[Hoot Gibson]

Sounds great to me! I did see where Trump has been asking McConnell to end the rule of cloture though.


May of 2017
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday thoroughly rejected President Donald Trump’s call to nuke the legislative filibuster.

“That will not happen,” the longtime lawmaker told reporters Tuesday when asked if he would lower the Senate’s 60-vote threshold needed to end debate on legislation to a simple 51-vote majority. “There is an overwhelming majority … not interested in changing the way the Senate operates [on legislation].”
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/05/02...filibuster

August 2017
President Trump on Wednesday called for Senate Republicans to get rid of the legislative filibuster.

"If Republican Senate doesn't get rid of the Filibuster Rule & go to a simple majority, which the Dems would do, they are just wasting time!" Trump tweeted Wednesday.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administrati...filibuster

January 2018
The White House on Sunday called for Senate Republicans to change the chamber’s rules to resolve the funding impasse as the government shutdown continued into its second day.

President Donald Trump tweeted his call for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to invoke the so-called nuclear option and thereby remove leverage for Senate Democrats.
Read more: http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/trump-c...z55RGd18CL

I know that Trump has asked McConnell to change the Senate rules and that McConnell has refused - but that is no excuse for caving on immigration the way that Trump has done. I do not subscribe to the "do something even if it is wrong" theory of governance.

Republicans need some legislative accomplishments to run on this fall, but I don't think that passing an amnesty bill will drive GOP voters to turn out in large numbers. Trump's proposal is a huge unforced error, IMO. I hope Democrats bail him out by refusing it outright.

We both know how the negotiating process works. If Congress sends Trump an immigration bill to sign, it will be no better than what Trump outlined in his opening position.