it in. that is the biggest difference we will see with things being pulled out. what i talked to progressives and democrats on both sides of the spectrum. what they say is that they are expecting if joe manchin wants to pull that out and thinks it can pass as a stand alone bill it will be his responsibility to bring republicans out to vote for that. is that possible? hard to say. they said paid leave is bipartisan. you know, maybe that will be the next conversation we have for the next six months. in addition to paid leave which is critically important and it is the question of whether or not we see a piece of immigration reform move through the legislation. that is another big question we will be talking about tomorrow on the show. my colleague pointed out, and i
of information that you are going to espouse those ideas, we knew what you were saying and chairman priebus, once again, they re just trying to pretty it up, but they know they have nothing to offer. look at just immigration reform for heavens sakes. if they were in any way, shape or form serious or sincere about anything this that report, we would have seen comprehensive immigration reform move, no problem getting extension for unemployment insurance, no problem for expansion of the minimum wage. you know, cynthia, what also is interesting is that this is not just a segment. they are on the wrong side of the american public on a lot of issues. the public. 69% support raising the minimum wage. 55% support same-sex marriage and 53% support a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, so how much further
a housewo working group. and both groups will take their time especially chairman of the judiciary committee. he wants to make it more easy to pass. rubio recognizes that it s going to be a slow walk. in terms of the electoral strategy, obviously you guys want to see immigration reform move forward. in terms of election politics, if the house gop, this blocking minority stops immigration reform that had marco rubio s name on it, that s a big precedent for democrats. the republican party is going to have a latino vote problem if they don t pass comprehensive immigration reform. that s why rubio is on board and you have senator flake and mccain on board. they understand if they don t pass immigration reform, they don t have a shot the latino voters for 2014 but also not for
but these elections will happen at the end of july as well. what does it mean for the gop and coming together moving forward before the midterm? well, it means that these lawmakers are going to be looking closely at the issues they vote on. this had an amazing impact. we talked last night at length about how this likely wasn t solely about immigration because it was a big anti-establishment vote for dave brat. he did campaign against cantor on the issue of immigration. and with the breaking news out west about the children illegal immigrants being in arizona and texas, it seemed to compound that issue but i think you re going to see immigration reform move to the back burner again. i think the hopes of passing something comprehensive for supporters of that are going to fade. and i think lawmakers are really going to be looking hard at some of these issues that really