http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/28/marco-rubio-immigration_n_4169925.html
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) does not think the bill he helped draft and pass through the Senate should be combined with House-passed legislation, spokesman Alex Conant told TPM and Politico in stories published on Monday.
Rubio has been backing away from the bill, which he drafted with the so-called "gang of eight," since its passage in June, saying the House should work its will instead. But House Republicans plan to take a very different approach to the one Rubio pushed through with significant bipartisan support only four months ago.
in between the lines he's saying that he has to bow down to his party of tea drinkers. the party has never embraced Hispanics the few token ones in the party are like we see Rubio here committed to the "PRINCIPLES" formerly known as "VALUES" of that party, they do not include welcoming new Progressive voters to the rolls, which also shows they have no intention of backing off the hatefest they have waged for decades, it was another mistake on their part to trot that out knowing they would not follow through.
The reason, according to Conant, is that he -- not wrongly -- thinks the "gang of eight" bill is opposed by majority of Republicans in the House and has always favored a piecemeal approach. While the House GOP is unlikely to pass the comprehensive bill, advocates hope it can be combined in a conference committee with whatever the House passes. But Rubio doesn't think that should happen, although he does not necessarily oppose going to conference and limiting the scope to what the House approves on its own, Conant said."The point is that at this time, the only approach that has a realistic chance of success is to focus on those aspects of reform on which there is consensus through a series of individual bills," he told TPM in an email. "Otherwise, this latest effort to make progress on immigration will meet the same fate as previous efforts: failure."
piecemeal legislation is two pronged it's kicking that can down the road again and allows republicans to drag this out till the cows come home Jupiter or forever or at least when they think they'll see the inside of the WH that's not with a tour.
