MSNBC <\/a>report that McCain said:<\/p>\nA fundamental principle of this legislation is it has to contain a path to citizenship….We would be amenable to negotiations on various aspects\u201d of how the path to citizenship would work….Ours is not engraved in concrete, but a path to citizenship would have to be a part of it.<\/p>\n
Remarkably, the Arizona duo admitted their bill encourages employers to hire amnestied illegal aliens over U.S. citizens. CQ also reports that Flake said:<\/p>\n
You have a bit of a quandary here….If we were to say that individuals who come here on a work permit or those who were just made legal had access to federal benefits like Obamacare, you\u2019d have an outcry.<\/p>\n
Because amnestied illegal aliens are ineligible for Obamacare under the Senate bill, employers would not be subject to $5,000 in fines for not providing health insurance to amnestied illegal aliens.<\/p>\n
Although the House only has 36 scheduled working days left this year and a full agenda of other issues to address<\/a>, the McCain stated that he thinks there is time to pass an amnesty bill. According to MSNBC<\/a>, McCain said,\u00a0\u201cI remain guardedly optimistic that our friends in the House of Representatives will agree to their legislative process and then we can get to conference.”<\/p>\nThe Daily Caller<\/a> also reported that he isn’t concerned about the tight time frame:\u00a0“I think there\u2019ll be plenty of time to sort it out if we do not succeed.”