Dems Back Away

[Zam-Zam]

A subtle, or perhaps not-so-subtle, shift:

Democratic leaders are backing off of their demand that Dreamer protections be a part of the 2018 budget negotiations.

While House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and other Democratic leaders had hinged their support for last month’s budget caps deal on a commitment from Republicans to consider legislation salvaging the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, they’ve signaled they won’t hold a similar line heading into next week’s expected vote on an omnibus spending bill.

The apparent change in strategy has angered immigrant rights advocates in and out of Congress, who want the minority Democrats to use their rare leverage on the enormous government funding package — among the last must-pass bills of the year — to secure protections for the hundreds of thousands of young immigrants who came to the country illegally as children.


http://thehill.com/homenews/house/378881-democratic-leaders-pull-back-hard-line-immigration-demand

Interesting.

 

[connieb]

A subtle, or perhaps not-so-subtle, shift:

Democratic leaders are backing off of their demand that Dreamer protections be a part of the 2018 budget negotiations.

While House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and other Democratic leaders had hinged their support for last month’s budget caps deal on a commitment from Republicans to consider legislation salvaging the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, they’ve signaled they won’t hold a similar line heading into next week’s expected vote on an omnibus spending bill.

The apparent change in strategy has angered immigrant rights advocates in and out of Congress, who want the minority Democrats to use their rare leverage on the enormous government funding package — among the last must-pass bills of the year — to secure protections for the hundreds of thousands of young immigrants who came to the country illegally as children.


http://thehill.com/homenews/house/378881-democratic-leaders-pull-back-hard-line-immigration-demand

Interesting.

Of course they are.. If they add it in now they won't have it to run on. And they are counting on that.

 

[Zam-Zam]

Of course they are.. If they add it in now they won't have it to run on. And they are counting on that.

So, in essence, you're saying the Democrat politicians have no real interest in the Dreamers themselves, other than to exploit them for use as a wedge issue.

That would explain a great deal.

 

[connieb]

So, in essence, you're saying the Democrat politicians have no real interest in the Dreamers themselves, other than to exploit them for use as a wedge issue.

That would explain a great deal.

Well, now they have gun control too. So, if there is another sex scandal between now and then they will have the trifecta of liberal whines to run on.

 

[Zam-Zam]

Well, now they have gun control too. So, if there is another sex scandal between now and then they will have the trifecta of liberal whines to run on.

They don't seem to be getting a lot of traction on that one.....It plays to the base, but not much else.

 

[marvin martian]

They don't seem to be getting a lot of traction on that one.....It plays to the base, but not much else.

They sold their souls on Bill Clinton. The left will never again have credibility when it comes to criticizing personal behavior.