Want to offer a few quick scheduling points re an immigration deal in the Senate before funding runs out...
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This week is swallowed by nominations. Wheels up on Thursday noon at the latest.
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Next week is the GOP retreat at the Greenbrier, Wednesday through Friday.
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And then you have *five* days ostensibly to write a bill, get it scored, add amendments. Put aside (very real) concerns about any semblance of an agreement on the text — I’m having trouble coming up with a timeline that’s even feasible.
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Also, the idea of a vote on “neutral” legislation suggests that 100 senators will try to write an *immigration* bill from scratch with an open amendment process on the floor. Can’t imagine what could go wrong. Surely, no one would offer a poison pill amendment (sarcasm).
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