<div dir='auto'>I vote no. For many of the same reasons as Mr. Henchman. <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">-Joshua </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sep 6, 2019 10:08 AM, "brent.olsen--- via Lnc-business" <lnc-business@hq.lp.org> wrote:<br type="attribution" /><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">You bring up some very good points Joe! Based on these arguments alone
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I must vote no.
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-Brent
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On 2019-09-06 08:45, Joe Bishop-Henchman via Lnc-business wrote:
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> I vote no.
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> I am not totally against passing resolutions endorsing specific
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> legislation, although (as I wrote in April) I understand and respect
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> those who prefer the LNC generally not take policy positions on
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> anything, or at least things outside of ballot access and electoral
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> issues. We aren't a legislative body and we aren't set up to evaluate
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> legislation nor is there much evidence that we add anything by doing
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> so.
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>
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> Someone suggested instead passing a generalized statement on the
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> issue, which I do not favor because it (a) is puts us at
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> cross-purposes with the Platform Committee and (b) shows us as
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> disconnected from the actual issues of the current day. I would prefer
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> that if we are going to endorse and lobby for things, that we have
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> something of a strategy rather than random one-offs. But I have no
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> doubt immigration and the terrible situation the DACA recipients are
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> in would make any top issues list.
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>
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> However, if I was a congressperson or a Senator, I would vote against
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> H.R. 6. The poison pill for me is Section 111(c)(3) of the bill, which
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> gives the Secretary of Homeland Security total discretion to deny
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> green cards (and thereby begin deportation proceedings) to any Dreamer
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> he/she decides are a threat to public safety, concludes have ever been
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> placed in a juvenile facility, or decides is or was a member of a
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> street gang. You better believe this President would love that power,
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> which he currently does not have. The status quo is that these people
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> are staying and he can't kick them out. This provision was why Rep.
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> Amash voted against this bill when it was considered by the House.
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>
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> There is also the provision, Section 122, flagged by Ms. Adams at our
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> last meeting, which requires DACA recipients to submit biometric
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> information or else face deportation, a government power we should be
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> rolling back, not expanding.
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>
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> As a pragmatist, I know the importance of not letting the perfect get
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> in the way of the good. But in my opinion, the status quo is
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> preferable to this bill passing.
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>
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> JBH
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> Joe Bishop-Henchman
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> LNC Member (At-Large)
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> joe.bishop-henchman@lp.org
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> www.facebook.com/groups/189510455174837
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>
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> On 2019-09-06 04:49, Caryn Ann Harlos via Lnc-business wrote:
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>> We have an electronic mail ballot.
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>>
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>> Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by September 13, 2019 at
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>> 11:59:59 pm
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>> Pacific time.
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>>
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>> Co-Sponsors: Harlos, Longstreth, Merced, Phillips
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>>
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>> *Motion: *Resolved, until such time that the immigration process in
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>> the
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>> United States of America acknowledges the human right of peaceful
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>> people to
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>> move freely across national borders, the Libertarian National
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>> Committee
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>> supports the passage of the American Dream and Promise Act by the US
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>> House
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>> and urges the US Senate to pass same.
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>> =============================================
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>> THRESHOLD REQUIRED: 3/4 as per the following Bylaw:
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>> ARTICLE 7: NATIONAL CONVENTION
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>> ***
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>> 11. The National Committee may adopt public policy resolutions by a ¾
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>> vote
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>> with previous notice or
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>> by unanimous consent without previous notice.
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>> You can keep track of the Secretary's manual tally of votes here:
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>> https://tinyurl.com/ballot190906-1. Votes are noted with a link to
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>> the
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>> actual ballot cast for verification. You can find the time that the
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>> manual
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>> tally was last updated at the bottom of the sheet.
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>> Please notify me of any discrepancies.
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>> Attached is the information also that is from the One Note from last
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>> meeting.
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>> Also here is the link from congress.gov:
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>> https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6
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>> * In Liberty,*
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>> * Personal Note: I have what is commonly known as Asperger's Syndrome
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>> (part of the autism spectrum). This can affect inter-personal
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>> communication skills in both personal and electronic arenas. If
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>> anyone
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>> found anything offensive or overly off-putting (or some other social
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>> faux
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>> pas) in an actual email, please contact me privately and let me know.
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