Spencer Abraham was terrible. He was part of the coalition of immigration leftists in the GOP that derailed and scuttled the Smith-Simpson bill in 1996. That was the last time a conservative version of comprehensive immigration reform actually had a chance to pass through Congress. It would have largely undone the 1990 mass immigration expansion bill, and we’d be seeing annual immigration levels closer to 500,000 a year now instead of one million-plus.
But Abraham and others (like Dick Armey, Sam Brownback, and a staffer named Paul Ryan), at the behest of the donor class, and accompanied with some moral preening, undermined the bill, leading eventually to its abandonment, and saving Clinton from a tough sign or veto decision.
Talk about somebody being radioactive. I had a thought of saying “although Abraham was a POS and not worthy of mentioning here” but I left it alone. My posts are always too long , anyway, despite my tolerant and loyal fans here.
Abraham set us back and ruined the immigration framework for limiting the illegals. A Lebanese moderate Arab. Thanks, anyway, Abraham.
You are absolutely right, so thanks.