Candidate Jeff Burdick spars with U.S. Rep. Ami Bera over border emergency bill in first engagement It wasn’t Lincoln-Douglas or even Kamala Harris versus Joe Biden, but on Saturday, July 13, U.S. Rep. Ami Bera (D-CA) and his Democratic primary opponent Jeff Burdick engaged for the first time on a public issue. Burdick appeared to not only win the engagement, but he even caused Bera to momentarily blame House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for a recent Republican legislative victory. At issue was Congressional response to the humanitarian crisis in detention centers along the U.S.-Mexican border. House Democrats recently advanced a version of the Emergency Border Aid Package. This differed from the Senate Republican version backed by President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell by featuring stronger oversight and accountability measures to better combat globally condemned detention conditions. Media outlets such as The New York Times and Politico reported the House version was ready for passage along party lines on June 27. This would have triggered the need for a Congressional conference committee to negotiate a compromise between the Senate and House versions. But according to reports, the Democratic members of the Bera-founded Problem Solvers Caucus threw their crucial support behind the weaker Republican version and “pushed Pelosi to take up the Senate bill.” “In the July 13 town hall, Bera said House Democrats needed to stand up to President Trump’s dehumanizing policy in the border detention camps,” Burdick later said. “But Bera conveniently omitted how his Problems Solvers Caucus backed Trump and McConnell’s bill. This blocked the House Democrats’ version that was designed to better address the deplorable lack of showers, running water, hot meals and access to health care in the centers.” The bipartisan Problems Solvers Caucus was co-founded by Bera and presently comprises about 40 moderate members of Congress split evenly between Democrats and Republicans. While avoiding mention of his caucus’ role in the border bill, Bera did ask the audience to unify against the Republicans. “We have to keep pressure on Mitch McConnell and the Republicans,” Bera said. But one question later, the moderator called on Burdick, and Burdick returned the discussion to the border issue... Click here to continue reading.

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