Posted by William A. Jacobson
on July 18, 201345 Comments
Sure, I disagree with Marco Rubio on the Gang of 8 immigration bill, particularly the amnesty part.
But what's most galling is that Rubio appears to have been played by Chuck Schumer on the Democratic side, and McCain/Graham on the Republican side, suckered into being the...
Posted by William A. Jacobson
on June 23, 201325 Comments
Via NBC, Lindsey Graham is about to declare victory:
On Monday the Senate is scheduled to vote on a 1,200-page amendment offered by Sen. Bob Corker, R- Tenn., and Sen. John Hoeven, R- N.D., which has an initial cost of $46.3 billion – money to be used hire 20,000 Border Patrol agents and to deploy them along the Mexican border, as well as building add border fencing and setting up an electronic visa entry/exit system at all air and sea ports of entry where U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers are currently deployed.
“The bill will pass,” Graham said on Fox News Sunday. “I think we are on the verge of getting 70 votes. That is my goal. It's always been my goal. We are very, very close to 70 votes. The Hoeven-Corker Amendment I think gets us over the top.”
But don't think this will gain any love for Republicans:
https://twitter.com/allahpundit/status/348814113075511296
Via The Hill:
A senior Democratic senator predicted Sunday there could be massive demonstrations in Washington if House Republicans try to block a bill to grant legal status to millions of immigrants.
Sen. Charles Schumer (N.Y.), the lead Democratic sponsor of the Senate immigration reform bill, said House Republicans would likely spark massive civil rights rallies if they try to quash measures to create a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants already in the country.
This has the potential of becoming the next major civil rights movement. I could envision in the late summer or early fall if Boehner tries to bottle the bill up or put something in without a path to citizenship — if there’s no path to citizenship, there’s not a bill — but if he tries to bottle it up or do things like that, I could see a million people on the Mall in Washington,” Schumer said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
Posted by William A. Jacobson
on June 12, 201352 Comments
To say that there is disgust growing in the ranks is an understatement.
If adults who broke the law to come here illegally get citizenship, it will be a spit in the face of millions of legal immigrants who followed the rules, and many millions more...
Posted by William A. Jacobson
on August 15, 201144 Comments
Warren Buffett has an op-ed in The NY Times bemoaning the fact that he and other super-wealthy investors pay a lower percentage of their income in taxes than their secretaries and other lower-paid staff members. This is an argument frequently heard from Democrats.
But in making...
Posted by William A. Jacobson
on July 24, 201117 Comments
Here is your overnight debt bomb defusing news:
Sam Stein at HuffPo says Boehner's going to call Obama's bluff on a short term extension: "The Ohio Republican, in a briefing with his conference on Saturday, announced that he would press for a short-term deal, with major spending...
Posted by William A. Jacobson
on May 18, 20115 Comments
Yawn. Chuck "my flight attendant is a bitch and Scott Brown is an far-right teabagger" Schumer is threatening to use Newt's criticism of Paul Ryan in the 2012 election cycle.That should make a big difference. Just like this statement by a prominent Republican candidate ruined...
Posted by William A. Jacobson
on March 29, 20116 Comments
Notice how Democrats have been talking lately about how Republicans in Congress are held hostage by Tea Party-backed new members? And how for years Democrats have made sure to use the term "extremist" when referring to Tea Parties?It's a pre-planned line of attack by the...
Posted by William A. Jacobson
on January 31, 201112 Comments
According to Chuck Schumer, via Townhall (h/t @gpollowitz):So if these are the three branches of government, what do we call the 57 states?--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress!...
Posted by William A. Jacobson
on January 20, 20111 Comment
In a fundraising e-mail supporting Martha Coakley in the special election to fill the seat vacated by Ted Kennedy, Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) referred to then-candidate, now-Senator Scott Brown, as a "far-right tea-bagger."At the time Schumer made the comment, everyone knew what "teabagger" meant in...
