Conservative lawmakers have no regrets about not voting for the farm bill, after House leadership refused to have an immediate vote on an immigration bill.
"There has to be an intensity and a focus directed on a problem and on a question in order to get it figured out, that is what we tried to accomplish last week," Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, said of the House Freedom Caucus sinking the vote on the farm bill May 18.
"I actually like the work requirements in the farm bill but my point was I ain't gonna vote on a farm bill until we figure out what we are going to [do] on immigration, plain and simple," Jordan said at Conversations with Conservatives, a monthly event with press to discuss the most important issues of the day.
"We have plenty of time to pass the farm bill for goodness' sake," added Jordan, a member of the House Freedom Caucus.
On an immigration bill from Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, in exchange for a vote on the farm bill on June 22.
The Goodlatte bill would require employers to use E-Verify, now a voluntary system, to check.
Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., said he is "Not a big fan of the Goodlatte bill," but says he knows a vote triggered by the discharge petition would give amnesty to the roughly 800,000 recipients of DACA, whom some call "Dreamers."
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/05/22/conservative-lawmaker-2016-election-made-clear-americans-want-action-on-immigration/
"There has to be an intensity and a focus directed on a problem and on a question in order to get it figured out, that is what we tried to accomplish last week," Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, said of the House Freedom Caucus sinking the vote on the farm bill May 18.
"I actually like the work requirements in the farm bill but my point was I ain't gonna vote on a farm bill until we figure out what we are going to [do] on immigration, plain and simple," Jordan said at Conversations with Conservatives, a monthly event with press to discuss the most important issues of the day.
"We have plenty of time to pass the farm bill for goodness' sake," added Jordan, a member of the House Freedom Caucus.
On an immigration bill from Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, in exchange for a vote on the farm bill on June 22.
The Goodlatte bill would require employers to use E-Verify, now a voluntary system, to check.
Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., said he is "Not a big fan of the Goodlatte bill," but says he knows a vote triggered by the discharge petition would give amnesty to the roughly 800,000 recipients of DACA, whom some call "Dreamers."
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/05/22/conservative-lawmaker-2016-election-made-clear-americans-want-action-on-immigration/
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