Thread: Sessions: No conference committee with Senate immigration bill a ‘positive developmen

Sessions: No conference committee with Senate immigration bill a ‘positive development’

4:25 PM 11/13/2013
Caroline May
The Daily Caller



Alabama Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions called House Speaker John Boehner’s announcement that he would not agree to a conference committee with the Senate-passed immigration bill a “positive development,” but warned against continued big money lobbying for reform.

“House Republicans are resisting an influence campaign and standing for the interests of the American people,” Sessions, who has been one of the most vocal opponents of the Senate immigration bill, said in a Wednesday statement.

Wednesday, Boehner told reporters that House Republicans would not conference with the Senate bill, a move that basically kills this year’s prospects for comprehensive immigration reform.

“We’ve made it clear that we’re going to move on a common sense, step-by-step approach in terms of how we deal with immigration,” Boehner said. “The idea that we’re going to take up a 1,300-page bill that no one had ever read, which is what the Senate did, is not going to happen in the House.”

And while Boehner’s words effectively killed immigration reform advocates’ hopes for a comprehensive package this year, Sessions warned that the activists and special interests “are well-financed and very powerful.”

The Alabama senator explained that the Senate bill’s “fatal flaw” was that it catered to the “special interests at the expense of the national interest.”

“Arguably the single most destructive feature of the Senate’s immigration bill was the massive permanent surge in low-skill immigration that would reduce wages and increase unemployment,” he said. “The White House and Senate Democrats shamelessly coordinated with a small cadre of CEOs to pressure House Republicans to yield.”

He further called for Republicans to kick the special interests to the curb and work on behalf of Americans, particularly low-wage earners.

“It’s time for Republicans to tell these special interests to get lost and to be the one party that will defend the interests of the millions of low-wage Americans looking for better jobs and better wages,” he said. “This is the moment for a vision to emerge centered on growth and prosperity for working Americans—not just the powerful and well-connected.”

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EXCLUSIVE: THIRD HOUSE GOP LEADER CONFIRMS SENATE AMNESTY BILL DEAD



by MATTHEW BOYLE
13 Nov 2013

House Majority Whip Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has joined with Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) and Speaker John Boehner in publicly opposing any conference committee negotiations with the Senate on immigration legislation.

“Whip McCarthy agrees with the Speaker,” McCarthy spokesman Mike Long told Breitbart News Wednesday afternoon. “The House will work its will and we will do so in a more thoughtful, deliberate, step-by-step approach to address our broken immigration system, focusing first on securing the border.”

On Wednesday morning, Boehner said at a press conference that there will never be any House negotiations with the Senate on the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill, effectively killing it after months of unease about its future from all sides. Shortly thereafter, Cantor joined Boehner. Now, with McCarthy in public opposition to any conference committee, it means all three members of House GOP leadership are united against any such conference committee efforts to save the Senate bill.

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This doesn't mean that they won't try to slip chunck of it in on other legislation - They must be watched!

EXCLUSIVE: HOUSE JUDICIARY CHAIRMAN OPPOSES CONFERENCE WITH SENATE AMNESTY BILL




by MATTHEW BOYLE 13 Nov 2013 POST A COMMENT
House Judiciary Committee chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) joined House Speaker John Boehner, Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) and Majority Whip Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) in opposing conference committee with the Senate’s “Gang of Eight” immigration bill.

“Chairman Goodlatte agrees with Speaker Boehner’s statement,” a House Judiciary Committee aide said in an email to Breitbart News. “Chairman Goodlatte believes the Senate immigration bill is fundamentally flawed and doesn’t think it’s wise for the House to go to conference on the Senate immigration bill.

"From the beginning, the House Judiciary Committee has taken a step-by-step approach to immigration reform, starting with enforcement first, so that we get immigration reform right.”
On Wednesday morning, Boehner publicly came out against a conference committee with the Senate bill after months of leaving the door open. Cantor quickly joined him and McCarthy shortly thereafter. Now, with Goodlatte’s opposition to a conference committee, there are hardly any House leaders who still suggest leaving that door open.

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