Democrats Look To Pressure 23 [House] Republicans On Immigration Reform
I had posted another article concerning House Democrats targeting the appropriate amount of Republicans concerning immigration reform but this one has the full list.
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The House Democratic campaign arm has circulated a list to members of 23 “persuadable” Republicans on immigration reform. Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chairman Steve Israel sent the memo to caucus members last Friday identifying the Republican members who could be publicly pressured by “major groups” into backing immigration reform “that echoes the spirit” of the recently passed Senate bill. Republican leadership has said that the Senate’s immigration legislature is dead on arrival in the House, and the vast majority of the GOP conference are from safely gerrymandered districts where supporting comprehensive immigration reform is a quick way to draw a primary challenger. “We’ve identified 23 Republican colleagues in districts where constituents will demand progress on immigration, and where those pressures could persuade our Republican colleagues to support true comprehensive immigration reform,” Israel wrote. “While most House Republicans don’t face these pressures, these 23 will be out-of-step with major groups in their districts, if House Republicans fail to deliver a solution.” Twelve of the 23 members live in districts where Hispanics make up more than 10 percent of the voting age population according to a chart accompanying the memo. Those members are California Reps. Jeff Denham, David Valadao, Buck McKeon, Gary Miller, Colorado Rep. Mike Coffman, Florida Reps. Dan Webster, Mario Diaz-Balart, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, New Mexico Rep. Steve Pearce, Nevada Rep. Joe Heck, and New York Reps. Peter King and Michael Grimm. Emily Bittner, a spokeswoman for the DCCC, said that the memo “speaks for itself.” 
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Originally Posted by star293
can someone tell me why the hestert rule exists? it is not even an official rule so why does bohener have to follow it?
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It's just another way for the idiots of the GOP to impede most progress in the House.
That is, it makes no sense and is hardly productive.
It's a strategy for them to kill legislation they know would pass if a bill had majority democratic support + enough republican support.
ANd they wonder why the approval rating for their chamber of Congress is in the single digits...
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Originally Posted by star293
can someone tell me why the hestert rule exists? it is not even an official rule so why does bohener have to follow it?
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Originally Posted by DA User
The momentum is building up.
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