The Republicans that are pushing for Amnesty over and over again. This is why we now use the term RINO for some of the top people in the Republican Leadership. The games these people play behind the scenes are disgusting, and then in public they change their stories. Check out what is said about Eric Cantor below: The House Rules Committee last night bowed to the wishes of its Members constituents and voted to keep military amnesty amendments off the giant Defense bill coming soon to the floor for a vote. We have been intensely mobilizing many of you in the grassroots for weeks to persuade the committee to do just that. The committee was under huge pressure from all kinds of amnesty advocates both left and right to include what would be a relatively small amnesty so it could be used by the Senate to advance the giant amnesty it passed last year. The grassroots won this won. Take a bow. But we have at least two more places we are likely to have to kill the military amnesty efforts after June 10. I know that being on our mailing list means you get lots and lots of requests for actions -- especially when your Members of Congress are on a committee considering immigration matters. But I hope on a day like this -- whether or not you were directly involved with the effort with the Rules Committee -- that you can derive satisfaction from the fact that you and your fellow Americans in this network have made such a difference on amendments that many in the media said were so popular that they were almost sure to go through. THIS IS THE 3RD TIME YOU HAVE STOPPED THE AMNESTY THIS SPRING 1. The fight started over a month ago when we first caught wind of a secret plan in the House that was being assisted by Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) The main threat came from Rep. Jeff Denhams (R-Calif.) ENLIST ACT that he was trying to have included in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2015. He said Rep. Cantor had encouraged him to push the amendment which would grant amnesty to illegal aliens who came to the country under a certain age and then sign up to serve in the military. But under immense pressure from grassroots activists, several Members of the House Armed Services Committee opposed the amendment despite it starting with a lot of bi-partisan support. They and the grassroots persuaded the committees chairman, Rep. Buck McKeon (R-Calif.), to finally announce he wouldnt allow the Denham amnesty amendment to be part of the original bill. 2. Rep. Denham then pushed to have his amnesty offered as an amendment during the Armed Services Committees markup of the bill. We did another grassroots mobilization on the committee. Again Chairman McKeon was responsive to the grassroots and made sure the amendment wasnt offered. 3. After the Armed Services Committee passed the Defense bill without the amnesty provision, Rep. Denham pushed to offer his bill as an amendment on the House floor when the Defense bill came up for a vote by all Representatives. That is when our grassroots mobilization began on the Rules Committee and House Leadership which usually gets what it wants out of the committee. Last night, when the committee met, Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) ruled Denhams amnesty amendment out of order. The committee also ruled against an amendment from Rep. Mike Coffman (R-Colo.) that would have allowed recipients of Pres. Obamas Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals to enlist in the military. And it ruled out of order an amendment from Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) that would have allowed illegal aliens to enroll in the military academies. SPIRITED PRIMARY CHALLENGE AGAINST REP. CANTOR PLAYING A ROLE Although Majority Leader Cantor had been behind the amnesty push, according to Denham, Cantor highly publicized to his home district at the end that he was opposing adding the amnesty to the Defense bill. Most commentators attributed Cantors change of position to the fact that his immigration positions are under attack from Prof. Dave Brat in the Republican Primary to be held on June 10. In public gatherings in his district during the campaign, Cantor has faced stiff and visible opposition, according to media reports. You can view the comparison between Cantors and Brats immigration positions here: https://numbersusa/content/elections/races/congressional/house-election/2014-virginia-7th-congressional-district.html To look at the websites and find how to support either race, click on their photo on that Candidate Comparison page. BOEHNER & CANTOR APPEAR STILL TO BE COMMITTED TO SOME KIND OF FLOOR VOTE AFTER VIRGINIA PRIMARY Many of the news commentators in Washington are saying that Cantor and Boehner have opposed ONLY adding the military amnesty to the Defense bill and are still hoping to have it come to the floor after key primaries are over as a stand-alone bill. In fact, Boehner just this week promised another chance for the amnesty later. As that threat becomes more clear, we will once again come to you for specific action. Thanks again for all the difference you have made thus far. I know that many of you are weary from having to fight both the Republican and Democratic leadership over and over again on the same bills and issues. Your weariness is what they are counting on. They have the money, the staffs and the power to just keep coming back until the grassroots stop fighting back. Our job is to never stop fighting back. ROY BECK, NUMBERSUSA PRESIDENT Wed, May 21st https://facebook/FliptheSenate2014
Posted on: Thu, 22 May 2014 15:22:53 +0000
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