Once again, the Gang of Ocho RINOs prove what their bill is not about: it's not about border security and it's not about ending illegal immigration...so it doesn't fix a damn thing!
TheWashingtonExaminer also reports that the Senate voted 58-36 to kill another provision offered by Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) that would have required a biometric visa system implemented before illegal immigrants can obtain legal status.HotAir: You know the deal. Every amendment that adds significant border security to the Gang of Eight bill threatens to scare Democratic votes away, and Rubio, McCain, Graham, and Flake have decided that they’d rather have the bad bill they wrote pass than no bill at all. Four votes against the fence, just as Conn Carroll predicted this morning:
Senators on Tuesday rejected building the 700 miles of double-tier border fencing Congress authorized just seven years ago, with a majority of the Senate saying they didn’t want to delay granting illegal immigrants legal status while the fence was being built.
The 54-39 vote to reject the fence shows the core of the immigration deal is holding. The vote broke mostly along party lines, though five Republicans, including Sen. Marco Rubio and the rest of the bill’s authors, voted against the fence, and two Democrats voted for it.
Republicans had offered the fence as a way to build the confidence of voters skeptical that the government will enforce its laws, but opponents said building more fencing is costly, would take too long, and shouldn’t be dictated by Washington.
“I think we should leave that to the best judgment of the Border Patrol,” said Sen. John McCain, one of the eight senators who wrote the immigration bill.
Don't count on Rubio's vote with Cruz's amendment either. This turncoat's gone completely rogue.
As for McLame...yep, that would be the same McRINO that LIED to constituents during his last Senate reelection...
Arizona, you should have gone with Hayworth!
South Carolina, your opportunity to shine comes next year!
