Session #113 · 2013–15

Speech #1130114281

Yesterdays decision to pull the border bill was an embarrassment for Republican leadership and they are now trying to save face by circumventing democracy. The use of martial law authority was designed to stifle debate and rush legislation to keep the American people out of the loop. Had we passed bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform. we would not be in this situation today. Thousands of children would not be in limbo. Instead many of these children would be legally reunited with their familieswithoutthe need to take the dangerous journey to get to the U.S. My Republican colleagues like to blame the President for the number of children making the perilous journey. They need to look at their own inaction from the past year. Instead of passing comprehensive immigration reform which would greatly benefit our country. they continue to hold our country hostage through obstruction. Shame on them for sitting on their hands. then blaming others for a crisis they helped create.
Keywords matched
immigration

Classification

Sentiment
Positive
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Humanitarian Victim

Speaker & context

Speaker
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Party
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Chamber
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State
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Gender
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Date
2014-08-01
Speech ID
1130114281
Paragraph
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