Mitt Romney: GOP Senate Will Put Immigration Reform On President's Desk

WASHINGTON -- Former Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said Sunday that if Republicans win the U.S. Senate after Tuesday's election, they will send immigration reform legislation to the president's desk.

"You'll see a provision first of all to secure the border, second of all to deal with those who have come here illegally and third [to] make sure our immigration policies are open and transparent," Romney said on "Fox News Sunday."

"That's going to happen," Romney continued. "You're going to see a bill actually reach the desk of the president if we finally have someone besides Harry Reid sitting in the Senate. We're going to get it done."

In June 2013, with Democrats in charge and Reid (D-Nev.) as majority leader, the Senate passed a comprehensive bill with the basic outline Romney suggested by a vote of 68-32. It was the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, not the Senate, that refused to go along. However, Romney said on Sunday that it was the Senate's fault the House didn't budge last year.

"I think Republicans in the House were looking at what was coming from the Senate saying, 'You know what? We can do better if we pick up more seats in the Senate,'" said Romney. "I can't tell you whether we're going to win the Senate, but we're going to pick up a lot of seats and we have a lot better prospect of having a piece of legislation which deals with the issue in the way I described."

Republicans' odds of winning the Senate have gotten stronger with the approach of Tuesday's election. As of Sunday morning, HuffPost Pollster gives the GOP a 74 percent chance of taking the Senate.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/1...p_ref=politics

GOP senate, that's a good one. Not to mention the bill will be promptly vetoed because what they mean by immigration reform is completely different from what we mean by the same.

Go tell the house to get to work you clown. Senate passed a bill. House didn't even have a debate on one, they could pull their own way and meet halfway with the senate somewhere, so yes, the house is at fault here.

Fucking retardicans, it's everyone else' fault that they sit around jacking off under their desks instead of working.

The Senate already passed a comprehensive bill under Democratic control that not only was bipartisan that all but guaranteed to change the entire immigration system.

There is actually some logic behind Romney's statements:
1. After Tuesday everything is going to be pointing to 2016 eleccions, and GOP can't win the White House without reaching to the immigrant community.
2. If GOP pass their own bill they won't have to share the credit with democrats, and democrats will be seen as the party of broken promises.
3. The only way they could beat Hillary is with a combination of passing CIR and nominating a centrist like Jeb Bush.

Well, Obama can do his Executive Order to speed up the process and get all the background checks and such, and if the GOP decides to pass reform, then great - they will keep their word, and the finger printings and background checks are already in the system so everybody wins.

I dont see this happening as long as his party still has people like steve king who says dreamers have cantaloupe calves because we smuggle drugs or Lindasy Graham who says his party is good for old white men. Who is he trying to fool?

There will always be people like Steve King that doesn't mean that they will always control their party.

Well, obviously a Republican Senate will pass CIR.

Just like they did in 2007.

Who cares what this guy thinks.

LOL, well said
Guys embrace yourself for a GOP Senate