From the Las Vegas Sun:
U.S. Rep. Joe Heck lambasted his own party leadership today in a strongly worded statement reacting to news reports that the House may not bring immigration reform up for a vote this year.
"It’s extremely frustrating and very disappointing to hear reports that the House does not plan on voting on immigration reform legislation this year," Heck said in a written statement. "This is yet another example of the leadership vacuum in Washington that rightly has so many people frustrated with this dysfunctional Congress."
The U.S. Senate passed a comprehensive immigration reform bill earlier this year that includes strengthened border security provisions as well as a pathway to citizenship for immigrants here illegally. To be eligible for legal status, those immigrants would have to meet a number of conditions including a clear criminal record, paying a fine and back taxes and waiting a minimum of 13 years to become eligible for citizenship.
But momentum behind the bill ground to a halt once it reached the House, as Republican lawmakers began crafting their own piecemeal immigration bills. Then the issue took a backseat to the frenzied debate over Syria and the government shutdown. http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/oct/25/heck/
Umm, Rep. Dr. Joe Heck, most conservative don't want immigration reform, we want current immigration law enforced. We don't want to encourage illegal immigration, we want to stop it and we want to get rid of all the dangerous illegals, those who live off the U.S. taxpayer and those who are here and get free medical care at the expense of taxpayers and those who have insurance.
If you want to be a RINO, Rep. Dr. Joe Heck, you are well on your way.
Why does it seem like Dean Heller, Joe Heck, Mark Amodei and other RINOs in Nevada get away with supporting amnesty? I mean Sharron Angle almost beat Dean Heller in a house primaryin 2006. Sharron Angle and Sue Lowden went into the Senate primary both opposing amnesty. Angle was more vocal about it and won the primary.
ReplyDeleteSandoval won the Gubernatorial race with the same immigration stances as Sharron Angle. Harry Reid painted her as crazy. Harry Reid was also bringing back a lot of freebies.