McConnell now offering time for vote by 12 Noon Monday

[Anonymous]

But unlike other advanced industrialized countries, our nation also gives preferences to the extended family members of citizens. While well intentioned, this policy has had some unfortunate consequences. This policy has spurred a wave of mostly unskilled immigration into our country. Today, only one in 15 of the more than 1 million immigrants who are admitted every year are given a visa because of their job skills or entrepreneurial ability. The other 14 immigrants are admitted without regard to their skills. That means that every year we are admitting hundreds of thousands of workers with almost no consideration for the impact their immigration will have on American jobs and wages. That is one of the reasons why polling has shown that over 70 percent of Americans favor limiting chain migration to only the spouses and minor children of legal permanent residents and citizens.

This policy puts downward pressure on the wages of people who toil with their hands, who work on their feet. Americans with high school-level educations have seen their wages fall by 2 percent since the 1970s, while inflation has made the cost of living even higher. For Americans who haven’t finished high school, it’s even worse. Their wages have fallen by nearly 20 percent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

But unlike other advanced industrialized countries, our nation also gives preferences to the extended family members of citizens. While well intentioned, this policy has had some unfortunate consequences. This policy has spurred a wave of mostly unskilled immigration into our country. Today, only one in 15 of the more than 1 million immigrants who are admitted every year are given a visa because of their job skills or entrepreneurial ability. The other 14 immigrants are admitted without regard to their skills. That means that every year we are admitting hundreds of thousands of workers with almost no consideration for the impact their immigration will have on American jobs and wages. That is one of the reasons why polling has shown that over 70 percent of Americans favor limiting chain migration to only the spouses and minor children of legal permanent residents and citizens.

This policy puts downward pressure on the wages of people who toil with their hands, who work on their feet. Americans with high school-level educations have seen their wages fall by 2 percent since the 1970s, while inflation has made the cost of living even higher. For Americans who haven’t finished high school, it’s even worse. Their wages have fallen by nearly 20 percent.

Whose fault is it that they chose not to finish HS? Correlation isn’t causation.

[Anonymous]

So who's going to blink first?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So who's going to blink first?

this is all on chuckie

As long as Stephen Miller supports:

- Nationwide mandatory e-verify, with criminal penalties for employers
- Immediate arrest and deportation of the 8M DACA parents that are responsible for the DACA invasion.
- Immediate impregnable border security.
- Trump's campaign promise: "THEY ALL MUST GO".

then Miller speaks for me and the 63M Americans that voted for Campaign Trump.

Amnesty of illegals will end the Trump presidency in 2020, exactly as "Read my lips" ended Bush's presidency in 1992.

[Anonymous]

Time for the Democrats to end their shutdown.

[Anonymous]

I don't expect anything to really happen other than people digging their heels in more and blaming the other side for it. I hope I'm wrong though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What does that mean in terms of the work,day?

Tomorrow, the government is officially shut down. Follow your guidance, which is probably to come in to wrap up or to work if your agency has funding. Then we'll see what happens at noon.

So if we wrap up as instructed and they vote at noon do we stay and work 4 hours just in case or do we have to head home or kill time near work and then commute back for the afternoon? This is my first shutdown, obviously....

Check OPM. OPM says to check with your agency.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What does that mean in terms of the work,day?

Tomorrow, the government is officially shut down. Follow your guidance, which is probably to come in to wrap up or to work if your agency has funding. Then we'll see what happens at noon.

So if we wrap up as instructed and they vote at noon do we stay and work 4 hours just in case or do we have to head home or kill time near work and then commute back for the afternoon? This is my first shutdown, obviously....

Check OPM. OPM says to check with your agency.

This, but my agency website says check USA.gov which has nothing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think McConnell will win this round, and the 8th will perhaps bring some lame attempt at a bill, but only if some juicy gobbets are attached to it, other than the wall: entitlement reform, more health care garbage, or a repeal of Roe v. Wade.

That would put the Dems in a very nasty place. They would have to give some tidbits that Ryan will go for, otherwise he will just refuse to bring it to the floor, despite whatever promises have been made to the contrary.

This is my concern. The House can try to force MORE than the things from this past week that, to me, actually seemed like compromises and bipartisanship on some of these key issues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What does that mean in terms of the work,day?

Tomorrow, the government is officially shut down. Follow your guidance, which is probably to come in to wrap up or to work if your agency has funding. Then we'll see what happens at noon.

So if we wrap up as instructed and they vote at noon do we stay and work 4 hours just in case or do we have to head home or kill time near work and then commute back for the afternoon? This is my first shutdown, obviously....

Check OPM. OPM says to check with your agency.

This, but my agency website says check USA.gov which has nothing.

The lack of guidance gives Trump wiggle room on what he wants to keep open so that his base won’t notice. I’ve heard national parks will remain open and disability checks will go out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The discussion after the 8th will not just be about immigration-it will be an opportunity to re-open the entire can of worms

But why after the 8th?

Just run a clean DACA bill on Wednesday and a clean CHIP Bill on Friday and go from there. It really isn't that hard. Waiting until the 8th just puts the Senate in the same position, CHIP is still unfunded and DACA is one month closer to expiration.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So who's going to blink first?

this is all on chuckie

As long as Stephen Miller supports:

- Nationwide mandatory e-verify, with criminal penalties for employers
- Immediate arrest and deportation of the 8M DACA parents that are responsible for the DACA invasion.
- Immediate impregnable border security.
- Trump's campaign promise: "THEY ALL MUST GO".

then Miller speaks for me and the 63M Americans that voted for Campaign Trump.

Amnesty of illegals will end the Trump presidency in 2020, exactly as "Read my lips" ended Bush's presidency in 1992.

The problem is that 66 million voted for the other side and polling is 25-75 against you opinion. If that is the case, expect to get slaughtered in the 2018 elections and a lame duck presidency with the follow on impeachment over Russia and Money laundering - something GOP Senators won't be able to ignore in 2019, lest they get ousted in 2020 themselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The discussion after the 8th will not just be about immigration-it will be an opportunity to re-open the entire can of worms

But why after the 8th?

Just run a clean DACA bill on Wednesday and a clean CHIP Bill on Friday and go from there. It really isn't that hard. Waiting until the 8th just puts the Senate in the same position, CHIP is still unfunded and DACA is one month closer to expiration.

Seems simple doesn’t it? It was hat simple months ago too, and McConnell always refused to put those issues up for vote. Even after he said he would then. He’s saying he will again now. No evidence to think that it will be anything but pulling teeth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So who's going to blink first?

this is all on chuckie

As long as Stephen Miller supports:

- Nationwide mandatory e-verify, with criminal penalties for employers
- Immediate arrest and deportation of the 8M DACA parents that are responsible for the DACA invasion.
- Immediate impregnable border security.
- Trump's campaign promise: "THEY ALL MUST GO".

then Miller speaks for me and the 63M Americans that voted for Campaign Trump.

Amnesty of illegals will end the Trump presidency in 2020, exactly as "Read my lips" ended Bush's presidency in 1992.

The problem is that 66 million voted for the other side and polling is 25-75 against you opinion. If that is the case, expect to get slaughtered in the 2018 elections and a lame duck presidency with the follow on impeachment over Russia and Money laundering - something GOP Senators won't be able to ignore in 2019, lest they get ousted in 2020 themselves.

The problem is that CR hell is worse than a shutdown, if that shutdown results in a budget. A CR stalls the government, especially military expenses. Republicans seem unable to pass a budget, bunch of losers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So who's going to blink first?

this is all on chuckie

As long as Stephen Miller supports:

- Nationwide mandatory e-verify, with criminal penalties for employers
- Immediate arrest and deportation of the 8M DACA parents that are responsible for the DACA invasion.
- Immediate impregnable border security.
- Trump's campaign promise: "THEY ALL MUST GO".

then Miller speaks for me and the 63M Americans that voted for Campaign Trump.

Amnesty of illegals will end the Trump presidency in 2020, exactly as "Read my lips" ended Bush's presidency in 1992.

Trump's Presidency ends in 2020 regardless. His approval ratings are the lowest of any President in history and there's no sign of them improving in any meaningful way.