Senators, powerful outside groups and the White House are working intently to ensure that the Senate produces an immigration bill that could glide through the Republican House.
Wait until it reaches the parallel universe of the House of Representatives.
In their world, the Congressional Budget Office assessment that the immigration overhaul would slash the deficit by hundreds of billions of dollars means squat. “Smoke and mirrors,” Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) said. “It’s not a rational study.”
If 70 to 80 senators vote for the bipartisan bill — which some in the Senate are aiming for — the House would barely feel pressure to take up the bill. Most conservatives instead would see passing the legislation as an act of mass stupidity.
“I don’t know, Mother always told me that if 70 people jump off a cliff, you shouldn’t follow them,” Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.) said. Rep. Raul Labrador, an Idaho Republican respected on immigration issues, mocked fear of a large Senate vote, saying, “Oooh, I’m scared.”
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“I don’t think it makes any difference,” Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.) said of the Senate bill. “My sense is we’re going through a very different process. Whatever emanates from there, our process is going to be so different that there won’t be an apples-to-apples comparison.” Pompeo added: “Those are all great people, but they haven’t come out with anything I can support. That’s fine. We’ll produce ours.”Read the full story HERE.
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Every single Senate Republican that votes for his BS will be voted out of office. This is not immigration reform...this is the selling of America.
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