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(2013) Republican Immigration Critic Gets Slapped Down(By Cruz)
National Journal ^
| May 14, 2013
| Fawn Johnson
Posted on 06/12/2015 2:36:20 PM PDT by ObamahatesPACoal
The most potent illustration that Republicans have shifted their attitudes on immigration came Tuesday morning when all GOP members of the Senate Judiciary Committee rejected an amendment from Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., to severely limit the number of legal immigrants allowed into the country.
The committees overwhelming No vote shows that the battle for Republicans souls on immigration has shifted away from groups that want to reduce the influx of foreigners, like the Heritage Foundation, NumbersUSA, and Fairness for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), toward free-market groups that applaud increased immigration, such as Americans for Tax Reform and the CATO Institute.
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But it was a big surprise that those rejecting it included hard-core tea-party senators who are almost certain to vote against the immigration bill--Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Mike Lee, R-Utah, John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa.
Lobbyists were buzzing about the vote as the committee broke for lunch. "Can you believe it? That was amazing," said one lobbyist. "It was a smackdown. That was the defining moment," said another.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; US: Alabama; US: Iowa; US: Texas; US: Utah
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To: Uncle Miltie
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SoConPubbie
(Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
To: Pining_4_TX
“Open borders + welfare state = bankruptcy”
Cloward-Piven at work.
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Hardens Hollow
(Couldn't find Galt's Gulch, so created our own Harden's Hollow to quit paying the fascist beast.)
To: central_va
Such a nice fellow.
Tax man.
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Uncle Miltie
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SoConPubbie
(Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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