Durbin: “I don’t know what happens next”

Copper · 01-11-2018, 03:55 PM

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A palpably disappointed Dick Durbin emerged from the Senate floor after his White House meeting, saying his group has reached agreement amongst itself, but after the President withheld his agreement, will have to regroup and will not be releasing anything “at least through the weekend.”

“I’m not sure what the next step will be,” a forlorn Durbin said. “The President invited us to -- at his little get together in the Cabinet room -- to come up with proposals and we did. It’s a bipartisan proposal which we’ve worked on for four months in the Senate, and I don’t know what happens next.”

Durbin said a separate group that includes House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn will continue working, and he’ll participate.

When a reporter mentioned that Cornyn said Durbin would be welcome to submit his ideas, Durbin quipped: “Thank you very much for that.”

He said for now, McCarthy has asked for the opportunity to try to reach agreement amongst themselves.

“Kevin McCarthy asked for a chance to move forward with the Jan. 19 deadline,” Durbin said. “We’ll cooperate with him to see what they can achieve.”

http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/11/politi...est/index.html

jaws · 01-11-2018, 03:58 PM

This doesn't look good if Durbin doesn't know whats next.

IbelieveIcanFly · 01-11-2018, 03:59 PM

Ha. Keep talking. Good things usually happen after

JJ Glo · 01-11-2018, 04:00 PM

You never take the first offer.
Hopefully this is what Trump is doing. Second offer should be a little better for him.

Afridi786 · 01-11-2018, 04:00 PM

We're fucked.

IbelieveIcanFly · 01-11-2018, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by jaws

This doesn't look good if Durbin doesn't know whats next.

If the rep dont want to move the bill nothing will happen. The dem will just strike down the house bridge act crap and everybody blames everybody and continues "fighting"

carnivore · 01-11-2018, 04:02 PM

fuck all this politics. this is my life on the line here.

IbelieveIcanFly · 01-11-2018, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by JJ Glo

You never take the first offer.
Hopefully this is what Trump is doing. Second offer should be a little better for him.

Take out the provisional protection for parents and limit scope to exiting DACA holders?

JJ Glo · 01-11-2018, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by IbelieveIcanFly

Take out the provisional protection for parents and limit scope to exiting DACA holders?

It's hard to say since we don't have the details of the bill that Trump was presented, but if it does include that protection for our parents, that is something that would probably have to be removed. That even had some of us saying, WTF?

carnivore · 01-11-2018, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by JJ Glo

It's hard to say since we don't have the detail of the bill that Trump was presented, but if it does include that protection for our parents, that is something that would probably have to be removed. That even had some of us saying, WTF?

deport my mom!

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