Senate approves immigration overhaul

[txradioguy]

The Senate on Thursday approved a sweeping immigration overhaul that would extend legal status to millions of undocumented immigrants while increasing border security, sending the bill to the House side where it faces a chilly reception.

The vote caps weeks of bipartisan negotiations and hands President Obama, who has made immigration legislation the cornerstone of his second-term agenda, a partial victory.

The Senate voted 68-32 to approve the bill, following a series of test votes that already demonstrated the legislation had enough support to pass.

The question is whether the Senate vote can compel the Republican-led House to follow suit. Some Republicans have already declared the Senate bill "dead on arrival" in the House, but House lawmakers are working on their own piecemeal version of immigration legislation.

House Speaker John Boehner, who says both chambers should act on immigration, declined to say Thursday how his caucus would proceed.

"We're going to go home for the recess next week and listen to our constituents," he said. "And when we get back, we're going to ... have a discussion about the way forward."

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/06/27/senate-approves-immigration-overhaul/

[Chris_]

**** all y'all.

[txradioguy]

**** all y'all.

And the horse you rode in on! 

[CG6468]

The House, however, will not approve it.

[thundley4]

The House, however, will not approve it.

Maybe.  They'll come up with their own bill, send it to the senate, and then they'll meet in secret to come to a compromise.  Days, weeks or months later Boehner will cry before the cameras saying that he negotiated the best deal he could on immigration reform.  The left will get everything they want.

[njpines]

Maybe.  They'll come up with their own bill, send it to the senate, and then they'll meet in secret to come to a compromise.  Days, weeks or months later Boehner will cry before the cameras saying that he negotiated the best deal he could on immigration reform.  The left will get everything they want.

Yep! 

[Mr Mannn]

If the house passes anything...even just a 1 page bill to build a fence on the border...it will go to a conference committee and the whole thing will pass.

Evil days are upon us. The democrats are pushing with everything they have towards a totalitarian state.

Its just sad that the surviving WWII vets will live to see this once great nation fall to the very same evils they defeated in their day.

[CG6468]

If the house passes anything...even just a 1 page bill to build a fence on the border...it will go to a conference committee and the whole thing will pass.

Evil days are upon us. The democrats are pushing with everything they have towards a totalitarian state.

Its just sad that the surviving WWII vets will live to see this once great nation fall to the very same evils they defeated in their day.

I fully agree.

For all practical purposes, we are now a communist country.

[Ptarmigan]

I fully agree.

For all practical purposes, we are now a communist country.

May as well be the Soviet Union.

[DLR Pyro]

How many of the traitors who voted for the bill actually read it?

[obumazombie]

How many of the traitors who voted for the bill actually read it?

With the passage of owebumacare, the practice of reading bills has become so passe.

[Tess Anderson]

If the house passes anything...even just a 1 page bill to build a fence on the border...it will go to a conference committee and the whole thing will pass.

Evil days are upon us. The democrats are pushing with everything they have towards a totalitarian state.

Its just sad that the surviving WWII vets will live to see this once great nation fall to the very same evils they defeated in their day.

I'm not so sure about this but there is that danger if Boehner suspends the Hastert rule in the middle of reconciliation, because there's enough RINOs + Dems in the House to pass the Senate bill then. For now, he's saying no:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/inside-politics/2013/jun/27/boehner-senate-bill-still-doa-house/

[jctejas]

Lets not forget the republicrats and demicans who voted for this and the rino mitch mconnel  who did nothing to oppose this.

I plan if I can to send money against all of them.   It is better to have real democrats than these fake conservatives.

jctexas

[obumazombie]

Lets not forget the republicrats and demicans who voted for this and the rino mitch mconnel  who did nothing to oppose this.

I plan if I can to send money against all of them.   It is better to have real democrats than these fake conservatives.

jctexas

What's your forum name ? You seem confused as to jctejas or jctexas. That's why I ask.

[Freeper]

No big surprise here, the GOP has to try to get Hispanics to like them don't you know? 

[DLR Pyro]

No big surprise here, the GOP has to try to get Hispanics to like them don't you know? 

the GOP is dead if this goes thru. They are on life support as it is.

[txradioguy]

How many of the traitors who voted for the bill actually read it?

I'm guessing none. The only reason we know what's in it is because Conservative pundits have done what elected officials won't and read what's in the bill they're voting on.

[RobJohnson]

How many of the traitors who voted for the bill actually read it?

Well Thank God Ted Cruz read it. Not only did Cruz read it but he schooled anyone who would listen from the Senate floor on Tuesday. Cruz found a loophole that actually penalizes an employer $5000 for hiring a citizen over a legalized alien. Seriously. You can’t make this stuff up. Senator Cruz was quoted as saying:


“I filed an amendment that would have corrected one of the most egregious aspects of the gang of eight bill as it intersects with Obamacare legislation, namely a penalty imposed on U.S. employers for hiring U.S. citizens and U.S. permanent residents. This bill says if an employer hires a citizen or a legal immigrant, the IRS can impose a $5,000 penalty on that employer. But if the employer instead hires someone with RPI status, that penalty will go away. That is utterly and completely indefensible.”

“Nobody in this body wants to see African-American unemployment go up. Nobody wants to see Hispanic unemployment go up, youth unemployment go up, union household unemployment go up, legal immigrant unemployment go up. Yet every one of those will happen if this Gang of Eight bill passes without fixing this problem. If that happens, all 100 members of the U.S. Senate will be accountable to our constituents for explaining why we voted to put a federal penalty on hiring U.S. citizens and hiring legal immigrants. I hope this body will choose to pass my amendment and fix this grave defect in the Gang of Eight legislation.”

Read more: http://freedomoutpost.com/2013/06/ted-cruz-exposes-amnesty-bill-5000-penalty-for-hiring-citizens-over-legalized-aliens/#ixzz2XdCNBFy7

[Freeper]

Cruz found a loophole that actually penalizes an employer $5000 for hiring a citizen over a legalized alien.

Holy shit that is even worse than I thought this POS bill could be. 

[DLR Pyro]

America got gang raped by the gang of 8.

[RobJohnson]

America got gang raped by the gang of 8.

True

[obumazombie]

America got gang raped by the gang of 8.

Gangof8 raped.