The U.S. Senate passed a comprehensive immigration reform bill late last week, 69-29, leading to the logical next question: Does it have any chance of passing (as is) in the much more conservative House of Representatives?
"The Senate bill is not going to pass in the House, it's not going to pass for myriad reasons," South Carolina Republican Representative Trey Gowdy said authoritatively while appearing on Fox News Sunday.
While on CNN's State of the Union,, Virginia GOP Rep. Bob Goodlatte said he really, really does not want to seem obstructionist, but he simply can't have a straight up and down vote on the Senate bill.
"The Senate bill gives legal status to 11 million people before it solves all the problems with securing the border, with e-verify, with entry/exit visa system and says, ‘We’ll take care of those later.’”
This article appears in Jun 27 – Jul 3, 2013.
