Twitter News/Updates 06/21/18
 

I ask that everyone post Twitter updates in a single thread and any relevant news articles ahead of the vote on the GOP Compromise Bill in a single thread.

Happy Thursday. Playbook is out — massive day on the hill for the president and gop.

I’m about to talk about it all w @Morning_Joe

- @JakeSherman

Today's immigration votes will prove if Republicans are capable of governing

WASHINGTON — A crisis at the border. An outraged American public. Uncertainty about what comes next. And today, the House of Representatives is set to vote on two comprehensive immigration bills — the conservative Goodlatte bill and a more moderate GOP bill — that will determine if the Republican-led House is capable of governing.

NBC’s Alex Moe and Marianna Sotomayor have some of the behind-the-scenes drama from yesterday: “Republican leadership huddled in Speaker Paul Ryan’s office after House Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows claimed the compromise immigration bill was not ready for primetime which leadership later called a ‘miscommunication’ and NOT the Freedom Caucus moving the goal posts at the 11th hour as some moderates have suggested. Leadership says the immigration votes are STILL HAPPENING Thursday.”

More from Moe and Sotomayor: “Out of the loop it appears are the moderates — who were part of the group that negotiated this compromise deal with the Freedom Caucus and leadership — who say they are unaware of the changes the Freedom Caucus are asking for. Rep. Denham … told Chuck Todd on MTP Daily that “it is unbeknownst to him” what the Freedom Caucus wants. Moreover, he said that everything that the conservative caucus wanted was included in the final compromise bill text.”

Every time that House Republicans refuse to reach across the aisle — after all, both the Goodlatte bill and the more moderate one are GOP-sponsored bills — House Republicans are held hostage by this Freedom Caucus-vs.-moderate battle.

So we have four questions:

1. Can any bill win a majority of support?

2. If not, which bill gets more support — the Goodlatte bill or the moderate one?

3. Do the votes get pulled from the floor if it looks like nothing can pass?

4. And most importantly of all, are House Republicans capable of governing?

- Source

Re: Twitter News/Updates 06/21/18
 

No Dems voicing support for Compromise Bill

Dems have abandoned DACA people

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Why would they support something they had no input in? Compromise between who? If they wanted Democratic support then they should have invited them to the table.

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Correct, this is not a compromise bill. As Goodlatte called it on national tv it's Goodlatte and Goodlatte 2.0 (idiot)

both bills will fail, and hopefully moderates wake up and compromise with Dems on the USA Act, a real bipartisan bill.

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Compromise between ModGOP and FC.

ModGOP is basically Dems. No different.

It is sick that Dems want us DACA to suffer in uncertainty so they can score political points.

Sick

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Never wanted bills to fail more in my life. These bills cause more harm then good... Even those that benefit from it walk a thin line that they are likely to fall from.

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What do you guys predict will happen today? Let's see who gets it right. My guess is both bills will fail to get enough votes...the blame game will follow.

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Both bills will fail.

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Lol are you sure you qualify for the bill.

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@ChadPergram
Trump tweet: What is the purpose of the Hse doing good immigration bills when you need 9 votes by Dems in the Senate, & the Dems are only looking to Obstruct (which they feel is good for them in the Mid-Terms). GOPers must get rid of the stupid Filibuster Rule-it is killing you!


Or here's a crazy idea...work on a bipartisan solution.