A freshman Democrat exposes a party litmus test

Carolyn Hileman - The Voice | March 16, 2008 

The bill in question is the SAVE Act, authored by freshmen Congressman Heath Shuler (D., N.C.). As written, the SAVE Act’s most notable provisions would add 8,000 border-patrol agents, and within four years mandate that businesses use a government program to verify the legal citizenship of all employees… If the SAVE Act passes the House, it will likely be with a majority of Republican votes and a minority of Democrats. But more than that, a vote on the SAVE Act is a chance for Republicans to root out any lackluster support on an issue that has proven motivating for voters and wield it against congressional Democrats in the fall. “Undoubtedly there are some of the 49 Democrats that have co-sponsored the bill have co-sponsored it with the understanding that they would never have to vote on it,” Jenks says. “The Democratic leadership is not going to put this bill on the floor unless they have to.”

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