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Health Care Fast Tracking Takes its First Casualty: Immigration Reform
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| Contributor | Jason |
| Last Edited | Jason Mar 19, 2010 05:13pm |
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| Category | Proposed Legislation |
| News Date | Friday, March 19, 2010 10:50:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Advocates of comprehensive immigration reform will not be happy about a statement just released from Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-SC. He says because Democrats are about to use a fast track procedure to get health care reform through Congress without a single GOP vote, he will now back away from the negotiating table (if they are successful - and it does appear they have some momentum on their side, at least today).
“The first casualty of the Democratic health care bill will be immigration reform. If the health care bill goes through this weekend, that will, in my view, pretty much kill any chance of immigration reform passing the Senate this year.”
Graham has been working behind the scenes with Sen. Charles Schumer, D-NY, to fashion a compromise. The two were recently at the White House to meet with the President about their efforts.
This announcement by Graham Friday afternoon comes just one day after the duo put out a blue print for reform. |
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