White House: Graham-Durbin immigration bill 'dead on arrival'
Source: The Hill
The White House on Tuesday hardened its position against a bipartisan proposal in the Senate that would shield young immigrants living in the U.S. from deportation.
Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders gave her strongest indication yet that President Trump would not sign the measure, written by Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), if it reaches his desk.
Its totally unacceptable to the president and should be declared dead on arrival, she told reporters.
President Trump previously dismissed the proposal in profane fashion when it was first presented to him in the Oval Office, remarks that helped lead to a government shutdown.
Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/370346-white-house-graham-durbin-immigration-bill-dead-on-arrival
brush
(53,978 posts)Looks like there's going to be another shutdown unless someone else changes his mind for him again in the next 3 weeks.
Raster
(20,998 posts)...If Congress wants to actually do their jobs, maybe Miller* needs to be removed from the White House.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,137 posts)save lives, the other is fighting to take them.
BumRushDaShow
(130,020 posts)iluvtennis
(19,911 posts)protection for the dreamers. Dems should not allow in any talks of border security/other immigration issues that will prolong things. They need to be laser focused on DACA only.
Rethugs will try to intentionally broaden the scope, but IT SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED.
brush
(53,978 posts)mind again.
Freethinker65
(10,112 posts)Or someone else changes his mind for him. Instability and chaos is the new normal.
Or have someone else rewrite the same bill, pass it, put it on his desk, and he will grin, sign it, and take full credit for being the master deal maker.
blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,660 posts)"Par for the course" for Graham and his golfing pal. Of course this was going to happen. The Dreamers are screwed and we all know it. WE ARE ALL SCREWED AND WE KNOW IT!
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DFW
(54,506 posts)His position on the issue will have changed between six and eight times since then.
SWBTATTReg
(22,214 posts)even know what are in this bill? His good golfing buddy Graham is also one of bill sponsors. Trying to hit a moving target.
DFW
(54,506 posts)That is like asking an amoeba to hold a pose for two hours. It's not going to happen unless you deep-freeze them for the whole two hours.
Hmmm, come to think of it..........
mainer
(12,037 posts)This time, with CHIP off the table, the Dems can focus all our attention on this issue and this alone.
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awesomerwb1
(4,269 posts)Because the reps re all so patriotic and stuff.
Watch the reps go into overdrive making this an US (US citizens) vs them (immigrants). And I mean overdrive.
unc70
(6,127 posts)It is reported that military pay continuance is now covered for any additional shutdowns this year.
awesomerwb1
(4,269 posts)GrapesOfWrath
(525 posts)This was contained in the latest CR. So, please hang tough Dems and thank you Rep. Steny Hoyer for getting this done!
marble falls
(57,523 posts)FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)Too often, when democrats say "bipartisan" they mean "I'm just not going to fight for this."
marble falls
(57,523 posts)that Republicans don't seem to have is a constituency that depends on the government staying open, that's a pressure that sometimes makes it seem that Democrats are caving when what they are really doing is trying to relieve pressure from their financially vulnerable voters.
When the economy goes south, particularly personal economy, the voters get more "conservative".
Progressive2020
(713 posts)Miller is a Fascist Worm, boring into whatever passes for a brain in Trump like a parasite and then turning him into a meat puppet.
The so-called Deal Maker Trump doesn't understand Politics 101- I give you something, you give me something.
The deal is pretty simple: the Dems get citizenship for the Dreamers/DACA, and Trump gets his precious Border Wall.
If Miller/Trump can not do this, then the Dems have no choice but to block any future funding.
Miller thinks Trump is a Dictator, not an elected President in Democratic Republic. Trump answers to us, not the other way around.
I wonder if there is anything on Miller in the Mueller/Russia Probe? Where was this Worm when all of the Russia activity and obstruction was going on? Anyone know?
secondwind
(16,903 posts)Said it is off the table.
Progressive2020
(713 posts)I wonder why the Wall is off the table? Any news on that? Is Schumer afraid of alienating a Progressive base, or is there some other reason? Is the Trump admin saying "no" to a deal, or is this coming from the Democratic side of it?
I think that if the cost of getting the Dreamers citizenship or permanent legal status is funding Trump's Wall, then that price is worth paying. Fund the Wall, save the Dreamers. It is pragmatic politics. We need to protect the Dreamers, and if that means money for a Wall, then so be it.
Both sides need to compromise to get part of what they want. That's politics.
marble falls
(57,523 posts)he blew hard about that he won't accomplish.
The wall will always be on the table until we take back the House and Senate.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,459 posts)Preferably eastern European sex workers
Bradical79
(4,490 posts)csziggy
(34,140 posts)OliverQ
(3,363 posts)to protect DACA and deny Trump his funding and make it veto proof so they can give him the middle finger when he refuses to sign it.