Posted on 07/10/2004 8:04:43 PM PDT by nwrep
WASHINGTON -- The US Senate dealt President Clinton his first legislative defeat yesterday, voting to write into law the Bush administration's policy prohibiting people infected with the AIDS virus from immigrating to the United States. The defeat came despite Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's spirited battle in defense of the president's commitment to lift the prohibition.
The Senate voted, 76-23, to prevent people infected with the HIV virus, which causes AIDS, from immigrating, after defeating by a 56-42 vote an amendment by Kennedy that would have kept current federal policy in place for 90 days but left Clinton free to change it after that.
Kennedy accused the Republicans of both racism and partisan mean- spiritedness.
Voting for the prohibition were Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, Democrat of Connecticut; Sen. William S. Cohen, Republican of Maine; Sen. John F. Kerry; Sens. Judd Gregg and Robert C. Smith, Republicans of New Hampshire; Sen. John H. Chafee, Republican of Rhode Island; Sen. Claiborne Pell, Democrat of Rhode Island; and Sen. James M. Jeffords, Republican of Vermont.
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Hmm. Even the Poodle gets it right once in a while.
Hmm. Even the Poodle gets it right once in a while.
Heads up, people. This was his talking point today. He says he's going to undo "the administration's prohibition of immigrants with AIDS". This is a faux pas.
Wow, he actually did something good for the country. Amazing !!!
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| Kerry vows to lift immigration ban on AIDS patients if elected [Lurch wants more AIDS votes] |
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| Posted by nwrep On 07/10/2004 7:00:17 PM CDT with 57 comments AFP ^ | July 10, 2004 WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry (news - web sites) promised to lift a ban on immigration to the United Stated by people with AIDS (news - web sites) and vowed to double US assistance to a worldwide campaign to combat the deadly and contagious disease. The new pledges, timed to coincide with the opening in Thailand of the six-day 15th International AIDS Conference, came as a new opinion poll showed the Massachusetts senator widening his lead over President George W. Bush (news - web sites). Kerry welcomed the upcoming conference and promised to work with US... |
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LMAO! I knew I smelled flip flops and waffles on the other thread. Thank you for this amusing ping :-)
here is the roll call vote on it
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=103&session=1&vote=00013
Great research.
So he voted against it before he voted for it? Or is it the other way around? The Flip-Flop Kid is hard to keep up with. Maybey his wife could explain. Oh, she has said that she would rather be with her decesaed husband? Hmmmm...
Good find.
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