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Sen. Marco Rubio really wants nothing to do with President Barack Obama's immigration backup plan.
Rubio's office on Tuesday released a statement insisting that the plan the Florida Republican is working on has "major differences" from the White House blueprint that was leaked to USA Today over the weekend. Spokesman Alex Conant pointed to a number of measures they say are missing from the White House plan: tying the a path to citizenship to border security, a new visa exit system and a plan to deal with future immigrants.
And Conant said no one in Rubio's office has met with the White House to talk immigration.
White House spokesman Jay Carney addresses whether the release of a draft immigration bill was done on purpose.
"President Obama and the White House staff are not working with Republicans on immigration reform. Senator Rubio’s office has never discussed immigration policy with anyone in the White House," Conant said.
On Tuesday, the White House insisted it was in fact working with lawmakers on the issue. Obama has said he wants the Senate to write a bipartisan immigration proposal, but that he'll release his own plan if that process drags.
"We have been in contact with everyone involved in this effort on Capitol Hill," White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said.
Asked to clarify, Rubio's spokesman said the administration had sent agency officials to brief Senate staffers for the bipartisan group of eight senators who are working on immigration reform -- but insisted policy was not discussed.
Gary Cameron / Reuters
Senator Marco Rubio, R-Fla.
"They've never asked for our input. (And, frankly, we've never asked for theirs.)," Conant wrote in an email.
Senior administration officials said that staffers from the White House had attended at least 5 briefings with congressional staffers working on bipartisan reform. At different points, officials from relevant government agencies also briefed the staff group.
Some Republicans have suggested the White House's separate plan could help GOP supporters distance themselves from the president and highlight the compromises in a Senate plan. Rubio's office rejected that analysis.
"The White House has injected additional partisanship into an already difficult process, and raised fresh questions about the president’s seriousness about passing reform," Conant said.
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Invisible hand,,go jerk yourself off turd brain
Bulletman357
Obama is half black and is cool,,Herman Cain is a N1gger
Don't want to see scum like you here again. Everybody report this cock of a roach.
Austerity,
Am I the bad guy?
Damn Bullet didn't know the way you really feel!
I'm a white German,do I have any use for caffers?
Lmao
Don't know what you have a use for after your last comments!
Why hasn't anyone realize that after he crashed and burned, no one has any use for Rubio anymore. He can say what he wants, but it shouldn't be news. In fact, the real news will happen when the next election results come in and the GOP will have lost more house and senate seats, plus more governorships.
I agree wole heartedly.
Aus,
Get over it.
The whole latino community will not go for a boat brother,,,
We should start taking bets on how long it takes theBIG BOYS in the Republican Party to figure out that Rubio is not their Savior but rather an idiot who failed to recognize his own Immigration Plan. The guy cannot even get his stories straight. The Plan the White House leaked is almost identical to the Plan Rubio designed and he says The President's plan "is dead on arrival" and a lot of other uncomplimentary comments. The Republicans are so busy saying NO in stupid ways that they do not have time to recognize theirown ideas. Pretty clever of the President. He made them look dumber than they already are but the Plan has merit.
All you so called repukes,shouldn't even like Rubio,he is a coc roach.
Austerity,
Am I the bad guy?
When Rubio is voted out,like the tea baggers ,he will do Poland Springs commercials
Rubrio is another crash and burn boat immigrant
Why do you blame me for the racist, Bullet?
Aus,has two sides to him,,lmao
Bulletman357, is a racist, but why is that my fault?
I have him set to "Ignore." What did he say?
He has been bashing liberals and conservatives.
Either way, he is a racist.
Last week a poster said that he had dual personalities and was posting under two accounts!
Can you believe that?
I'll keep ignoring him.
No,I'm not ,I just pointed out the facts
I never really liked the Hand loser anyway,,never had much to say,,like a lot of socialists
I hate everyone like the invisible loser,,,
You call a spade a spade and all the weak losers leave,,,pussies,,,
Bullet get over what hatred especially racial hatred. I couldn't do that all my 59 years on earth. That is why I was a White young male in a Puerto Rican organizatiion called the Young Lords. Hatred was my hatred! Guess what ? Still is! I met a young girl same age as me named Yvette Stevens when I was fifteen at an operation push meeting on Madison and Kedzie, Just blocks from the Black P stone nation on Madison and Western in Chicago. I was and still am so anti predjiduce that I risked my butt at fifteen to meet Reverand Jessie Jackson. Didn't get to meet him but a cool Panther Yvette could sing. She is Chaka khan. Proud moment for the way I feel about all people.
Aus,
I Bet you like Africa,,lmao
What does that mean?
And capetwon doesent count
Aus,
I have no problem with that,,
LLebo a Puerto Rico en mi corozon. Long live Cha cha Himenez.
Are you a Rican?
People are people no matter what color race creed place of birth. We are all the same in our wants and needs. To disrespect one for the other is direspect to the human race.