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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: mystery-ak on August 10, 2021, 09:21:25 pm
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Swing State Democrats Tank ‘Hire American’ Rule in Infrastructure Bill
John Binder 10 Aug 2021
A handful of Senate Democrats, representing swing states, joined the majority of their caucus in helping tank a plan that would have required American infrastructure jobs go to American citizens and legal immigrants, not illegal aliens.
Last week, Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) proposed an amendment to the infrastructure bill that would have prohibited federal funds going to any entity that failed to enroll in and comply with the E-Verify program to ensure illegal aliens are not hired for infrastructure jobs over Americans and legal immigrants.
The amendment failed when a number of swing state Senate Democrats joined most of their colleagues in opposing the “Hire American” requirement, including:
Joe Manchin (D-WV)
Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ)
Jon Tester (D-MT)
Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
Jacky Rosen (D-NV)
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
Michael Bennet (D-CO)
Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
Bob Casey (D-PA)
Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
John Hickenlooper (D-CO)
Gary Peters (D-MI)
more
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/10/swing-state-democrats-tank-hire-american-rule-in-infrastructure-bill/