http://thinkprogress.org/immigration/2013/07/31/2385381/paul-ryan-hastert-rule/
remember smilin' faces, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgA2Sn3b6OM
RACINE, Wisconsin — Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) made a little-noticed pronouncement at a town hall Friday that could have major implications for the prospects of immigration reform passing the House of Representatives.
Comprehensive immigration reform passed the Senate in June, but its prospects have remained uncertain in the Republican-controlled House.That’s because reform opponents like Rep. Steve King (R-IA) are pressuring GOP leadership only to bring forth an immigration package that is supported by a majority of Republicans, a move known as the Hastert Rule. Doing so, however, would likely preclude a pathway to citizenship from becoming law because, although a pathway almost certainly has majority support in the House at large, most Republicans oppose it.Bringing it to a floor vote, therefore, would violate the Hastert Rule.
this tells us the real deal you would think that if they were interested in gathering Hispanic vote they would do thinks conducive to attaining that goal, but we are not dealing with logic here.
they will not vote on it unless it's supported by the majority of republicans which would surly kill it, so they are using that as an excuse not to bring it to vote to hide the fact they don't want to fatten up any more progressive voters.
QUESTIONER: One of the biggest frustrations we're seeing right now is hearing Speaker Boehner, that he's going to follow the Hastert Rule. That he's not going to bring any of these bills forward unless they have a majority support of the majority party. What's your position, should you maintain that?RYAN: [...] Bringing these bills to the floor, we'll find out. It is not, "they don't come to the floor unless we have a majority of the majority," because we don't know if we have a majority until we vote on it. So here's where I see things going. I've spoken to John Boehner as recently as three days ago about this, which is, we all agree it is better to legislate in stages instead of one big thousand plus page bill that no one has read. [...] I'm trying to get to a consensus so a majority of us do support those component parts. I believe that's achievable because when people really look at the details and they focus on what's right, I believe what I've just laid out is something that a consensus of Republicans and Democrats can agree to.
does this sound like anything remotely favoring governing and passing bill, only if you know you can defeat it if it's progressive or pass it if i belongs to them, c'mon this is one of many reasons not to vote them back in it's clear they are engaged in a game of chess and they are playing Chinese checkers, you get held back until they get their way, nothing changed still them not you, remedy Nov. 3rd, 2014, it also shows dissension within their ranks and no plan,
what do you really want, take a stroll through your mind, mark Nov. 3rd on your calender or earlier if you vote like that but vote.
