The “poison pill” was never inserted into the bill nor did it ever have a chance. The bill passed easily thru the Senate 68 to 32. Cruz claimed that if the “poison bill” were included, the Gang of 8 bill would pass easily thru the House. If that happened, we would have tripled legal immigration over the next decade to 30 million and we would have increased H-1B visas by 500%. Some poison pill.
No....the reason for the amendment was to flush out the gang of eight who did not support it. The only change made by the amendment was that the Border had to be sealed before anything else happened. The gang of 8 opposed it and Cruz proved beyond a doubt that all they cared about was amnesty.
Cruz knew what would happen. It was ploy to expose the real reason for the bill.
Thankfully the bill died....
But part of the reason it died, maybe the only reason, was that it was exposed for what it was. “Amnesty”
Cruz helped to do that....as he has done on other issues..
Kabar, I totally forgot to mention that Cruz’s amendment also stripped out the provisions for achieving citizenship in the gang’s amnesty bill. (essentially the amnesty part of it)
There was no way that the gang was going to support it, as well as their entire group, repubs and dems.
As I said, it was a ploy. It was part of the fight.