McConnel: "No DACA Deal With Flake"

Copper · 01-20-2018, 04:37 PM

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pushed back against claims from Sen. Jeff Flake that he had promised to bring a bill to the Senate floor to address the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program deadline if a federal government spending bill got done.

“The way to find out what the President wants on DACA is to pass a bill, to bring a bill to the floor. And that is what the majority leader has now agreed to do,” Flake, an Arizona Republican, reportedly said when leaving the Capitol early Saturday morning. “Now whether that will be enough to bring more Democrats over by tomorrow, I don’t know.”

But McConnell spokesman David Popp said that’s not true.

“[A]s to how [McConnell] would choose to process potential legislation on the floor if those negotiations stall is still under discussion, so I don't have anything new to announce. We have made no decisions or announcements on floor consideration of border security/DACA, and the Leader remains committed to the ongoing, bipartisan, bicameral negotiations,” Popp said in an emailed statement to the Washington Examiner Saturday afternoon, the first official day of the government shutdown.

Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin of Illinois and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., have put forth a proposal that would provide a path to citizenship to DACA recipients ahead of the March ending of the program. That effort has been backed by Flake.

The Senate reconvened Saturday at noon after lawmakers failed to reach the 60 votes needed to even end debate on the stopgap spending bill passed by the House late Friday night, resulting in the partial federal government shutdown.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/mi...rticle/2646582

libertarian1776 · 01-20-2018, 04:40 PM

a stand-alone DACA fix will never happen. it is a deathwish for us, and the republicans are fooling us all.

good to see Democrats united on passing a DACA fix via must pass legislation.

if you question their resolve after last night, then your priorities is in the wrong place. they literally shut down the government over fucking illegal immigrants.

jaylove16 · 01-20-2018, 04:41 PM

Flake should just stop talking. Obviously, they don’t give a shit about him!

libertarian1776 · 01-20-2018, 04:43 PM

sometimes i just want the Democrats to ignore us just to see what Republicans would do to us if it were entirely up to them.

Stunner310 · 01-20-2018, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by libertarian1776

sometimes i just want the Democrats to ignore us just to see what Republicans would do to us if it were entirely up to them.

Be careful what you wish for lol ... we don’t need to attract that kind of scenario lol

Chilango_Tejano · 01-20-2018, 04:46 PM

Flake should switch parties wth he is leaving anyway have a 50/50 senate

desice · 01-20-2018, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Chilango_Tejano

Flake should switch parties wth he is leaving anyway have a 50/50 senate

what difference would that make?

edit: at that point, technically republicans would no longer be in the majority. you could shift blame on dems.

edit2: i wish that the majority party didn't have such a stranglehold on what can be debated on

DogJuiceMan · 01-20-2018, 04:53 PM

The government is deliberately inefficient to make sure to frustrate any sort of lawmaking. Its meant to prevent tyranny, but then you have this nonsense where its super hard to pass duh-level legislation.

ayran123 · 01-20-2018, 04:55 PM

They need to fire mcconnel, wtf im tired of the turtle!

VJB2 · 01-20-2018, 04:57 PM

Please die. Thank you!

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