{"id":4723,"date":"2013-09-26T17:32:06","date_gmt":"2013-09-26T21:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=4723"},"modified":"2018-12-28T15:36:14","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T20:36:14","slug":"stockman-to-boehner-no-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2013\/09\/26\/stockman-to-boehner-no-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Stockman to Boehner: \u201cNo Conference\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Tell<\/a>True immigration reformer, Texas Republican Congressman Steve Stockman<\/a>, has drafted a letter to House Speaker John Boehner asking him to refuse to go to conference with the Senate\u2019s mass amnesty bill.<\/p>\n

When the Senate and House pass different bills, they must resolve the differences in the legislation through a \u201cconference committee.\u201d<\/a> After the conference committee reaches agreement on identical bill language, the newly-agreed upon legislation goes back to each chamber to vote for final passage.<\/p>\n

Representative Stockman is concerned that under House of Representatives rules, if the House goes to conference with the Senate amnesty bill without having first taken a position on a specific issue, they will be forced to accept the Senate bill\u2019s broad pro-amnesty and open borders provisions. \u201cHouse Republicans must avoid any actions which could undermine the House\u2019s intention on passing narrowly-focused immigration-related bills,\u201d Stockman\u2019s letter reads.<\/p>\n

Indeed, as Rep. Stockman\u2019s letter points out, Senate amnesty proponents would love nothing more than to trap the House into a conference. \u201cIf we go to conference, we would win,\u201d proclaimed Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Gang of Eight Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer, who took part in the 1986 amnesty\u2019s conference committee<\/a>, has echoed this sentiment<\/a>. \u201c[T]he end game strategy is to get a conference with the Senate (comprehensive) bill by having the House pass a group of bills.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thus far, House GOP leaders have pushed five immigration-related bills through various committees of jurisdiction. A limited border bill <\/a>(H.R. 1417), a mandatory E-Verify bill (H.R. 1772), an agricultural guest worker\/amnesty bill (H.R. 1773), a \u201chigh-skilled\u201d visa bill (H.R. 2131), and an interior enforcement bill (H.R. 2278). House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte<\/a> (R-VA) has also promised to push four additional bills through his committee relating to a DREAM act, a \u201clow-skilled\u201d guest worker program, refugee\/asylee reform, and a broad amnesty bill, all but guaranteeing we will see a mass legalization bill from the House GOP one way or another…<\/p>\n

To read Rep. Stockman\u2019s letter, click here<\/a>.