Gutierrez: I’ve got 40-50 GOP votes for immigration reform[video]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...politics&clsrd

There's 40-50 Republicans that will vote for CIR. But what exactly does this mean? Does this mean that 40-50 Republicans will vote for the Senate bill? Are they willing to vote on a discharge petition? Or does it mean those Republicans will vote for the Gang of 7 bill?

Well, CIR = Comprehensive Immigration Bill, which is the Senate bill. The House does not want to do a comprehensive bill, but rather going on the piecemeal approach.

Have no idea about the discharge petition and the Gang 7 Bill (although G7's Bill looks to be comprehensive, it doesn't look like House is considering it. Hell, they can't even produce it).

I'm starting to call bullshit on that Gang of 7 Bill. I believe they are lying about whether it is done or not. Whether that is to our advantage or not remains to be seen. I think they held off releasing the bill until after the August recess to give cover to the moderate Republicans that may support it.

There is no way the bill took this long to iron out. Not when Labrador said that one of the few things they had left to deal with was undocumented folks and ACA. He left the group months ago.

I agree, Gang of 7 is nothing to bother with. Nothing can amount from it.

I think we this news we are getting closer than ever to a passage of CIR in the House!

Yes!!!!! I pray to god only the under 25 passes every night before bed, I can't wait!!
LMFAO'd!!!

I have begun to believe that Rep.Gutierrez is lying through his teeth. I, too, call BS on his story.

First, there was the claim last year that the goal was to stop deportations for non-criminal undocumented immigrants (never happened); Second, there was the imaginary 'bi-partisan' bill to be 'finished by month's end' (hahahahahahahahahahaha, that was a good one), cue in the months of Januray to present; now there is this claim that we can incrementally have comprehensive immigration reform.

Is that so? Then the Democrats are a bunch of cynical a**holes who could have put DA, AgJobs, etc for a bipartisan vote and gained passage for such YEARS ago.

Also, I don't know what he is thinking, but he is going on media rounds and changing the tone and narrative considerably from forum to forum. On Univision, he doesn't sound enthusiastic, on English language media he sings a different tune. I am tired, tired of all the bulls***, his, the White House's , the Republicans, the lot of them.

Well what were you guys expecting ? These people are all fighting for the same team and that is not us