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发帖数: 61690 | 1 Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on Wednesday defended his decision to work on
bipartisan immigration reform and said "it has been a real trial" hearing
Tea Party charges that he has turned his back on conservatives.
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“I have received numerous emails and calls from conservatives and Tea Party
activists,” Rubio said on the Senate floor Wednesday. “Their opinions and
concerns really matter to me because they stood with me during my election.”
Rubio said Tea Party activists aren’t “anti-immigrant” — they just don’
t trust the federal government to enforce immigration laws that have gone
unenforced over the last 30 years.
“It’s because the government has failed them so many times before,” Rubio
said.
Rubio enjoyed strong support from Tea Party activists when he won his Senate
seat in 2010 and has been touted as a potential 2016 GOP presidential
nominee.
But some conservative Republicans have said his bipartisan work on
immigration reform could hurt his chances of winning the nomination.
Rubio was a central player in the Gang of Eight negotiations that produced
the immigration reform legislation, and led the early effort to sell the
bill to conservatives.
Former Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) has said he wouldn't rule out a primary
challenge to Rubio if he runs for reelection in the Senate.
"To hear the worry, anxiety and growing anger in the voices of so many
people who helped me get elected to the Senate, who I agree with on
virtually every other issue, has been a real trial for me,” Rubio said.
Rubio's popularity with Republican voters has taken a significant hit in
recent months as the Florida lawmaker worked to sell the immigration reform
bill.
A Rasmussen poll earlier this week found the senator is viewed favorably by
58 percent of Republican voters, down 10 percentage points from May and 15
points from February.
Rubio has repeatedly said he’s not working on the legislation to increase
his political stock and got involved in immigration reform talks for the
right reasons.
“I got involved in this issue for one simple reason: I ran for office to
try to fix things that are wrong with this country,” Rubio said. “And that
’s what this is about for me.”
Rubio said he didn’t want to leave immigration reform simply to Democrats
because he knew the issue of border security wouldn’t have been strong
enough.
Earlier Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) applauded Gang
of Eight members, but noted their work might not be appreciated by all of
their constituents.
“This is really America at its best. Each one of those eight senators don’
t know, just as I don’t know, whether this work will help them or hurt them
in their political careers,” Reid said. “But we have a broken immigration
system, and they have come up with a solution to fix it.”
The Senate is expected to pass the Border Security, Economic Opportunity,
and Immigration Modernization Act later this week.
The bipartisan group of eight senators, known as the Gang of Eight,
introduced S. 744, which would create a pathway to citizenship for illegal
immigrants already in the country, toughen border security, create a guest-
worker program and boost high-skilled immigration.
Rubio, Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Jeff Flake (R-
Ariz.), Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Robert Menendez (D-N
.J.) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) comprise the Gang of Eight.
Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/307961-rubio-defends-immigration-reform-against-tea-party-criticisms#ixzz2XM7NcRMK
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发帖数: 933 | 2 感动了，眼角湿润了。
Rubio当选以后不计个人得失，一心为公，真不容易。
应该当总统。 | w*******t
发帖数: 2459 | 3 He has no chance in 16.
It is Hilary's turn.
In 2020, his chance is still zero, since everyone
blames CIR if passing in 13. | w******7
发帖数: 445 | 4 真是催人尿下的独白
他这段话里要是有一句是真的
我发给他10个包子
【在 w*l 的大作中提到】
: 感动了，眼角湿润了。
: Rubio当选以后不计个人得失，一心为公，真不容易。
: 应该当总统。
| j***e
发帖数: 2428 | 5 太长了，给摘要
【在 w******7 的大作中提到】
: 真是催人尿下的独白
: 他这段话里要是有一句是真的
: 我发给他10个包子
| s**p
发帖数: 2771 | 6 伪币： 81.10
你有10个包子吗？
米老屎连对这点伪币都这么吝啬啊！
真是催人尿下的空头支票啊！
【在 w******7 的大作中提到】
: 真是催人尿下的独白
: 他这段话里要是有一句是真的
: 我发给他10个包子
| F*********u
发帖数: 12190 | 7 米老鼠主id还有600多伪币呢
【在 s**p 的大作中提到】
: 伪币： 81.10
: 你有10个包子吗？
: 米老屎连对这点伪币都这么吝啬啊！
: 真是催人尿下的空头支票啊！
| c**y
发帖数: 2282 | 8 可是他不知道茹比奥的mitbbs id怎么发包子啊
【在 F*********u 的大作中提到】
: 米老鼠主id还有600多伪币呢
| w******7
发帖数: 445 | 9 就是老邢
【在 c**y 的大作中提到】
: 可是他不知道茹比奥的mitbbs id怎么发包子啊
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