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House postpones vote on compromise immigration bill
« on: June 21, 2018, 06:28:36 pm »
House postpones vote on compromise immigration bill
By Melanie Zanona - 06/21/18 02:05 PM EDT

House Republican leaders are delaying a vote on a compromise immigration bill until Friday as leaders struggle to secure 218 votes for the measure.

Some Republicans had pressed leadership to push back the Thursday vote on the compromise measure so that they could have more time to review the package, which is the product of weeks of negotiations between centrists and conservatives.

Lawmakers were frustrated that they didn't have more time to read the nearly 300-page bill that was released Tuesday, while others complained that Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) didn't have enough time to build support for the measure.

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Re: House postpones vote on compromise immigration bill
« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2018, 06:34:27 pm »
Spineless, gutless, weasels, the whole lot of them.
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Re: House postpones vote on compromise immigration bill
« Reply #2 on: June 21, 2018, 06:37:57 pm »
They never read bills, ever.   They only ask whoever is holding their strings which way to vote.
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Re: House postpones vote on compromise immigration bill
« Reply #3 on: June 21, 2018, 06:39:31 pm »
Delaying the inevitable fail in the Senate.  Maybe if they threw in a trillion dollars of spending they could get some rat votes.
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Re: House postpones vote on compromise immigration bill
« Reply #4 on: June 21, 2018, 06:41:23 pm »
Quote from: driftdiver on June 21, 2018, 06:37:57 pm
They never read bills, ever.   They only ask whoever is holding their strings which way to vote.

"I was elected to lead, not to read."
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Re: House postpones vote on compromise immigration bill
« Reply #5 on: June 21, 2018, 06:43:53 pm »
Quote from: dfwgator on June 21, 2018, 06:34:27 pm
Spineless, gutless, weasels, the whole lot of them.

Both houses regardless of party.
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Re: House postpones vote on compromise immigration bill
« Reply #6 on: June 21, 2018, 06:44:49 pm »
Quote from: Bigun on June 21, 2018, 06:43:53 pm
Both houses regardless of party.

Actually the Rats do occasionally have a spine and actually do stick together and circle the wagons.
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Re: House postpones vote on compromise immigration bill
« Reply #7 on: June 21, 2018, 06:58:20 pm »
Hardly surprising, given the exchange between Ryan and Meadows yesterday on the floor.
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