The immigration reform bill headed to the Senate floor lacks the 60 votes it needs to advance and will likely have to be partially rewritten to win congressional approval, proponents of the bill said.
Democratic and Republican sources working to build support for the bill agreed that garnering the necessary GOP votes would require amending the legislation to strengthen its border security components. Additionally, there are senators on both sides of the aisle who don't support the current measure because of provisions other than border security who also must be appeased.
The bill's supporters are now focusing their efforts on wooing as many as five Democrats who might oppose it and about two dozen Republicans described as "gettable" or "maybes" but who for now are far from a "yes" vote. (Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is not among those targeted.) The bill is scheduled to hit the floor next Monday, and Senate Democratic leaders said it may go up for a final vote before the July 4 recess.
I realize I'm just a peasant living out here in fly over country probably on a DHS watch list for extremism and terrorism for believing in limited government but.....
I fail to comprehend why we need immigration 'reform'. It would be so much simpler to just secure the border and enforce the laws already on the books. Why is it so complicated?
America's hope is not the donkey or the elephant, but the Lamb.
Quote: conservgramma wrote in post #2I realize I'm just a peasant living out here in fly over country probably on a DHS watch list for extremism and terrorism for believing in limited government but.....
I fail to comprehend why we need immigration 'reform'. It would be so much simpler to just secure the border and enforce the laws already on the books. Why is it so complicated?
Have you ever known the govenment to run anything with a shred of capability? We have so many bureaucrats now that's it's impossible to even know who's in charge.
Quote: Olivia wrote in post #3 Have you ever known the govenment to run anything with a shred of capability? We have so many bureaucrats now that's it's impossible to even know who's in charge.
Even if they are in charge, the elites circle the wagons and never hold anyone accountable.
"Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual." Thomas Jefferson