Maybe that is their rationale.
That can play both ways, vote against it or vote for it and blame Reid.
I recall GWB had both houses (GOP) in 2006 and he still couldn’t get a bill and he concluded that he needed a Dem congress to get amnesty.
I think they wanted amnesty THIS year because they DIDN”T want it a campaign issue in 2016. They didn’t want it in the 2016 GOP primary debates. They didnt want Hillary running on amnesty,
” I think they wanted amnesty THIS year because they DIDN”T want it a campaign issue in 2016.”
Proving once again that establishment/GOPe Republicans in D.C. only care about themselves.