Posted on 04/05/2010 9:05:54 AM PDT by rabscuttle385
As President Obama and Senate Democrats push to pass an immigration bill this year, one key ingredient is still conspicuously missing: a second Republican to co-sponsor the legislation.
Most Republicans considered likeliest to join Sens. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, and Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican, in writing a bill either have taken a pass or are still on the fence. Key figures say the country does not have the kind of consensus needed to tackle the issue.
"It just doesn't exist anymore," said Sen. Jon Kyl, the Arizona Republican who in 2007 took the lead on writing a bill with Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts Democrat, only to see it fail when a bipartisan majority of senators joined a filibuster against it.
Mr. Schumer and Mr. Graham are guardedly pressing ahead with a bill that would legalize illegal immigrants, establish a new system for allowing in foreign workers, and tighten controls on employment, including requiring the use of biometric identification Social Security cards.
Mr. Schumer sees a path for a bill, Mr. Graham sounds uncertain, and both of them are looking to Mr. Obama to help.
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"I'm interested in trying to find a middle ground but I don't think we're anywhere near close," Mr. Cornyn said. He also said he's been asking to see exactly what Mr. Schumer and Mr. Graham have in mind but that they haven't shown him anything.
"I don't know if that exists," he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Grahamnesty won’t give up until every illegal has total voting rights! The dems won’t either....it seems to be their constituents! To quote the Dr. in Mt. Dora, Florida when describing Alan Grayson: “he’s a total fool!” Grayson and Grahamnesty in the same boat!
South Carolina’s liberal drivers license policy is one reason. Up here in NY, if you see an hispanic driving with SC plates u can bet your bottom dollar its an illegal.
“Another reach out across the aisle, in the spirit of bipartisanship”
I just cringe every time hear talk about finding the middle ground or reaching across the aisle in the spirit of bipartisanship. It always translates as giving the Dems nearly everything they want while having some RINOs stand by them to take the blame. It’s just unbelievable that these people take the bait every time.
I heard it's a carbon copy of McCain-Kennedy.
Thanks for sharing this info.
...including requiring the use of biometric identification Social Security cards.
That’s for EVERYONE. You can’t do biometric ID on just immigrants because they will just steal the DL and SS of a citizen.
For biometric ID, you have to chip everybody.
then he best beat feet down Florida way....
oh he has...trying everything possible to keep Rubio out.
“What reasonable measures will stop the inflow of illegals and address the issue of what to do with those families who are already here?”
We could start by taking away the things that are attracting them here. We should get serious about employer verification. We could reduce benefits such as in-state tuition. We could withhold federal funding from cities who declare themselves sanctuary cities.
We need to stringently enforce visa overstays. Why does it seem to some that we can enforce legislation requiring Americans to buy insurance and yet say that there’s no way we can find out whose visa has expired?
No, it’s not feasible to round them all up; but we shouldn’t look the other way either. Attrition by enforcement is not a fast remedy, but over time it will cause many of them to self-deport.
How about you look into that recall thing that New Jersey is
working on. He never represents your side.
Lindsey Graham has got a screw or two loose...
And never forget this:
As he left one {secret turncoat} meeting with senior members of {Democrat leader} Daschle's staff, Graham joked, "Republican by day. Democrat by night,"
February 09, 2008 McCain pushes bill to improve health care......in Mexico!
What would Americans think, then, of a member of Congress who introduced legislation, not to improve health care in the United States, but to improve health care in Mexico?
Insane? Drunk? Unworthy of public office?
What would Americans think, then, of a bill introduced in Congress that required federal agencies to come up with a plan, not to expand health coverage in the United States, but to expand health coverage in Mexico?
Impossible? Unthinkable? Wildly irresponsible?
What would Americans think, then, of the motives of a senator, who not only introduced a bill to improve Mexicos health care system andextend coverage to a growing population of 120 million people, but gave health insurance companies the right to help devise the plan?
Blatantly corrupt? Grossly indifferent to the well-being of the American people? Downright treasonous?
Unbelievable as it may seem, the Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act of 2005 contained a provision giving insurance companies the right to help devise a plan for extending US health care to Mexico (Sec. 1004. BINATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE AND HEALTH INSURANCE).
Even more unbelievable, the senator who sponsored the bill was not on the verge of being thrown out of office for this odious piece of legislation. No, the senator who introduced the bill, Senator John McCain of Arizona, was locking up the Republican nomination to be our next president
SOURCE http://towncriernews.blogspot.com/search?q=McCain+temperhttp://opensourceactivist.org/content/legislation/S1033/text.php#sec1004
“I dont understand why South Carolinians arent storming Lindsey Grahams offices daily over this outrage, and forcing him to drop it.”
He’s already persona non grata in SC and needs a platoon size security detail. Several county republican organizations have censured him.
Is there a GOP Primary contender running against Graham ?
“As [[Graham] left one {secret turncoat} meeting with senior members of {Democrat leader} Daschle’s staff, Graham joked, “Republican by day. Democrat by night,””
I had no idea he’d said that. This man is mentally ill. I hope he loses in the next primary in a landslide the size of Mt. Everest.
“The fact that McCain isnt out front with Grahamnesty on this issue demonstrates just how frightened he is of a voter backlash on illegals. Only a McCain defeat will really drive the point home with Kyl and other pro-illegals Republicans.”
As rabscuttle pointed out 10 days ago, Palin ‘supports’ McLame’s position on immigration. I was publicly called a ‘liar’ for simply pointing that out.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2483088/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/%5Ehttp://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,590022,00.html
Sorry Sarah, that’s WRONG. Go Hayworth! I agree, defeating McCain will send a strong message to the RINO corps. (not corpse Bammy!)
Yep
1.)Enforce the laws we already have.
2.)Build the fence
3.)No more anchor babies. if the parents are illegals, Then the kid is too.
4.)Mandatory jail time for hiring illegal aliens.A few CEO's and/or HR reps frog marched will go a long way to curing the problem
5.)Any city claiming itself "A Sanctuary City" gets Zero Federal or State Tax dollars.
6.)If we pass any "New Immigration Laws" make them mirror the Immigration Laws of Mexico.
IMHO, A majority of Citizens would support most of these.The problem is getting polticians to.
The Communist/Democrat Party loves the illegal votes and the Gutless Old Party likes the cheap labor.
8.) Mandatory jail time for anyone helping Illegal aliens circumvent the law.
That's why the totalitarians are winning. They want to drag down the white middle class, so they've created crises to do it. Wouldn't take much of a crisis properly presented to encourage people to handle illegals on a volunteer basis. It doesn't benefit the Ogabe government, so there will be no crisis. No right, center-right government that could be elected would have the stomach for it for a variety of reasons including ethics. So, you're right. "It simply will not happen."
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