Nobody did. Despite this. some voted nosome Republican Senators voted no on her nomination in committee. Some of these Senators opposed her because she would not renounce the Presidents Executive action to keep immigrant families together. They are attacking her for this. They blame this on her. But they fail to acknowledge that if the Republican leadership in the House had just allowed a vote on the immigration reform that passed the Senate. then the President would not have been compelled to act. Very hardworking Republicans and Democrats came together in this body to pass by a 2to1 margin an immigration bill. Most people felt it would pass the House of Representatives had it been allowed to come to a vote. But the Speaker determined not to let it come to a vote. You cannot then say: We are not going to vote on anything. but. oh. by the way. we are not going to let the President do what Presidents have always done in the absence of legislation. take executive action. Now we all agree that we have problems in our immigration system. We all agree that we need legislation to fix it. The President is not going to do that.
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