On CNN’s “The Lead” broadcast Wednesday, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said, “The only way the immigration issue will be resolved is if Democrats are in charge of the House and the Senate like they are. That’s true,” he insisted. From 2021 to 2023, he says, and “change the rules and pass something with a majority vote.”
“I don’t think Republicans are ever going to compromise on immigration for the foreseeable future,” Murphy said. “The only way immigration is going to be resolved as an issue is if Democrats take control of both chambers of Congress, change the rules, and do something with a majority vote.” I don’t think Republicans can imagine a world where immigration is solved. If they don’t drag the media to the border and show off how broken it is, what are they going to do over the weekend? If they can’t complain about this as a problem, what will they do? I don’t think they can live in a world where immigration is solved. So, unfortunately, for the time being, very many I don’t see a world in which we would revive this compromise that Republicans wanted but ran away from as soon as it was proposed.”
Murphy also said, “We actually saw the Senate functioning for a short period of time when we weren’t sure if Trump was still in power.” Immediately after Joe Biden was elected, a flurry of bipartisan and unprecedented accomplishments were introduced, including an infrastructure bill, a gun bill, the CHIPS Act, and a same-sex marriage bill. I know everyone wants to believe this place is fundamentally broken forever, but the reality is we experienced a lot of good things over the two years. ”
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