Lack of support may doom immigration reform

Ianus · 04-23-2010, 07:30 PM

This article basically dictates how everything is going currently with immigration reform & what might be the scenario.

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Democrats say the goal is to try to take it up in the Senate before discussing the Supreme Court nomination this summer and spend the rest of the session before the midterm election on the politically potent issue of jobs.

One big reason for the immigration reform push, sources say, is that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is in a brutal battle to win re-election in Nevada, where a quarter of the population is Hispanic and he has promised to try.

More broadly, Democrats admit, they know that Latinos who voted in big numbers for President Obama are angry that Democratic leaders have not kept a promise to deal with immigration reform.

Sources familiar with discussions about the issue say the White House is reluctant to move on the politically polarizing and divisive issue of immigration without bipartisan support............

................Obama called Sen. Scott Brown, R-Massachusetts, to try to get him to sign on, as well as four other GOP senators: Lisa Murkowksi of Alaska, Richard Lugar of Indiana, George Lemieux of Florida and Judd Gregg of New Hampshire.

CNN contacted aides to those senators, and all said none gave the president a commitment to work with Democrats on immigration reform.

Democratic sources say they will probably work to get GOP support for another few weeks and then weigh how to proceed.

One likely scenario, according to the sources, is to craft legislation that has had bipartisan support in the past and try to bring it to the Senate floor in early summer. If they don't succeed, Democratic sources say, they will at least be able to show key political constituencies like Latinos that they tried.

trovales · 04-23-2010, 07:42 PM

YES! THIS IS WHAT WE NEED NOW MORE THAN EVER.

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politic...mmigration-law

angeleno · 04-23-2010, 07:47 PM

That's why everyone should be calling the Senate right now:

http://dreamact.info/forum/showthread.php?t=14508

DA User · 04-23-2010, 08:12 PM

We have the 60 votes with these people so I am very confident Obama will sign this into law right before the Elections.

Dukem88 · 04-23-2010, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by DA User

We have the 60 votes with these people so I am very confident Obama will sign this into law right before the Elections.

When did we get the 60 votes?

WhiteNoise · 04-23-2010, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by DA User

We have the 60 votes with these people so I am very confident Obama will sign this into law right before the Elections.

Do you have a link to some sort of article stating we have 60 votes?

Please stop fucking posting when you're just pulling shit out of your ass.

Sonawabich · 04-23-2010, 08:59 PM

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feels good man

Sonawabich · 04-23-2010, 09:00 PM

We just need 3-4 more votes rights?

We had 10 GOP senators voting for CIR before!

We can do this!!!

Bring the bill down to floor!

iDream · 04-23-2010, 09:15 PM

"If they don't succeed, Democratic sources say, they will at least be able to show key political constituencies like Latinos that they tried."

the heck????? soo all of these "LETS WORK ON CIR" is only for a show just in case nothing gets done with the issue this year???

swordfish · 04-23-2010, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Sonawabich

We just need 3-4 more votes rights?

We had 10 GOP senators voting for CIR before!

We can do this!!!

Bring the bill down to floor!

In 2007 we had only 6 (Hagel,Lugar, Martinez, McCain, Voinovich and Specter) Martinez is not there anymore & McCain is now against CIR. But 4 GOP votes could be a magic # for CIR.

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