With 17 days left to go in this year’s legislative calendar, Politico has jumped to the conclusion that there’s not enough time to pass immigration reform, and House Republicans are actually thinking about cancelling session dates in order to avoid doing their job. Today, however, the Office of Democratic...
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Christian Post (CrossMap): Immigration Reform 2013: Sen. Marco Rubio Tells GOP To Not Pass His Immigration Bill Arizona Republic: Fleeting hopes for immigration reform By Dan Nowicki and Erin Kelly Personal Liberty Digest: Pelosi Tries To Leverage Boehner On Bringing Comprehensive Immigration Reform To House Vote By Ben Bullard...
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Members of Congress like Rep. Jeff Denham (R-CA) and Majority Leader Eric Cantor have said multiple times now that House leadership intends to bring immigration up for a vote sometime before the end of the year. What remains unclear is when such a vote will be, and on what type...
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New Public Policy Polling (PPP) polls of eight congressional districts, commissioned by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), show that Republican House members can begin to rebuild the damage to their popularity caused by the government shutdown if they vote for commonsense immigration reform. Said SEIU Executive Vice President...
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Lessons in Virginia and California on Display for GOP, if They Are Willing to Look & Listen Given the likely outcome, the Virginia governor’s race could be a sign of things to come for the GOP in 2014 when it comes to the politics of immigration. Republican candidate Ken...
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4:14 PM UPDATE: Here’s an excerpted statement from Promise Arizona: “We remind Mr. Franks that more than two-thirds of Arizonans support an immigration reform plan that includes a path to citizenship for the nation’s undocumented population, because they understand that the current system causes incredible pain and suffering among immigrants...
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Today, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) joined as a co-sponsor to HR15 – sensible immigration legislation comprised entirely of provisions that have attracted bipartisan support in the past. Rep. Ros-Lehtinen is now the second House Republican to join this bill, which now is pushing toward 200 co-sponsors. The following is...
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MSNBC: Rubio to GOP: Don’t pass my immigration bill! By Benjy Sarlin NBC Latino: Immigration advocates push for sweeping reform; Rubio aide says be ‘realistic’ on legislation By Suzanne Gamboa Politico: Marco Rubio sparks immigration debate By Seung Min Kim Wall Street Journal: Rubio Backs Off His Immigration Bill...
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National and California Advocates Thank Denham for Taking Action and Urge the Rest of the House GOP to Follow Denham’s Lead This weekend, Representative Jeff Denham (R-CA) announced his plans to cosponsor HR 15, a broad immigration reform bill that includes numerous policies supported by Democrats and Republicans in...
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Yesterday, Rep. Jeff Denham (CA-10) announced that he’s cosponsoring H.R. 15, the new immigration bill in the House. A big move like that needs a big thanks — so today we sent him a larger-than-life-thank you card, in the form of this banner flown over Modesto, CA today: “Thanks Rep. Denham! #HR15”...
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