I dont believe that at all. Definitely wrong.
They will absolutely reject any bill that has no citizenship in it.
They will reject a guest worker without citizenship.
Reid wont even put one up.
If it comes out of conference, it will have some path to citizenship. And it is not the guest workers on temporary worker visas that are the sticking point, it is the 11 to 20 million illegal aliens already here. Goodlatte has already said that he will support some sort of legalization for them and that deporting them is not an option.
Any legislation that allows the lawbreakers to stay and work here, the object of their crime, is amnesty. Citizenship is just the cherry on top.