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News from TOM TANCREDO
www.house.gov/tancredo ^ | 12/07/2004 | www.house.gov/tancredo

Posted on 12/07/2004 6:01:34 PM PST by nanak

CONGRESSIONAL NEGOTIATORS DELIVER LUMP-OF-COAL INTEL BILL TO 9/11 FAMILIES FOR CHRISTMAS; But Tancredo, House Conservatives Claim Partial Victory in Securing Bush Commitment on Addressing Driver’s License Issue Next Year

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Littleton) expressed disappointment with the conference report on the intelligence bill after negotiators on the bill stripped key border security provisions approved by the House of Representatives in October from the bill. Tancredo had been a leader in the effort to retain the provisions – recommended by the 9/11 Commission – executing a parliamentary maneuver prior to the Thanksgiving recess temporarily thwarting efforts to remove them.

“Senate negotiators are today the ‘Grinches that stole America’s security’,” said Tancredo, “But make no mistake, the American people will know which of their Representatives were naughty, and which ones were nice.”

“Today this congress overwhelmingly approved an empty shell of a bill that will provide far more fodder for politicians’ press releases than it will security for the public,” said Tancredo, “It creates the illusion of security, which in some ways is more dangerous than doing nothing at all.”

But Tancredo and other House Conservatives did score one victory as a result of their efforts to retain the provisions by exacting a promise from the White House to address border security early next year.

Despite the Senate’s decision to strip from the conference report sections prohibiting illegal aliens from obtaining Driver’s Licenses and prevent the abuse of asylum laws, President Bush signaled his commitment to work with Congress to enact such a prohibition next year. In a letter to Congress last night, Bush wrote, “I look forward to working with the Congress early in the next session to address [border security] issues, including improving our asylum laws and standards for issuing driver's licenses.”

“While I am disappointed that Congress – in classic fashion – has squandered this golden opportunity, I am encouraged by the President’s commitment,” concluded Tancredo, “And I have every intention of making sure he keeps it.”


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TANCREDO FOR PRESIDENT 2008
1 posted on 12/07/2004 6:01:34 PM PST by nanak
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To: 1_Inch_Group; 2sheep; 2Trievers; 3AngelaD; 4.1O dana super trac pak; 4Freedom; 4ourprogeny; ...

ping


2 posted on 12/07/2004 6:03:59 PM PST by gubamyster
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To: nanak

He'd get my vote.


3 posted on 12/07/2004 6:04:24 PM PST by Feiny (Scream if you love silence.)
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To: nanak

bump


4 posted on 12/07/2004 6:05:24 PM PST by blackeagle
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To: feinswinesuksass
He'd get my vote.

...and he'd get the votes of 75+ million AMERICANS.

5 posted on 12/07/2004 6:05:43 PM PST by nanak (Tom Tancredo 2008:Last Hope to Save America)
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To: nanak
I don't know all the reasons why 75 Congressmen voted against this legislative bill. I do know that my Congressman, Joel Hefley, joined with his fellow Colorado Congressmen Tom Tancredo and Scott McInnis, along with Cong. James Sensenbrenner and many others to oppose this bureaucratic piece of trash.

I salute them all.

6 posted on 12/07/2004 6:07:14 PM PST by Reagan Man ("America has spoken")
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To: gubamyster

I voted for him in the primary out of protest.


7 posted on 12/07/2004 6:07:22 PM PST by dalereed
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To: nanak

Tom Tancredo for President! Some day, please God.


8 posted on 12/07/2004 6:08:12 PM PST by swampfox98 (Michael Reagan: "It's time to stop the flood.")
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To: nanak

Last Honest Man bttt.


9 posted on 12/07/2004 6:08:42 PM PST by truthkeeper (Yeah, I have a 1998 signup date. So?)
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To: nanak

He's got my vote...

They can rush giving America away, but God forbid they rush to really secure it.

Stupid bastards...


11 posted on 12/07/2004 6:13:29 PM PST by ApesForEvolution (You will NEVER convince me that Muhammadanism isn't a death cult that must end. Save your time...)
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To: Barlowmaker

im sure you just love people who flambointly break the laws of the united states and then demand free handouts. these people are called illegal immigrants for a reason becuse THEY BROKE THE LAW! for an example of what unchecked immigration does LOOK AT AMSTERDAM!


12 posted on 12/07/2004 6:17:06 PM PST by blackeagle
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To: gubamyster
Just saw Duncan Hunter on Hannity & Colmes. He said that one good thing happened as a result of all the publicity over this bill, and that was that the majority of Americans are now aware that the 9/11 hijackers had obtained 63 drivers' licenses between them.

If that isn't a good reason to deny drivers' licenses to illegal aliens, I don't know what is. He said this issue would be taken up in the next Congress. I hope he's right.

Our best hope is to nag, nag, nag our Reps and Senators and try to appeal to their good sense (if they have any).

13 posted on 12/07/2004 6:17:44 PM PST by janetgreen (CALIFORNIA = MEXIFORNIA - ILLEGAL ALIEN HEAVEN)
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To: jveritas
Oh look, they've started yet another thread in which to whine and spew their hatred. FR is becoming more and more like DU every day. The kooks are trying to become the mainstream.
14 posted on 12/07/2004 6:19:04 PM PST by COEXERJ145
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To: Barlowmaker; jveritas
Wow, the FR trailer trash brigade is busy tonight. There must be 15 simultaneous anti-immigrant threads running for the losers to slobber over right now.

Yep, it has been getting bad these last few days. They're doing their d*mn level best to turn FR into DU with their anger, hatred, and out right insanity. Anyone who disagrees with them is attacked with names I won't repeat and the hate mail is 100 times worse. Some even want me dead because they think I'm a "Mexican a** kisser".

15 posted on 12/07/2004 6:22:52 PM PST by COEXERJ145
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To: nanak
Sensenbrenner Speaks Out on 9/11 Report

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1296302/posts

16 posted on 12/07/2004 6:27:09 PM PST by VU4G10 (Have You Forgotten?)
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To: nanak
...and he'd get the votes of 75+ million AMERICANS.

Yeah. Right.

17 posted on 12/07/2004 6:27:54 PM PST by Howlin (W, Still the President)
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To: COEXERJ145

Would a more accurate description be "illegal alien a** kisser"? (BTW, most illegal aliens are Mexicans)


18 posted on 12/07/2004 6:28:33 PM PST by janetgreen (CALIFORNIA = MEXIFORNIA - ILLEGAL ALIEN HEAVEN)
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To: COEXERJ145

"The kooks are trying to become the mainstream."

Yup, the "kooks" really hate America and the fact that the Republican Party loves to keep our borders unchecked. Well dude, saddle on up to the Party Bar, join the Cowboy and have some more of that Republican Party Punch.


19 posted on 12/07/2004 6:28:59 PM PST by politicalwit (Import poverty...hire an illegal today)
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To: COEXERJ145; jveritas

You two are so cute together.


20 posted on 12/07/2004 6:29:47 PM PST by 4.1O dana super trac pak (Stop the open borders death cult)
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