'We've Set A Deadline': Moderate R's Demand DACA Deal By Tuesday, Or Else

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo



By Cameron Joseph | June 7, 2018 3:34 pm

The moderate Republicans leading the charge for a last-ditch agreement for young undocumented immigrants said GOP leaders have until Tuesday to find a deal that can placate the conference, or they’ll join forces with Democrats to force a floor vote on a bill along the lines of the DREAM Act.

Rep. Jeff Denham (R-CA), one of the moderates’ leaders in ongoing negotiations, told TPM Thursday afternoon that he thought the rough outlines of a pact were emerging. But Denham said the deal itself and actual legislative text needed to be finalized by Tuesday and a guaranteed time for a floor vote, or else they would join with Democrats to force a floor vote on a bipartisan fix to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which shielded immigrants brought to the U.S. as children from deportation.

“We’ve set a deadline,” he told TPM. “We’re not pulling back. We have the signatures, we have the people ready to go down and sign, and we’ve been working with leadership to give them enough time to put a bill together and to bring this in front of our conference.”

Denham has helped lead the charge for a discharge petition that would force an open floor debate on how to reinstate DACA. That discharge petition has 215 supporters in the House, just three short of a majority that would force the vote, and Denham has promised he has the votes to get it there if necessary. Tuesday is the deadline to file the discharge petition for it to be counted in June and guarantee a House vote before the August recess.

Read more: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/weve-set-a-deadline-moderate-rs-demand-daca-deal-by-tuesday-or-else

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Facing unemployment, Congress Critters compromise

Are those really cracks in the GOP ideology? Finally?

[2naSalit]

7. Unemployment?

When they leave DC, they go home to million dollar pensions no matter what a poverty vector they may have been while in office.

[bearsfootball516]

2. Either way, it's good for Democrats and bad for Republicans.

If they make a deal to protect Dreamers, it'll infuriate the Trump base and cause them to stay home this November. If they can't compromise and it forces a floor vote, it'll force vulnerable Republicans to go on record saying they're against Dreamers, and that can be used as a campaign weapon.

[TeamPooka]

4. I hope we get the deal for the Dreamers sake but if we don't we have to make the GOP pay

[stopwastingmymoney]

6. I hope we get the deal and make all the No votes pay...

[vi5]

3. "Or else..."

Yeah..." Or else will continue doing what we've been doing and give you everything you want, whenever you want it."

[BumRushDaShow]

5. This was the harder chamber to get something out of

so this is good news.