Since Menendez knows that he won’t have the votes any other time he’s going to deal with immigration reform while the new Senators the PEOPLE elected sit on the sidelines. Good times. I personally think we need immigration reform of some type but the Democrats will fight for a huge comprehensive package rather than a sensible series of bill aimed at solving problems and offering actual progressfor immigration reform. We also like to call this riling up the Democratic Hispanic base (see: Arizona)
Politico:
Menendez eyes lame-duck session for immigration
“Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) said Sunday that he introduced an immigration bill just before Congress’ midterm elections break so he could get “lame-duck movement” on the legislation after Nov. 2.
“A lot of senators are retiring and might be willing to look at the issue,” Menendez said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “We need something to jump off from if we’re going to go into it in the early part of the next Congress.”
He said his bill has Republican proposals in it to entice GOP senators to get on board.
But Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), who also appeared on the show Sunday, suggested that GOP support will be difficult to get.
“I hope to work with Sen. Menendez on immigration reform, but it’s much too important to be treated as a political football or to try to jam through during a lame duck session,” Cornyn said.”
