Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on Tuesday said the Senate’s immigration
bill does not have 60 votes, contradicting Democrats who say it would
pass the chamber in its current form.
Asked by FOX News if the bill approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee had 60 votes, Rubio replied: “No, and I think even the Democrats would concede that.”
Actually, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said the opposite in an interview last week.
“I think we have 60 votes,” Reid told Nevada radio program “To the Point.”
Sens. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.), two other senators in the group of eight senators pushing the immigration reform bill, have said they hope to pass their proposal with 70 Senate votes.
Rubio is one of eight senators — four Democrats and four Republicans — who crafted the bill approved by the Judiciary panel. It would provide a pathway to citizenship for the nation’s illegal immigrants and would also crack down on enforcement.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/303263-rubio-senate-immigration-bill-lacks-60-votes
Asked by FOX News if the bill approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee had 60 votes, Rubio replied: “No, and I think even the Democrats would concede that.”
Actually, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said the opposite in an interview last week.
“I think we have 60 votes,” Reid told Nevada radio program “To the Point.”
Sens. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.), two other senators in the group of eight senators pushing the immigration reform bill, have said they hope to pass their proposal with 70 Senate votes.
Rubio is one of eight senators — four Democrats and four Republicans — who crafted the bill approved by the Judiciary panel. It would provide a pathway to citizenship for the nation’s illegal immigrants and would also crack down on enforcement.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/303263-rubio-senate-immigration-bill-lacks-60-votes