Posted on 02/17/2013 12:55:08 PM PST by Nachum
Leaked draft legislation reportedly authored by the White House would be used as a backup proposal should negotiations fail in Congress over comprehensive immigration reform, administration officials said today.
White House Chief of Staff Dennis McDonough was asked about the USA Todaystory on political talk shows this morning. On ABCs This Week, McDonough told Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl lawmakers would have to make sure that it doesnt have to be proposed.
Lets make sure that that group up there, the Gang of Eight, makes the good progress on these efforts as much as they say they want to, McDonough said, referring to efforts of the Senates bi-partisan working group.
The president has previously stated that his administration would be prepared to offer their own bill should Congress fail to reach consensus. Some details of the draft, which has not been finalized or released to Congress, match previous White House proposals including a 2011 immigration blueprint.
Also appearing on NBCs Meet the Press, host David Gregory asked him whether the draft signale
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Plan A is just via royal fiat...
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All of the plans are bad ideas
Uh-huh. And who is buying this???
Obama & Co. will write huge checks to foreigners anywhere in the world—and to those who snuck into this country—but they wouldn’t give a cash-poor conservative crippled crab a crutch ...
Here’s another `C’ word: “Comprehensive.” It comes right after `B’, as in `BS’. Or `Bring it on, Beltway’ .....
A non-violent sovereign citizen going on five years of being sick-and-tired of Wash DC.
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