Thread: Senate dismisses sanctuary-crackdown bill

Senate dismisses sanctuary-crackdown bill



Thursday, February 15, 2018

The Senate on Thursday killed a bipartisan bill that would have cracked down on sanctuary cities, as the long-awaited immigration floor fight turned into a massacre.

The bill failed in a 54-45 vote, falling six votes short of the 60 needed to survive and becoming the second casualty in the chamber’s battle over immigration.

However, the measure drew bipartisan votes with four Democrats crossing the aisle to join 50 Republicans in support of withholding some federal grant money from states that don’t cooperate with federal immigration officers when they have illegal immigrants in custody.

Sen. Richard Durbin, the chambers’ No. 2 Democratic leader, rallied his colleagues against the bill by saying it would withhold crucial funds from police and stop the federal government from forcing them to act as immigration agents.

He said a no vote would be “a vote for our men an women in uniform.”

The first bill to die was a bipartisan proposal by Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican, and Sen. Chris Coons, Delaware Democrat, that would have granted amnesty for perhaps 3 million illegal immigrants in exchange for a study of border security and a promise of action by 2021.

The sanctuary city bill was sponsored by Sen. Pat Toomey, Pennsylvania Republican, and Sen. Joe Manchin, West Virginia Democrat.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news...rackdown-bill/

This is all on McConnell for keeping the phony 60 vote rule..IMO

That same rule saved us from DACA. Time to count blessings right now. This is a complicated weave of coalitions, a very highly stacked- deck and veto threat by the President and poison pills that all worked to our favor to kill DACA at least for now. We need more Senate Republicans, we don't have a real majority in the Senate. We need to work our asses off to elect more Republicans in 2018, at least 10 more to the Senate, so we can pass our good immigration bills we want and need as well as secure the funding necessary to increase interior enforcement and border security.

Everyone did a wonderful job getting the word out. Cornyn was actually stunned. I gave him a piece of mind on another thread.

I think ALIPAC's survey was an excellent and brilliant move to get the truth to the Congress and the President as well. Many many thanks to all who donated to make that possible.

We need the names of the Republicans to vote for in 2018 in every State.

We need a list of Republicans NOT to vote for in 2018 and get them OUT of office!

Some kind of chart we can share?