Republicans set to piss away any hope of growing their party for a generation.

[RandySF]

Bachmann called it "the most monumental vote that we will take in this entire term." She said it was a "very good bill that people can be proud of," declaring that it was about "stopping the invasion of illegal foreign nationals into our country."

The bill is going nowhere in the Senate, and the White House threatened to veto an earlier version of it. The goal is to give Republicans political cover to tell their constituents they acted on the border crisis when they go home for recess.

Republicans decided to add $35 million in new funds to reimburse border states who called in the National Guard to help address the flow of some 57,000 unaccompanied minors, a senior Republican aide said. So far only Texas has done that.

The plan is to have two votes: the first one is on the supplemental and tougher border language to swiftly send home children coming from Central American countries. If that passes, there'll be a second vote on the bill to end the Obama administration's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and stop the president from granting legal status to anyone in the U.S. illegally.

"I feel very confident that we'll be able to put this behind us today," Rep. Steve Womack (R-AR), a deputy whip, told reporters.


http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/house-gop-to-rebuke-obama-on-immigration

[napi21]

1. And the Senate's gone home so they can't vote on it, and the Prez will veto it.

I wonder os the Pubs REALLY are that stupid to think these idiots are "working for them"?

[blkmusclmachine]

2. The GOP can always fall back on all those secret black box vote "counting" machines they own ...

[rurallib]

3. when your opponent is drowning, throw them an anchor

see what you can do Democrats.

[Johonny]

4. most monumental vote that we will take in this entire term is a bill that won't pass the senate

So in other words it is pretty much like all those repeal Obamacare votes they had which were also the most monumental votes this term. So monumental they didn't do a damn thing and everyone knew it was DOA before the vote. The Republicans can't building a monument to their voting record because that would require them to actually do some work. Instead they'll just deffer that monument for another generation. How much smoke and mirrors do GOP voters tolerate?

[truebluegreen]

5. Good. Sooner the better.