(December 5, 2014 at 1:26 pm)Heywood Wrote: The left is trying to sabotage the system too. When Bush tried to pass immigration reform Obama pledged his support and then voted for amendments he knew would poison the bill. Obama threatened to veto budget resolutions and tank this country if he didn't get his way. Reid refused to take up bills passed by the House. Every criticism you can say about the right, applies equally to the left.
You're absolutely delusional if you think its just the rightwingers.
You are a disingenuous ignorant pile of shit. Ready for some facts? Of course not, but here they are anyway:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/L?...~bdaliXV:1[1-351](Amendments_For_S.1348)&./temp/~bdzdQa
1. Obama submitted three amendments. One was considered, which was not agreed to.
2. Cornyn (just as a means of comparison) submitted 26. Four were considered and 3 agreed to. 14% of the agreed to amendments.
3. Agreed to amendments: 7 by vote, 4 by voice vote, 10 by unanimous consent.
4. Summary of the 'by vote' amendments Obama voted for:
- Limit non-immigrant entrance to 200,000/year
- American competitiveness scholarship
- No EIC tax credit for immigrants (Cornyn also yea)
- Mandatory disclosure rules (Cornyn also yea)
Hardly poisoning the well. Obama voted for the bill, Cornyn didn't.
Here's a breakdown of the Nay votes on the entire bill: D - 15, R - 37, & Sanders.
Facts are a bitch.