Performing eye surgeries in Guatemala, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) called on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to bring the House-passed anti-executive amnesties bill to the Senate floor for a vote. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) was the first Senator to publicly call on Reid to move the bill introduced by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) to the floor for a vote, and Sen. Paul now joins his Kentucky colleague and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in Sessions' call for a vote.
The Blackburn bill (H.R.5272) passed the House at the end of July just before the Chamber broke for its month-long August recess. Reports indicate that Pres. Obama will expand his Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to an estimated 5-6 million illegal aliens later this fall. The bill would defund an expansion of DACA and renewals.
"I'm supportive of the House bill and I think it will go a long way to fixing the problem," Sen. Paul said. "But like everything else, nothing good has happened because Sen. Reid has decided that he’s not going to allow any votes on any bills this year because he’s protecting his members who are vulnerable in the election—he’s protecting them from any kind of votes. So I think there’s a very good chance the House bill could pass in the Senate, but it won’t ever pass if it doesn’t ever see the light of day. This is a problem with a number of issues—there’s been almost no votes on any bills this year because they’re (the Democrats are) frankly afraid of letting their members vote in public."
In addition to Sen. Sessions, McConnell, and Paul, Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), David Vitter (R-La.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), and Dan Coats (R-Ind.) have called on Reid to bring the bill to the floor for a vote.
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