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A group of GOP lawmakers, led by a trio of swing-district Republicans facing tough reelection battles, are just three signatures away from being able to force a vote on the House floor on a bill that would give the group dubbed DREAMers a path to citizenship by joining with Democratic lawmakers. Theyve guaranteed they have those signatures, and have held off on pushing through the so-called discharge petition to allow time to negotiate with Republican leaders and GOP hardliners over a compromise bill.
But their deadline has arrived: If group wants to force a vote by June 25, likely the last possible time for serious legislation this year, they must produce those final three signatures on Tuesday. In other words, its put up or shut up time.
[link:https://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/daca-discharge-petition-do-or-die-day-is-here|
How do you reckon it will go????
riversedge
(70,270 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)control congress we can do it right. If we don't, we can't stop them from dishonorably breaking this pared-down deal, just as they did the original DACA deal they signed on to.
cynatnite
(31,011 posts)and possibly the Senate, there's no guarantee tRump would even sign.
The only way is to get veto-proof majorities. Unlikely to happen, but hilarious, too. tRump would be the lamest duck to ever walk.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)though, that he'd do better, on domestic matters anyway, with a Democratic-controlled congress.
A Republican minority would also, of course, have to deal to get anything they wanted, and Republican moderates, the ones trying to save their seats by belated decency on this issue, would become far more empowered against the hard-liners, and Trump, since just a few in the house could join us to create majorities and veto-proof majorities. A rebuilding of the working center we must have if democracy is not to fail.
MichMan
(11,958 posts)awesomerwb1
(4,268 posts)to some Reps who might otherwise sign on to the discharge petition. For one for example, they're giving him assurances that they will push for a worker program for agriculture which was his pet peeve.
So they're bribing them so as not to do anything on DACA for now basically.
Salviati
(6,008 posts)They always do. Just enough of them. The rest will have gotten permission to "dissent" in an attempt to save their seats. The only thing you can count on them to do is the wrong thing.