Thursday, March 27, 2008

Enforcement First? Not!   [Mark Krikorian]

Rep. Heath Shuler, D-NC, sponsor of the bipartisan immigration-enforcement bill known as the Save Act (H.R.4088), said this week that Sen. McCain was calling Republican House members in an attempt to block discharge petition that would force a vote on the bill on the House floor. (NRO's Mark Hemingway wrote about the discharge effort here — the petition now has 181 of the 218 signatures needed.) An unnamed McCain staff member denies it, but given Amnesty John's track record, that denial is not persuasive. The way to remove all doubt about McCain's stance on the Save Act, and on his ostensible commitment to enforcement before proceeding to an amnesty, would be to simply co-sponsor one of the Save Act's companion bills in the Senate, Vitter's S.2366 or, since McCain doesn't like Republicans much, Pryor's S.2368. Don't hold your breath.

03/27 11:29 AMShare