He wants, and desperately, needs the issue to stay alive.
He knows the Senate will not pass HR 4437. Even Mike Pence knows that, which is why Pence modified the House bill.
So. Tommy has a choice. He can back Pence's bill as a starting point, of he can have his issue in a minority Republican House.
Which means he won't get jack.
Tom has found his meal ticket. He is the Jesse Jackson of illegal immigration.
What does it say about Pense's bill that you support it? Tells me it's a deceptive amnesty bill.
Word in Washington is that the Senate won't even consider Pence's bill.
Do you believe that the House should completely compromise and pass the Senate's poison pill now? Screw it, they should just put the thing out of its misery. If the status quo continues, blame the Senate/Bush administration.
"Tancredo doesn't want a solution to illegal immigration."
However, in the second paragraph of the article, Tancredo offers his solution:
"The House should respond with a strong reaffirmation of the enforcement-first strategy for border control and immigration-law enforcement, an approach strongly favored by a large majority of the American people.
So Tancredo goes beyond just wanting a solution, he actually offers one.
Which is just as well. No bill is better than the bad bill the senate wants. There is no grass roots push for "Comprehensive" reform. It's just another ploy by the WH to shove this crap down our throat.
But you and your three supporters go ahead and keep trying.
We are not buying.
If the house republicans pass any kind of Amnesty, you are correct.
They will be the minority party and THEY won't get Jack.
Senate Republicans are already supporting a democrat bill. Not all granted, but too many.
"He knows the Senate will not pass HR 4437. "
Why the H8LL not?
Turn it around. The Senate *knows* the House passed a different bill. They know their bill is DOA in the House. They *know* that the vast majority of Americans wants border security and illegal immigration law enforcement. ... So obviously, they should go along with the House or it's proven they are not serious about solving illegal immigration.
... of course come to think about it, anyone who voted for that horrid Senate CIRA bill has already proven their unseriousness about illegal immigration.
The only real and decent compromise is to handle the consensus stuff this term - secure the borders and get employer sanctions set in motion (it will take 18 months to implement anyway), and next term do the tricky stuff on visas etc. There's no better path to real compromise than voting out HR4437 *now*.
Pence's bill is amnesty as well. It is also totally unworkable.
"So. Tommy has a choice. He can back Pence's bill as a starting point, of he can have his issue in a minority Republican House. Which means he won't get jack."
Except he seems to know that no bill is better than the Amnesty and Cheap Labor bill from the senate.