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发帖数: 122 | 1 02/02/2012: Unanimous Consent Sought for H.R. 3012 in the Senate
Report indicates that the chance for passage of H.R. 3012 in the Senate has
turned more promising by attaching Irish E-3 visa provision to the pending H
.R. 3012 which is likely to come on the floor in the near future. Apparently
, Senator Chuck Schumer is pushing for passage of H.R. 3012, as amended,
attaching E-3 visa provision to the bill and pass the bill on the Senate
floor in the form of 'unanimous' consent. This is a new development and the
supporters of H.R. 3012 and Irish community are hopeful for the passage of
the bill soon. The unanswered question is which Irish bill will be attached
as amendment. If it is Schumer's initial proposal which includes
undocumented Irish relief provision, H.R. 3012, as amended, is likely to
face some challenges in the House, when the bill is returned to the House.
If the amendment is Sen. Scott Brown bill that does not include undocumented
Irish relief provision, the future for H.R. 3012 will be indeed promising
even in the House.
02/06/2012: Senate Adjourned at About 06:30 PM Without Taking Up H.R. 3012
Senate spent whole day today with FAA Reauthorization Conference bill and
after passing it, adjourned until tomorrow. There is no known cause for the
delay in H.R. 3012 bill on the floor but it may be related to the Irish
lobby strategy to assure that E-3 visa bill is included in one form or
another. There is a unconfirmed report of the Irish media that Senator
Schumer had dropped Irisih undocumented relief provision to accomodate Sen.
Scott Brown's bill. It appears that Irish community is adding pressure on
Sen. Brown to persuade Sen. Grassley not to filibuster. They are also
looking forward to the Irish prime minister's visit scheduled this week who
reportedly wants to meet with Sen. Grassley to talk him out of the
filibuster plan. Pending all these lobbying acitivites, it appears that the
stand-alone H.R. 3012 may remain a hostage(?) to the resolution of the Irish
E-3 visa legislation and pending their last-ditch effort to pressure
Republican Senators including Sen. Grassley as it approaches one of the
biggest ethinic celebration days in this country, the St. Patrick's Day,
very soon. If it is indeed true that Sen. Schumer has dropped from proposal
the Irish undocumented Irish relief provision, it indeed is considered a
good news for the H.R. 3012 supporters in that such bill is likely to face
less resistance in the House as well.
The fact that Sen. Schumer dropped the undocumented Irish relief from his
initial proposal has been confirmed not by one Irish media (Irish Central)
but second media (Irish Emigrant). Accordingly, indeed a momentum is
building for the bill to sail through the Senate in the near future. | c*******s
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