Posted on 08/27/2004 5:34:34 PM PDT by truthkeeper
Well guys, "One Bill Gil" Cedillo snuck this monstrosity in as an attachment to some bill the state senate just HAD to pass. (The official story, anyway.) John and Ken just announced that it passed 21 - 14 moments ago, despite an impassioned, intelligent plea against it by Tom McClintock. The bill now moves on the entire assembly, where it is also expected to pass.
So it looks like Arnold will have a bill to either sign or veto after all.
Once more into the breach.
The California Legislature makes the Illinois Legislature look good and that is a hard act. Here in Illinois we refer to a politician as "honest" if, once he has been "bought" stays "bought".
Does the CA governor have line item veto?
If he does, than Arnold can sign the bill this was attached to and just cross out the license for illegals part.
Do we know what bill did they attach it to?
Follow the money. Major backer in all states is the transportation industry. With licenses they can inflate the labor market with supply and undercut the wages of Americans and legal residents in the transportation industry.
Insurance cos. also involved, but they want to gain more premiums, they're not aiming to reduce the "cost" of their own labor.
If labor "costs" can't be reduced by outsourcing, illegals will be insourced. Unique to the transpotation industry, from trucking to pizza delivery, is the barrier of licenses. That wall protecting Americans is being undermined for short term profits.
Geez doesn't it mean anything to be a citizen? 75%+ want these illegals out of here!!!
The mexican truck drivers are already on the roads in CA through the NAFTA legislation....
Ping
Yes. You are a "cost."
Our borders are not secure. There is no damn way the illegal alien license can be limited to Mexican invaders since the ACLU will inevitably invoke the 14th Amendment to allow ENERY illegal to get a license.
Best advice to non-Californians: TELL YOUR STATE LEGISLATURES TO >>> BAN <<< CALIFORNIA LICENSEES FROM DRIVING IN THEIR STATES!!!!! This will force the issue to the US Supreme Court and then we'll see if the USA will perish from the earth.
Exactly. Poverty is increasing in this country because the third world in invading and middle class America is being squeezed out. Why pay a decent wage to Americans when you can hire illegals for cheap?
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Will the terminator veto it?
Arnold can just veto the whole bill.
"????"
Supply and demand.
I know Arnold can veto the whole bill, but if the bill is something very popular, it's harder.
No he just did a "gut and ammend". He took an existing bill and Senate Rules let him cut and paste the language to SB 1160 into AB 2895 (Nunez).
It passed because they have the votes in the Senate, period. The bill must now be heard in the Assembly by the end of business tonight. Stay tuned to KFI. A little bird told me they will get the live feed as soon as it comes up.
The bill will pass the Assembly, but Arnold has said that he has not changed his position on this. It can't hurt to keep the heat on though. If you have a Democrat Assemblyman in California, they are in their offices until late tonight. Call them and give them a piece of your mind. Don't bother your GOP reps though. No one on our side is going to vote for this and they have a thousand other things on their plates right now.
Nope, that's all it is.
You mean like the majority of legislation across this country that wouldn't otherwise pass, but gets tacked on to some supposedly vital legislation to sneak it by?????
Is this suppose to come as any sort of surprise.
That's not how it happened. They didn't need to. The Dem majority just brazenly supported the drivers license bill, nothing more, nothing less.
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