Going back to the Senate Republican leaders suggestion that we ought to be focusing in a bipartisan way on serious issues. the first suggestion out of the box on a message amendment is clearly being done for political purposes only. The second measure is one that is brought to the floor at the request of Senator TED CRUZ. the junior Senator from Texas. This will bring us back to some debate over immigration. again. on what is known as Kates Law and the suggestion by Senator CRuz that we create a new mandatory minimum criminal sentence. On its face. this measure is unacceptable and unaffordable. It would criminalize. with mandatory minimum sentencing. conduct that would affect thousands of people who have crossed over the border into the United States undocumented. Of course. the Senator from Texas wants this message amendment during this abbreviated short session before the Republican convention. which I assume he will be speaking to. in order to make his political point. So here we are with the Republican leader first congratulating us on being bipartisan on serious issues and then turning around and two of the four things he suggests we do these 2 weeks have no chance to pass.
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