance arm of Western Growers needs a technical fix in the health care bill to be able to fully participate as an insurer.
“He said he would be happy to help us, but Republicans have had no say in drafting the health care legislation,” Nassif said.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus
Looks like McNut is off his meds tonight!
lol. didn’t he call it a mistake during his prez run?
just play that video during the primary.
no competitor need be mentioned.
just MCCAIN=AMNESTY
Only 2% of illegal aliens in the U.S. work in agribusiness. Don’t buy the lie.
Well if Amnesty is not pushed in 2010, it won’t happen in 2011 or 2012. Smashing ObamaCare is a two-fer.
Soon to be retired, he can push for it from his home while in the "oval office".
Tell me how to contact her and I will do it. I’ve already sent her a facebook message and one on twitter. But one thing people have to understand, if she had served in his Administration for FOUR years, she would have promoted his policies and ideologies. He was the same big lib then, and he’s the same big lib now. He hasn’t changed one bit
Juan McCain is for:
1. Lying and covering up Obama’s non-existent BC.
2. Amnesty
3. Gay Marriage
Maybe he will marry Lindsay Graham-nesty.
McCain is a POS.
What part of Scott Brown’s win did McLame not understand?
McCain and family apparently looking for new voter support lately.
the MSM is putting mcnuts front and center to try and cool down the conservatives moving momentum at warp 9.9999999999
McJuan needs to be placed on the ash heap of history where all failed public servants deserve to go.
Please Mr. Haysworth, win the primary!! Do any of y’all know of any polling data between those two? McCain needs to go.
McQueeg strikes again.
Good Lord...What a dolt.
We have an unemployment rate that will most likely grow to more then 11%, Good Luck trying to get the American people to accept Amnesty!
The McAmnesty wing of the party has to give it up. They suck at street fighting and amnesty is a guaranteed path to millions of “voters” ready to be picked off by statists who excel at street fighting.
We have to kick these clowns in the nuts and make them focus on immediate issues.
So.
Is J.D. going to run or not?
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