Report: House Dems Will Try To Force Amnesty Vote With Discharge Petition

Breitbart ^ | 24 Mar 2014, 2:59 PM PDT | TONY LEE

[SoConPubbie]

House Democrats will reportedly try to force the GOP's hand on comprehensive immigration reform legislation by unveiling a discharge petition on the House floor Wednesday for the Democrats' comprehensive immigration reform bill that would grant amnesty and reduce the wages of American workers.

The Huffington Post cites a "senior Democratic aide" who said that "House Democrats will sign the petition on the floor after it is unveiled." Democratic aides told CNN that lawmakers will first "gather on the east steps of the U.S. Capitol to announce the petition and then walk en masse into the House chamber to file it."

Though it is highly unlikely, if 218 signatures are obtained, a floor vote will take place on the bill even if it is opposed by the GOP leadership. There are reportedly 200 co-sponsors of the bill, including three Republicans – Reps. David Valadao (R-CA), Jeff Denham (R-CA), and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL). Ros-Lehtinen and Valadao, however, will reportedly not sign the discharge petition.

The legislation (H.R. 15) is essentially the Senate's immigration bill, which the Congressional Budget Office determined would lower the wages of American workers, with the House's weaker provisions on border security.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has said that amnesty legislation would pass by June if it passes this year, which top Democrats like Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) have said may be amnesty's last chance.

Amnesty advocates, including the high-tech lobby that wants an increase in the number of high-tech visas despite more reports that have found no evidence to support the claim that there is a shortage of American high-tech workers, have said they would make a concerted effort in the spring to ram amnesty

[SoConPubbie]

"If we must have an enemy at the head of Government, let it be one whom we can oppose, and for whom we are not responsible, who will not involve our party in the disgrace of his foolish and bad measures." - Alexander Hamilton "We don't intend to turn the Republican Party over to the traitors in the battle just ended. We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support. Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates wouldn’t make any sense at all." -- President Ronald Reagan "A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice." - Thomas Paine 1792 "It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." - Samuel Adams "If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams

[stanne]

It’s sort of a reverse Crimea.

They probably think this is neat, but a teacher in Texas can’t tell her students to quit speaking Spanish without getting fired.

Anyone who thinks this is and anomaly, not a sign of things going bad, is mistaken. It is an oppressive environment.

[elpadre]

who amongst them will survive the fury of the voters next November??

[RightGeek]

We've seen this crap before. They need a new trick.

Maybe they could all wear sombreros?

[Jim Robinson]

Damned fool democrats. They’re playing right into Boehner’s dastardly hand. Boehner’s got them fooled into believing he really doesn’t want amnesty to pass. Just you wait... oops. Never mind.

[SunkenCiv]

> the Democrats’ comprehensive immigration reform bill that would grant amnesty and reduce the wages of American workers.

It’ll be spun by the Partisan Media Shills into “a full employment bill”. Thanks SoConPubbie.

[man_in_tx]

If true, I believe Boehner and Cantor and Ryan all have h*rd-ons.

[workerbee]

Talk about Insane Clown Posse.

And God help me, everytime I see that pic with Steny Hoyer in charge of Pelousy’s purse, I want to slap those morons in Southern MD who keep reelecting the putz.

[Yogafist]

I am kind of surprised the Dems are doing this, I am sure Boehner promised Obama he would force it through after the mid-terms. But never underestimate the Dems desire to use this as a wedge to lower Republican turnout.

[Diogenesis]

Are those criminal illegals who are felons,
or carriers of Ebola and the like, given
the usual DNC-push to the “front of the line”?

Of course.

And the EXEMPT US Congress and their families and staff
could not give a damn about the rest of America AS USUAL.

[VRWC For Truth]

Cornered ‘Rats are very dangerous.

[IncPen]

The arrogance and condescension in that photo are something to behold.

They only act that way because they fear nothing.

[skinkinthegrass]

yeah..the (real) Americans, better drain the swamp called Washington District of Criminals..
scouring it clean before '16, it's ppl. had enough of Woodrow Wilson's cr@p. Repeal the 16th /17th amdts..eliminate the IR$ & use a 15% flat income tax or sales tax (not both)..reduct all
redundant fed. depart./agencies in the fed. gov't.

[The Mayor]

Infuriating!!

[Drill Thrawl]

who amongst them will survive the fury of the voters next November??

Most of them. We are doomed.

[rainee]

& who’s hand is he holding??
Insane Clown Posse indeed...bring it on RATs! Your pathetic pandering won’t save you this time.

[Cowboy Bob]

Who is the guy on the left...holding a hand bag in one hand and holding hands with the black dude with the other?

[RightGeek]

Steny Hoyer - at the time House Majority Leader

[Impy]

I’d like to discharge my stomach contents all over their shoes.

[workerbee]

That’s Elijah Cummings, another Maryland Democommie - the guy who put on the show during the latest Lois Lerner/IRS hearing.

Steny & Elijah, otherwise known as Tweedledee and Tweedledumb.