No. of Recommendations: 1
And while a bipartisan deal was struck (that the Border Patrol union, the conservative Wall Street Journal, and many senators on both sides said was a "good start"), it was killed for politics. I think a congressman from Texas (Nehls) summed it up best when he said he wasn't going to allow it to be resolved while a Democrat was in the White House. He (and others) view it as "helping a Democrat" instead of helping the country. - 1pg
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Struck is too strong a word, better is "was proposed".
And that is what really bugs me, there was no discussion, no debate on the merits and effects of the various components, it was like we tried once so now on to Ukraine which is what we really wanted in the first place. That is pretty obvious to me.
The border security issue deserves to be debated on the floor where voters can watch and politicians can go on record where they stand. The American people are clearly demanding about border security and should not be brushed aside so easily.
My suggestion to the house when the senate clean bill comes over is to staple HR2 to it and send it back to the senate as an amendment. And that doesn't mean take it or leave it but at least debate it, amend it, reach some sort of compromise, just don't ignore it like you did last time.
