Subscribe to our daily newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.Sinema was unhappy with Graham blocking the bill. She was particularly frustrated that he voted against the “motion to proceed”.
She pointed out that if he had voted in favor, he and other senators could suggest amendments to parts they thought needed tweaking.It probably did not help when Graham called Sinema’s bill a “half-ass” attempt at solving mass immigration.Graham did say the bill “did a pretty good job in many ways” but added, “I didn’t think it was enough.”When pushed further by Sinema, a rattled Graham said he didn’t trust Senate leaders to follow due process and allow for amendments.“Here is what I’m saying. This has been a half-ass effort to deal with border security,” he said.“I didn’t see any willingness by anybody to allow an amendment process where we could deal with the border issue,” Graham said hotly.
“That’s ass-backwards.”“This idea we’ve done enough on the border is BS. I’m not going to help Ukraine until we’ve done a better job helping ourselves.”Graham suggested to Sinema that rather than push for the legislation to move forward and then debate amendments, the sponsors should have reached out to lawmakers in advance to ask them what they’d like to see changed to gain their support.Sinema later pushed him again.
She says the only way amendments could have been made to the bill was if Graham had voted for the motion to proceed.Graham pointed out he’d been involved with the last mass immigration bill in 2013. He said he and fellow lawmakers had debated it for “weeks” and it had involved a lot of to-ing and fro-ing.“We got the crap kicked out of us for weeks.
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