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Congressional Negotiators Reach Agreement on Intelligence Bill
Hannity ^ | 12/6/2004 | n/a

Posted on 12/06/2004 12:58:46 PM PST by Pyro7480

Sean Hannity just announced this breaking news. We'll see if it addresses the immigration issue.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 911; breaking; bushwantsittogoaway; congress; duncanhunter; immigration; intelligence; intelligencereform; jimsensenbrenner
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To: goldstategop

If they don't stop the illegal immigration and force the illeglas to go back where they came from the terrorists can blow up this country as far as i'm concerned, it will be a 3rd world cesspool in short order.

So. Calif. is close now.


21 posted on 12/06/2004 1:27:17 PM PST by dalereed
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To: Pyro7480

If Bush got his way, there won't be a word about immigration in this legislation.

Hope you people who voted for Bush are happy...


22 posted on 12/06/2004 1:27:38 PM PST by StoneColdGOP (She calls me *Mini-Merc*)
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To: MizSterious
So everybody caved. I hope the results aren't as dire as I suspect they might be.

I don't know that I'd call it a disaster, but it's useless. The bill has nothing in it to reform asylum immigration (the system most frequently abused by criminal aliens and terrorists), and FORBIDS the federal government to mandate to the states that illegal aliens can't receive drivers licenses. As far as I can tell, the "intel reforms" are basically centralizing intelligence and rearranging the org chart -- what does that matter if terrorists can just walk over the border or get a student visa and waltz right in? But everybody can go home and tell their constituents they passed really important legislation.

23 posted on 12/06/2004 1:28:34 PM PST by justanotherfreeper
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To: goldstategop

goldenstate, I respect you greatly and you are wonderful on this issue, but this CAN'T PASS as a standalone bill. It has to be in a must-pass bill. That's why it was so important not to cave on this. Worse, it was seen by some pundits as a test of the President's ability to get his "amnesty/guest worker" bill through Congress. Hunter had told Sensenbrenner he wouldn't vote for the bill if the immigration reform wasn't in it, then folder under White House pressure. That only encourages the White House to keep hosing us on immigration. We'll be lucky to keep bad things from passing for the next two years, let alone get any reform.


24 posted on 12/06/2004 1:32:29 PM PST by justanotherfreeper
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To: StoneColdGOP
If Bush got his way, there won't be a word about immigration in this legislation.

Hope you people who voted for Bush are happy...


I voted for him on a million other things, but I'd like to bash him in the skull with a hammer over this immigration issue.

That and I'd like him to actually say no to more spending at some point in his Presidency.

All in all, though, right now we need a President who isn't a pansy when it comes to foreign policy, and Bush is it. We can worry about a domestic conservative next election.
25 posted on 12/06/2004 1:32:33 PM PST by TheRatHunter
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To: Pyro7480
To say that I am disappointed would be an understatement. Divide and conquer ruled the day today. Rep. Hunter cut and ran as far as I am concerned. Even giving him the benefit of the doubt concerning the chain of command structure, how are we safer when 1 million illegals enter this country every year? It must be magic that the terrorists don't see this as a glaring hole in our national security.
26 posted on 12/06/2004 1:33:19 PM PST by conservativecorner
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To: justanotherfreeper

You're right, an immigration-reform-specific bill is poison to politicians. No one would go near it.


27 posted on 12/06/2004 1:33:53 PM PST by TheRatHunter
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To: StoneColdGOP

So you voted for...? Kerry? Now wouldn't he be a big help. Not.


28 posted on 12/06/2004 1:40:07 PM PST by MizSterious (First, the journalists, THEN the lawyers.)
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To: TheRatHunter
we need a President who isn't a pansy when it comes to foreign policy, and Bush is it. We can worry about a domestic conservative next election.

Illegal immigration IS a foreign policy. Dubya bending over the American taxpayer for Vicente Fox and his corrupt Mexico City regime is foreign policy.

29 posted on 12/06/2004 1:40:33 PM PST by StoneColdGOP (She calls me *Mini-Merc*)
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To: MizSterious

Hell no. Nor did I reward Bush with my vote. I wrote-in Tom Tancredo and Michelle Malkin.


30 posted on 12/06/2004 1:41:15 PM PST by StoneColdGOP (She calls me *Mini-Merc*)
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To: StoneColdGOP

You have a point, but our other choice was Kerry, who would have been a waste on EVERY front of our foreign policy.


31 posted on 12/06/2004 1:41:23 PM PST by TheRatHunter
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To: Bikers4Bush; RadioAstronomer
The other issue was "chain of command" for the spy satellites. As written, the military would have had to beg the civilians to make a pass.

Just what we need, some political hack in charge of our "assets" in space.

32 posted on 12/06/2004 1:43:20 PM PST by snopercod (Bigger government means clinton won. Less freedom means Osama won. Get it?)
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To: Pyro7480

The GOP doesnt stand for anything today. Time to change my party affiliation to independent. Go ahead RINOs tell us how you think Bush is king - Bush is an eletist just like his daddy. The GOP better start serving up some real conservatives or they are gonna go the way of the demoncrats real soon.


33 posted on 12/06/2004 1:44:06 PM PST by sasafras (sasafras (The road to hell is paved with good intentions))
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To: Pyro7480
Is there anything concerning the National ID (backdoor) and the mandate that states must participate in the Driver License Agreement ?
34 posted on 12/06/2004 1:45:49 PM PST by CORedneck
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To: ohiocreek

This really was a tweedledee vs. tweedledum election. It's looking more and more that way as time goes by.


36 posted on 12/06/2004 1:47:37 PM PST by TheRatHunter
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To: ohiocreek

We should start with jettisoning the McCains and Hagels of the party.


38 posted on 12/06/2004 1:49:43 PM PST by TheRatHunter
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To: ohiocreek

Hunter on Fox right now!!!


40 posted on 12/06/2004 1:56:03 PM PST by Txsleuth (Proud to be a Texan)
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