Posted on 06/26/2013 6:55:31 AM PDT by Smokeyblue
Updated: Wednesday, June 26, 2013, 9:05 AM
Today may be your last chance to make a difference in the Senate amnesty fight. Three votes are scheduled for today with the final cloture vote likely to come tomorrow morning.
Call your Senators NOW toll-free at 888-995-8349. Tell them to vote NO on S.744. The bill grants amnesty first with only promises of future enforcement, and, according to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, it increases unemployment while decreasing wages.
2. motion to limit debate on Leahy manager's amendment (60 votes),
3. final vote on Leahy manager's amendment (50 votes), and
4. motion to end debate on the bill (60 votes).
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Phone Numbers and Mailing Addresses of Members of Congress
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Senators of the 113th Congress
Alexander, Lamar - (R - TN) Class II
455 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4944
Contact: www.alexander.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Email
Ayotte, Kelly - (R - NH) Class III
144 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3324
Contact: www.ayotte.senate.gov/?p=contact
Baldwin, Tammy - (D - WI) Class I
717 HART WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5653
Contact: www.baldwin.senate.gov/contact.cfm
Barrasso, John - (R - WY) Class I
307 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-6441
Contact: www.barrasso.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Conta...
Baucus, Max - (D - MT) Class II
511 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2651
Contact: www.baucus.senate.gov/contact/emailForm.cfm?subj=issue
Begich, Mark - (D - AK) Class II
111 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3004
Contact: www.begich.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=EmailSenator
Bennet, Michael F. - (D - CO) Class III
458 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5852
Contact: www.bennet.senate.gov/contact/
Blumenthal, Richard - (D - CT) Class III
724 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2823
Contact: www.blumenthal.senate.gov/contact/
Blunt, Roy - (R - MO) Class III
260 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5721
Contact: www.blunt.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact-form?p=cont...
Boozman, John - (R - AR) Class III
320 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4843
Contact: www.boozman.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-me
Boxer, Barbara - (D - CA) Class III
112 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3553
Contact: www.boxer.senate.gov/en/contact/
Brown, Sherrod - (D - OH) Class I
713 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2315
Contact: www.brown.senate.gov/contact/
Burr, Richard - (R - NC) Class III
217 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3154
Contact: www.burr.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.C...
Cantwell, Maria - (D - WA) Class I
311 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3441
Contact: www.cantwell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/email-maria
Cardin, Benjamin L. - (D - MD) Class I
509 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4524
Contact: www.cardin.senate.gov/contact/
Carper, Thomas R. - (D - DE) Class I
513 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2441
Contact: carper.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/email-senator-carper
Casey, Robert P., Jr. - (D - PA) Class I
393 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-6324
Contact: www.casey.senate.gov/contact/
Chambliss, Saxby - (R - GA) Class II
416 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3521
Contact: www.chambliss.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Email
Chiesa, Jeff - (R - NJ) Class II
1 RUSSELL COURTYARD WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3224
E-mail: Senator_Chiesa@Chiesa.Senate.gov
Coats, Daniel - (R - IN) Class III
493 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5623
Contact: www.coats.senate.gov/contact/
Coburn, Tom - (R - OK) Class III
172 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5754
Contact: www.coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contactsenatorcobu...
Cochran, Thad - (R - MS) Class II
113 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5054
Contact: www.cochran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/email-me
Collins, Susan M. - (R - ME) Class II
413 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2523
Contact: www.collins.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/email
Coons, Christopher A. - (D - DE) Class II
127A RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5042
Contact: www.coons.senate.gov/contact/
Corker, Bob - (R - TN) Class I
425 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3344
Contact: www.corker.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=ContactMe
Cornyn, John - (R - TX) Class II
517 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2934
Contact: www.cornyn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=ContactForm
Cowan, William M. - (D - MA) Class II
218 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2742
Contact: www.cowan.senate.gov/contact
Crapo, Mike - (R - ID) Class III
239 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-6142
Contact: www.crapo.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm
Cruz, Ted - (R - TX) Class I
185 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5922
Contact: www.cruz.senate.gov/contact.cfm
Donnelly, Joe - (D - IN) Class I
720 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4814
Contact: www.donnelly.senate.gov/contact/email-joe
Durbin, Richard J. - (D - IL) Class II
711 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2152
Contact: www.durbin.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact
Enzi, Michael B. - (R - WY) Class II
379A RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3424
Contact: www.enzi.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact?p=e-mail-sen...
Feinstein, Dianne - (D - CA) Class I
331 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3841
Contact: www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-me
Fischer, Deb - (R - NE) Class I
383 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-6551
Contact: www.fischer.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/email-me
Flake, Jeff - (R - AZ) Class I
368 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4521
Contact: www.flake.senate.gov/contact.cfm
Franken, Al - (D - MN) Class II
309 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5641
Contact: www.franken.senate.gov/?p=contact
Gillibrand, Kirsten E. - (D - NY) Class I
478 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4451
Contact: www.gillibrand.senate.gov/contact/
Graham, Lindsey - (R - SC) Class II
290 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5972
Contact: lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.La...
Grassley, Chuck - (R - IA) Class III
135 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3744
Contact: www.grassley.senate.gov/contact/contact.cfm
Hagan, Kay R. - (D - NC) Class II
521 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-6342
Contact: www.hagan.senate.gov/?p=contact
Harkin, Tom - (D - IA) Class II
731 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3254
Contact: www.harkin.senate.gov/contact.cfm
Hatch, Orrin G. - (R - UT) Class I
104 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5251
Contact: www.hatch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact?p=Email-Orrin
Heinrich, Martin - (D - NM) Class I
720 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5521
Contact: www.heinrich.senate.gov/contact.cfm
Heitkamp, Heidi - (D - ND) Class I
502 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2043
Contact: www.heitkamp.senate.gov/contact.cfm
Heller, Dean - (R - NV) Class I
324 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-6244
Contact: www.heller.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact-form
Hirono, Mazie K. - (D - HI) Class I
330 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-6361
Contact: www.hirono.senate.gov/contact.cfm
Hoeven, John - (R - ND) Class III
338 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2551
Contact: www.hoeven.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/email-the-senator
Inhofe, James M. - (R - OK) Class II
205 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4721
Contact: www.inhofe.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact...
Isakson, Johnny - (R - GA) Class III
131 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3643
Contact: www.isakson.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/email-me
Johanns, Mike - (R - NE) Class II
404 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4224
Contact: www.johanns.senate.gov/public/?p=ContactSenatorJohanns
Johnson, Ron - (R - WI) Class III
328 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5323
Contact: www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact
Johnson, Tim - (D - SD) Class II
136 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5842
Contact: www.johnson.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Contact
Kaine, Tim - (D - VA) Class I
388 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4024
Contact: www.kaine.senate.gov/contact
King, Angus S., Jr. - (I - ME) Class I
359 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5344
Contact: www.king.senate.gov/contact
Kirk, Mark - (R - IL) Class III
524 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2854
Contact: www.kirk.senate.gov/?p=contact
Klobuchar, Amy - (D - MN) Class I
302 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3244
Contact: www.klobuchar.senate.gov/emailamy.cfm
Landrieu, Mary L. - (D - LA) Class II
703 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5824
Contact: www.landrieu.senate.gov/?p=contact
Leahy, Patrick J. - (D - VT) Class III
437 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4242
Contact: www.leahy.senate.gov/contact/
Lee, Mike - (R - UT) Class III
316 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5444
Contact: www.lee.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact
Levin, Carl - (D - MI) Class II
269 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-6221
Contact: www.levin.senate.gov/contact/
Manchin, Joe, III - (D - WV) Class I
306 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3954
Contact: www.manchin.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact-form
McCain, John - (R - AZ) Class III
241 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2235
Contact: www.mccain.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact...
McCaskill, Claire - (D - MO) Class I
506 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-6154
Contact: www.mccaskill.senate.gov/?p=contact
McConnell, Mitch - (R - KY) Class II
317 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2541
Contact: www.mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=contact
Menendez, Robert - (D - NJ) Class I
528 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4744
Contact: menendez.senate.gov/contact/
Merkley, Jeff - (D - OR) Class II
313 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3753
Contact: www.merkley.senate.gov/contact/
Mikulski, Barbara A. - (D - MD) Class III
503 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4654
Contact: www.mikulski.senate.gov/contact/
Moran, Jerry - (R - KS) Class III
361A RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-6521
Contact: moran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-jerry
Murkowski, Lisa - (R - AK) Class III
709 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-6665
Contact: www.murkowski.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Contact
Murphy, Christopher - (D - CT) Class I
303 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4041
Contact: www.murphy.senate.gov/contact.cfm
Murray, Patty - (D - WA) Class III
154 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2621
Contact: www.murray.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contactme
Nelson, Bill - (D - FL) Class I
716 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5274
Contact: www.billnelson.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm
Paul, Rand - (R - KY) Class III
124 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4343
Contact: www.paul.senate.gov/?p=contact
Portman, Rob - (R - OH) Class III
448 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3353
Contact: www.portman.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact?p=contact...
Pryor, Mark L. - (D - AR) Class II
255 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2353
Contact: www.pryor.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=ContactMe
Reed, Jack - (D - RI) Class II
728 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4642
Contact: www.reed.senate.gov/contact/
Reid, Harry - (D - NV) Class III
522 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3542
Contact: www.reid.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm
Risch, James E. - (R - ID) Class II
483 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2752
Contact: www.risch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Email
Roberts, Pat - (R - KS) Class II
109 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4774
Contact: www.roberts.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=EmailPat
Rockefeller, John D., IV - (D - WV) Class II
531 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-6472
Contact: www.rockefeller.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/email-jay
Rubio, Marco - (R - FL) Class III
284 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3041
Contact: www.rubio.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact
Sanders, Bernard - (I - VT) Class I
332 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5141
Contact: www.sanders.senate.gov/contact/
Schatz, Brian - (D - HI) Class III
722 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3934
Contact: www.schatz.senate.gov/contact.cfm
Schumer, Charles E. - (D - NY) Class III
322 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-6542
Contact: www.schumer.senate.gov/Contact/contact_chuck.cfm
Scott, Tim - (R - SC) Class III
167 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-6121
Contact: www.scott.senate.gov/contact
Sessions, Jeff - (R - AL) Class II
326 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4124
Contact: www.sessions.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Const...
Shaheen, Jeanne - (D - NH) Class II
520 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2841
Contact: www.shaheen.senate.gov/contact/
Shelby, Richard C. - (R - AL) Class III
304 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5744
Contact: www.shelby.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/emailsenatorshelby
Stabenow, Debbie - (D - MI) Class I
133 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4822
Contact: www.stabenow.senate.gov/?p=contact
Tester, Jon - (D - MT) Class I
706 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2644
Contact: www.tester.senate.gov/Contact/index.cfm
Thune, John - (R - SD) Class III
511 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2321
Contact: www.thune.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact
Toomey, Patrick J. - (R - PA) Class III
248 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4254
Contact: www.toomey.senate.gov/?p=contact
Udall, Mark - (D - CO) Class II
730 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5941
Contact: www.markudall.senate.gov/?p=contact
Udall, Tom - (D - NM) Class II
110 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-6621
Contact: www.tomudall.senate.gov/?p=contact
Vitter, David - (R - LA) Class III
516 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4623
Contact: www.vitter.senate.gov/contact
Warner, Mark R. - (D - VA) Class II
475 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2023
Contact: www.warner.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Contact
Warren, Elizabeth - (D - MA) Class I
317 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4543
Contact: www.warren.senate.gov/?p=email_senator
Whitehouse, Sheldon - (D - RI) Class I
530 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2921
Contact: www.whitehouse.senate.gov/contact/
Wicker, Roger F. - (R - MS) Class I
555 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-6253
Contact: www.wicker.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact
Wyden, Ron - (D - OR) Class III
221 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5244
Contact: www.wyden.senate.gov/contact/
Paste this information on message boards and other websites.
Send to your e-mail lists.
Call.
This Amnesty bill is even worse than Obamacare, 1200 pages of pure evil.
Stop Amnesty.
Tell congressmen we don’t want ANY bill passed, no matter what they promise. This bill is Amnesty for 30 million illegals, and a 1200 page bill that brings in 80 million 3rd world immigrants. The bill will destroy the U.S. and will turn the USA into a socialist state as is the democrats/Obama’s plan.
To call your Member of Congress:
US Capitol Switchboard (202) 224-3121
To locate your Member on-line:
U.S. House of Representatives: www.house.gov
U.S. Senate: www.senate.gov
Call all remaining GOP members of the US Congress to back the efforts of those fighting back.
Call and say “I am calling to ask Congress member ___________ to support Michele Bachman, Steve King, and Louie Gohmert’s effort to demand that Speaker John Boehner stop trying to help Obama and the Democrats pass amnesty for illegal aliens. Please sign their petition to require the Speaker to honor the ‘Hastert Rule’! If the Senate passes an amnesty for illegal aliens, it will be important that the House refuses to pass any immigration legislation in 2013! Stop the amnesty legislation!”
ALIPAC’s Contact List for GOP Members of Congress....
ALIPAC’s US Congress Contact List
Remember to call, call, call! Regardless of where you live, call all that you can and get others involved with the calls. Once you call, try to send in a written reinforcement of your message by website,twitter, facebook, fax, or mail.
http://www.alipac.us/f8/revolt-house-against-amnesty-needs-your-backing-281274/
REASONS THESE SENATORS SHOULD VOTE ‘NO’
You can use any argument you wish with the Senators’ staffers — or simply say “Vote NO on S. 744.”
But here are some key reasons the Senators should oppose this bill:
1. VOTING “YES” WILL FOREVER TAR THE SENATOR WITH THE LARGEST OPEN-BORDER/AMNESTY FIASCO IN HISTORY: It repeats the mistake of the 1986 amnesty by giving work permits and legalization to at least 11 million . . . before any new enforcement, let alone before full implementation of enforcement.
2. VOTING “YES” WILL BE A LONG-TIME SYMBOL OF CALLOUSNESS TO AMERICA’S MOST VULNERABLE, ESPECIALL TO BLACK AND HISPANIC AMERICANS: The bill’s addition of 33 million new potential foreign workers in first decade during a time of high unemployment threatens to collapse the wages of many middle-class occupations and to retard the ability of the working poor to move up to the middle class.
3. Polls show almost NO public support (a) for work permits before full enforcement implmentation, (b) for increasing the flow of foreign workers, let alone the tripling of foreign workers, (c) Republicans who vote YES will face a Republican electorate, the plurality of whom will look for another candidate to support in the next Primary.
4. The Weekly Standard reports that at least five S. 744 supporters do not. The influential publication found that Senators did not know anything about a provision in the bill that would give employers a $3,000 incentive to hire amnestied aliens over citizens and permanent legal residents:
5. John Carney of CNBC writes that the Congressional Budget Office says S. 744 would create “another decade of pain” for American workers. But that doesn’t seem to trouble very many Members of the United States Senate.
6. Instead of discussing the higher unemployment and lower wages S. 744 would mean for American workers, the Gang is “in full horse-trading mode” according to Politico, which also reports (subscribers only) that the entire process has been “mostly via back channels and insider negotiations, with deals reached privately to lock up senators’ votes — rather than amendments adopted publicly on the Senate floor.”
7. Erick Erickson of Red State has a list of quotes from amnesty supporters back when they were running for office — and againstamnesty.
8. And Sen. Rubio (among those quoted by Erickson above) reiterated his belief that the Senate needs to convince the American public to trust it on immigration.
Sen. Paul, on the other hand, wrote “Washington parlor tricks disguised as reform will not fool the American people.”
Email their chiefs of staff directly
Sorry about the formatting - make sure you cut and paste the entire email address...
Official: Sen. Mark Begich (D-AK)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: david_ramseur@begich.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-3004
Fax: (202) 224-2354
Official: Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: edward_hild@murkowski.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-6665
Fax: (202) 224-5301
Official: Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: rick_dearborn@sessions.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-4124
Fax: (202) 224-3149
Official: Sen. Richard C. Shelby (R-AL)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: alan_hanson@shelby.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-5744
Fax: (202) 224-3416
Official: Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: andy_york@pryor.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-2353
Fax: (202) 228-0908
Official: Sen. John Boozman (R-AR)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: Matt_Sagely@boozman.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-4843
Fax: (202) 228-1371
Official: Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: steve_voeller@flake.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-4521
Fax: (202) 228-0515
Official: Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: pablo_carrillo@mccain.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-2235
Fax: (202) 228-2862
Official: Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: chris_thompson@feinstein.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-3841
Fax: (202) 228-3954
Official: Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: laura_schiller@boxer.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-3553
Fax: (202) 224-0454
Official: Sen. Mark Udall (D-CO)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: michael_sozan@markudall.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-5941
Fax: (202) 224-6471
Official: Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: jonathan_davidson@bennet.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-5852
Fax: (202) 228-5036
Official: Sen. Christopher S. Murphy (D-CT)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: francis_creighton@murphy.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-4041
Fax: (202) 228-9604
Official: Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: laurie_rubiner@blumenthal.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-2823
Fax: (202) 224-9673
Official: Sen. Thomas R. Carper (D-DE)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: james_reilly@carper.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-2441
Fax: (202) 228-2190
Official: Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: todd_webster@coons.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-5042
Fax: (202) 228-3075
Official: Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: pete_mitchell@billnelson.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-5274
Fax: (202) 228-2183
Official: Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: cesar_conda@rubio.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-3041
Fax: (202) 228-0285
Official: Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: charlie_harman@chambliss.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-3521
Fax: (202) 224-0103
Official: Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: chris_carr@isakson.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-3643
Fax: (202) 228-0724
Official: Sen. Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: betsy_lin@hirono.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-6361
Fax: (202) 224-2126
Official: Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: andrew_winer@schatz.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-3934
Fax: (202) 228-1153
Official: Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: Brian_Ahlberg@harkin.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-3254
Fax: (202) 224-9369
Official: Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-IA)
Title: Chief of Staff
VACANT
Phone: (202) 224-3744
Fax: (202) 224-6020
Official: Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: john_sandy@risch.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-2752
Fax: (202) 224-2573
Official: Sen. Michael D. Crapo (R-ID)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: john_hoehne@crapo.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-6142
Fax: (202) 228-1375
Official: Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-IL)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: pat_souders@durbin.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-2152
Fax: (202) 228-0400
Official: Sen. Mark S. Kirk (R-IL)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: kate_dickens@kirk.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-2854
Fax: (202) 228-4611
Official: Sen. Joe Donnelly (D-IN)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: joel_elliott@donnelly.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-4814
Fax: (202) 224-5011
Official: Sen. Dan Coats (R-IN)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: dean_hingson@coats.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-5623
Fax: (202) 228-1820
Official: Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: Jackie_Cottrell@roberts.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-4774
Fax: (202) 224-3514
Official: Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: todd_novascone@moran.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-6521
Fax: (202) 228-6966
Official: Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: josh_holmes@mcconnell.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-2541
Fax: (202) 224-2499
Official: Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: william_henderson@paul.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-4343
Official: Sen. Mary L. Landrieu (D-LA)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: donald_cravins@landrieu.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-5824
Fax: (202) 224-9735
Official: Sen. David Vitter (R-LA)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: kyle_ruckert@vitter.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-4623
Fax: (202) 228-5061
Official: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: mindy_myers@warren.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-4543
Fax: (202) 228-2071
Official: Sen. William Cowan (D-MA)
Title: Senior Advisor
Email: val_young@cowan.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-2742
Fax: (202) 224-8525
Official: Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: chris_lynch@cardin.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-4524
Fax: (202) 224-1651
Official: Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski (D-MD)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: Julia_Frifield@mikulski.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-4654
Fax: (202) 224-8858
Official: Sen. Angus King Jr.(I-ME)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: kay_rand@king.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-3825
Fax: (202) 224-1946
Official: Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: mary_dietrich@collins.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-2523
Fax: (202) 224-2693
Official: Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: dan_farough@stabenow.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-4822
Fax: (202) 228-0325
Official: Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: david_lyles@levin.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-6221
Fax: (202) 224-1388
Official: Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: rose_baumann@klobuchar.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-3244
Fax: (202) 228-2186
Official: Sen. Al Franken (D-MN)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: casey@franken.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-5641
Fax: (202) 224-0044
Official: Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: julie_dwyer@mccaskill.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-6154
Fax: (202) 228-6326
Official: Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: glen_chambers@blunt.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-5721
Fax: (202) 224-8149
Official: Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: michelle_richardson@wicker.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-6253
Fax: (202) 228-0378
Official: Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: bruce_evans@cochran.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-5054
Fax: (202) 224-9450
Official: Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: tom_lopach@tester.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-2644
Fax: (202) 224-8594
Official: Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: paul_wilkins@baucus.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-2651
Fax: (202) 224-9412
Official: Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: mike_harney@hagan.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-6342
Fax: (202) 228-2563
Official: Sen. Richard M. Burr (R-NC)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: chris_joyner@burr.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-3154
Fax: (202) 228-2981
Official: Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: tessa_gould@heitkamp.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-2043
Fax: (202) 224-7776
Official: Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: don_larson@hoeven.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-2551
Fax: (202) 224-7999
Official: Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: mike_hybl@fischer.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-6551
Fax: (202) 228-1325
Official: Sen. Mike Johanns (R-NE)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: terri_moore@johanns.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-4224
Fax: (202) 228-0436
Official: Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: maura_keefe@shaheen.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-2841
Fax: (202) 228-3194
Official: Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: john_easton@ayotte.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-3324
Fax: (202) 224-4952
Official: Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: daniel_o’brien@menendez.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-4744
Fax: (202) 228-2197
Official: Sen. Jeff Chiesa (R-NJ)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: donna_mullins@chiesa.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-3224
Fax: (202) 228-4054
Official: Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: steve_haro@heinrich.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-5521
Fax: (202) 228-2841
Official: Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: michael_collins@tomudall.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-6621
Fax: (202) 228-3261
Official: Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: mac_abrams@heller.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-6244
Fax: (202) 228-6753
Official: Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: david_krone@reid.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-3542
Fax: (202) 224-7327
Official: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: jess_fassler@gillibrand.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-4451
Fax: (202) 228-0282
Official: Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-NY)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: mike_lynch@schumer.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-6542
Fax: (202) 228-3027
Official: Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: mark_powden@brown.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-2315
Fax: (202) 228-6321
Official: Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: rob_lehman@portman.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-3353
Fax: (202) 224-9075
Official: Sen. James M. Inhofe (R-OK)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: ryan_jackson@inhofe.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-4721
Fax: (202) 228-0380
Official: Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: brian_treat@coburn.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-5754
Fax: (202) 224-6008
Official: Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: michael_zamore@merkley.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-3753
Fax: (202) 228-3997
Official: Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: jeff_michels@wyden.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-5244
Fax: (202) 228-2717
Official: Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: James_Brown@Casey.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-6324
Fax: (202) 228-0604
Official: Sen. Patrick J. Toomey (R-PA)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: christopher_gahan@toomey.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-4254
Fax: (202) 228-0284
Official: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: sam_goodstein@whitehouse.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-2921
Fax: (202) 228-6362
Official: Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: Neil_Campbell@Reed.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-4642
Fax: (202) 224-4680
Official: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: Richard_Perry@lgraham.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-5972
Fax: (202) 224-3808
Official: Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: rich_dunn@scott.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-6121
Fax: (202) 228-5143
Official: Sen. Tim Johnson (D-SD)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: Drey_Samuelson@johnson.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-5842
Fax: (202) 228-5765
Official: Sen. John Thune (R-SD)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: ryan_nelson@thune.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-2321
Fax: (202) 228-5429
Official: Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: todd_womack@corker.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-3344
Fax: (202) 228-0566
Official: Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: ryan_loskarn@alexander.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-4944
Fax: (202) 228-3398
Official: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: chiproy@cruz.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-5922
Official: Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: michael_kennedy@hatch.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-5251
Fax: (202) 224-6331
Official: Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: boyd_matheson@lee.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-5444
Fax: (202) 228-1168
Official: Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: mike_henry@kaine.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-4024
Fax: (202) 228-6363
Official: Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: luke_albee@warner.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-2023
Fax: (202) 224-6295
Official: Sen. Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
Title: Chief of Staff
VACANT
Phone: (202) 224-5141
Fax: (202) 228-0776
Official: Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-VT)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: John_Dowd@leahy.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-4242
Fax: (202) 224-3479
Official: Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: jennifer_griffith@cantwell.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-3441
Fax: (202) 228-0514
Official: Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: mike_spahn@murray.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-2621
Fax: (202) 224-0238
Official: Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: bill_murat@baldwin.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-5653
Fax: (202) 224-9787
Official: Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: tony_blando@ronjohnson.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-5323
Fax: (202) 228-6965
Official: Sen. Joe Manchin III(D-WV)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: hayden_rogers@manchin.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-3954
Fax: (202) 228-0002
Official: Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: Kerry_Ates@rockefeller.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-6472
Fax: (202) 224-7665
Official: Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: dan_kunsman@barrasso.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-6441
Fax: (202) 224-1724
Official: Sen. Michael B. Enzi (R-WY)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: Flip_McConnaughey@enzi.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-3424
Fax: (202) 228-0359
BTTT
Don’t forget the MOST vulnerable Dem!
Call Senator Mark Pryor!
Arkansas Office
The River Market
500 Clinton Ave Ste 401
Little Rock, AR 72201
p: (501) 324-6336
f: (501) 324-5320
Washington, D.C. Office
255 Dirksen Senate Office Bldg
Washington, D.C. 20510
p: (202) 224-2353
f: (202) 228-0908
Can you call mine as well??
He’s a very vulnerable Dem!
They will ask for a Arkansas zip!
As Emily Latella would say....."never mind".
Why should gun owners care about immigration amnesty?
First: It will add up to a net 8.4 million anti-gun voters in the next 13 years or so. This could make comprehensive gun control and confiscation inevitable within our lifetimes.
Second: Victory feeds on itself; but so does defeat. If anti-gun Senator Chuck Schumer passes this bill out of the Senate with a strong bipartisan majority, he has already said he intends to bring gun control back by the end of the summer. Obama would emerge from the fight reenergized to take away your guns.
Third: If people get used to having to have the government’s permission to get a job — even to clean your house or mow your lawn — it will be a lot harder to fight universal background checks and gun registries.
Fourth: There is the concern that the bill will create a de facto National ID card. In a Saturday New York Times article entitled, “Fears of National ID with Immigration Bill,” some in Congress have openly worried about the “potential for another sprawling data network that could ultimately be the equivalent of a national ID system.” Gun Owners of America has long opposed anything that smacks of this because of the danger that such data collection poses to gun owners’ privacy.
Additional resources:
http://capwiz.com/gunowners/issues/alert/?alertid=62730346
http://capwiz.com/eagleforum/issues/alert/?alertid=62714421
http://capwiz.com/eagleforum/issues/?style=D
http://capwiz.com/caps/issues/alert/?alertid=62644426
http://www.capwiz.com/fair/home/
I’ll do that.
Give me a zip in FR mail.
On Monday, June 24, 2013, the U.S. Senate passed a cloture motion (which ends debate) on the Schumer-Corker-Hoeven Amendment to the Gang of Eight's horrifying illegal alien amnesty bill - mislabeled "immigration reform."
The true purpose of this amnesty proposal is to capture future votes for the Democratic Party. Those who do not acknowledge that blatantly obvious fact either suffer from some debilitating mental illness or are working for the other side.
On rare occasions, even the Left admit the objective. Eliseo Medina, the honorary Chair of the Democratic Socialists of America, and International Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), said in 2008:
"...If we reform the immigration laws, it puts 12 million people on the path to citizenship and eventually voters. Can you imagine if we have ...even two out of three, if we get 8 million new voters... we will create a governing coalition for the long term, not just for an election cycle."
The "governing coalition for the long term" refers of course to the "permanent progressive majority" Democrats have fantasized about for decades.
The number of illegals in this country is repeatedly cited as 11 million. This is almost certainly an underestimate. In reality the number is 20 to 30 million or more, according to a 2007 study in Social Contract. Bear Stearns estimated about 20 million in 2005. When amnesty passed in 1986, official estimates were 1.2 million illegals. There were actually 2.7 million - more than double. Within ten years, INS estimated the illegal population had grown to 10 million. It is delusional to believe the number has only increased by another 1 million in the 17 years since. Furthermore, when amnesty passes, the newly-legal aliens will invite their relatives to come, further inflating that number through chain migration.
Herein lies the real reason Democrats are slavering for this amnesty bill to pass and are tickling themselves pink that there are Republicans stupid and gullible, (or corrupt) enough to help them realize their dream. And make no mistake, an increase of 30 million in the Democrat Party voter base will guarantee Democrat majorities in the U.S. House, Senate and Presidency for the foreseeable future.
Despite the impossibly bizarre belief by some Republicans that amnesty will make illegals "like us," a high level Congressional source recently acknowledged to me that passage of this bill will spell the end of our Republic and that we literally have only weeks to stop it. Despite House Speaker John Boehner's somewhat ambiguous assurances, this bill is likely to get a vote in the House.
The original Gang-of-Eight bill was really bad, as became readily apparent quite quickly. The overtly fraudulent Schumer-Corker-Hoeven Amendment was offered as a fig leaf to reassure fools that the original bill -- which already promised in-and-of-itself to enhance border security - would actually enhance border security. But in reality it makes things worse. The amendment:
Legitimizes illegal immigration: Section 2302 says if you overstay your visa in the future you can still apply for a green card and become a citizen. It is permanent lawlessness... They cannot do that legally under current law!
Has no requirement to deploy technologies: The Corker amendment would give the Secretary of Homeland Security full discretion as to how technology would be deployed, or whether it would be deployed at all.
Has no fencing requirement: Similarly, building a fence is left to the discretion of DHS. (Note: since a fencing law, with money attached, passed years ago, and has been blithely ignored by the Obama administration, the amendment simply codifies Obama's open defiance of current law.)
Increases fees on visas for legal immigrants, but keeps the same low fees and fines for those applying for amnesty - favoring illegal over legal immigrants.
Under the Schumer-Corker-Hoeven amendment, the American taxpayers are on the hook for $38 billion. (The Gang-of-Eight claims the bill is fully funded by immigrant fees).
Delays promised hiring of 20,000 new Border Patrol agents until somewhere between 2017 and 2021.
bttt
Call them and hold them accountable. Quote them.
The Stories They Told
http://www.redstate.com/2013/06/25/the-stories-they-told/
Republicans (and red state Democrats) used to tell voters amazing things about their opposition to amnesty. Then they got elected and supported legislation that actually weakens border security and puts people on a path not just to legalization, but to citizenship, before ever securing our borders.
1. Rubio: “I would vote against anything that grants amnesty because I think it destroys your ability to enforce the existing law and I think it’s unfair to the people who are standing in line and waiting to come in legally. I would vote against anything that has amnesty in it.”
2. Corker: “We need a new immigration policy that reflects America’s values. First, secure this border. Allow people to work here but only if they’re legal. No amnesty. Those employed but here illegally must go home and return through legal channels.”
3. Wicker: “I agree that illegal immigration is a major issue that needs to be addressed. However, I oppose amnesty as the solution.”
4. Ayotte: “For the people who are here illegally, I don’t support amnesty; it’s wrong. It’s wrong to the people who are waiting in line here, who have waited for so long. And we need to stop that because I think that’s where the Administration is heading next.”
5. Flake: “I’ve been down that road, and it is a dead end. The political realities in Washington are such that a comprehensive solution is not possible, or even desirable given the current leadership. Border security must be addressed before other reforms are tackled.”
6. Hatch: “We can no longer grant amnesty. I fought against the 1986 Simpson-Mazzoli bill because they granted amnesty to 3 million people. They should have to get in line like anybody else if they want to come into this country and do it legally.”
7. Heller: “I believe it is an amnesty program, a back-door amnesty program for the 12 to 15 million people who are here illegally.”
8. Alexander: “We cannot restore a system of legal immigration – which is the real American Dream – if we undermine it by granting new benefits to those who are here illegally.”
9. Collins: Before 2008 reelection, voted no on McCain-Kennedy amnesty
10. Hoeven: Hoeven said the U.S. needs to secure its borders and crack down on employers who hire illegal immigrants.
11. McCain: “Complete the danged fence.”
12. Graham: Amid withering criticism from his constituents, Graham — who is up for reelection next year — began to argue that it was time to approach the immigration problem in stages. On Thursday, he likened the decisive vote to pass his amendment to “having been robbed 12 million times and finally getting around to putting a lock on the door.”
13. Kirk: “The American people believe our borders are broken. It is a fundamental duty of our government to know who is entering the country, making illegal entry nearly impossible. In the coming Congress, we have an overwhelming bipartisan consensus to restore confidence in the security of our borders — before we pursue other immigration proposals.”
14. Murkowski: “With regard to undocumented aliens, I believe that those who illegally entered or remained in the United States should not be granted amnesty. Granting amnesty to illegal aliens sends the wrong message and is not fair to the vast majority of immigrants who abided by U.S. immigration laws. Granting amnesty would only encourage further illegal immigration.”
15. Chisea: Joined most other Republicans, including opponents of the legislation, in supporting a proposal — which was defeated largely along party lines — that would have blocked legalization until the government can prove U.S. borders are secure. Chiesa said he sees border security as a top priority given his law enforcement background, and has yet to decide his stance on citizenship for immigrants without authorization.
Red State Democrats
1. Pryor: “I voted against the president’s immigration plan today because the border security and enforcement measures are inadequate and the bill fails to effectively address the individuals who are already here illegally.” Pryor says it’s time for changes, “It’s time for a new approach. I advocate that we strengthen and implement the enforcement measures in this bill and show we can fully enforce immigration laws.”
2. Tester: He wants secure borders and no amnesty for law breakers.
3. Landrieu: “Sen. Landrieu is a leader in the U.S. Senate fighting against illegal immigration,” Schneider said. “She has fought against amnesty for illegal immigrants and to provide more resources for border security. The new NRSC attack is designed simply to mislead voters about Sen. Landrieu’s record.”
4. Donnelly: “Eliminate amnesty because no one should ever be rewarded for breaking the law.”
5. Hagan: Hagan said she supported increased border security and opposed amnesty.
6. McCaskill: Claire does not support amnesty. As a former prosecutor, Claire believes people who break the law should be held accountable, both illegal immigrants and the employers who exploit them for cheap labor. Claire does not believe we need any new guest worker programs undermining American workers.
7. Stabenow: Do you support path to citizenship for illegal immigrants? STABENOW: I voted no, because it went too far and cost us jobs. I do think it’s important to have border security and legal system that is fair and effective. My focus is on our jobs that we’re losing because of failed policies.
Also, take a look at these recent poll results from Pulse Opinion Research:
58% of likely voters support full enforcement first before even “considering” giving work permits to illegal aliens
72% of Republicans support full enforcement first
62% of Independents support full enforcement first
74% of likely voters want legal immigration numbers reduced or to remain the same
76% of Republicans want legal immigration numbers reduced or to remain the same
70% of Democrats want legal immigration numbers reduced or to remain the same
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