Not too long ago, President Obama said the immigration reform bill would pass in the House. Where is it?<\/p>\n
Just recently, Obama said the reform bill was \u201cthis close\u201d and the only thing holding it up was Republican shenanigans, otherwise known as internal party politics. It appears that \u201cthis close\u201d is still not so close as the latest new political tactics show. Now politicians are trying to get the bill passed under the guise of economic reform, which isn\u2019t a bad angle, given how much passing the bill would bolster the shaky U.S. economy.<\/p>\n
Just in quick recap, immigration reform legislation, worked on by the eight infamous senators from both parties passed in the Senate in June 2013. Since then, it was been swallowed up whole and did a disappearing act on the floor of the House. What\u2019s the holdup? It\u2019s as simple and as complex as there are some provisions in the (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Not too long ago, President Obama said the immigration reform bill would pass in the House. Where is it? Just recently, Obama said the reform bill was \u201cthis close\u201d and the only thing holding it up was Republican shenanigans, otherwise…<\/span><\/p>\n