Yes 67% 87505 votes
No 33% 43362 votes
Total: 130867 votes
(current CNN poll)
Posted on 03/27/2006 4:08:50 PM PST by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON - The Senate Judiciary Committee approved election-year immigration legislation Monday that clears the way for millions of undocumented workers to seek U.S. citizenship without having to first leave the country.
After days of street demonstrations that stretched from California to the gounds of the U.S. Capitol, the committee also voted to strip out proposed criminal penalties for residents found to be in this country illegally.
The panel's vote cleared the way for the full Senate to begin debate Tuesday on the emotional immigration issue.
"All Americans wanted fairness and they got it this evening," said Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (news, bio, voting record), the Massachusetts Democrat who played a pivotal role in drafting the legislation, approved 12-6.
Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., voted for the bill but signaled that some of the provisions could well be changed by the full Senate.
In general, the bill is designed to strengtehn border patrol, create new opportunities for so-called guest workers and determine the legal future of the estimated 11 million immigrants living in the United States illegally.
At several critical popints, committee Democrats were united while Republicans splintered. In general, GOP Sens. Lindsay Graham of South Carolina, Sam Brownback of Kansas and Mike DeWine of Ohio, who is seeking re-election this fall, sided with Democrats.
That gave Democrats a majority that allowed them to shape the bill to their liking.
Nothing was better than this crap!
Would you like the web address of "Fatalistic Drama Queens R Us" to send your resume to?
Damn. I have an extreme dislike for DeWine. This truly is absurd though. Why couldn't we at least get Kyl/Cornyn out of this? What the hell happened???
Yes they do. And I do not want to hear, "A dem would be worse". These three do not deserve their taxpayer funded salaries.
Since you're probably queen for the month over there, no thanks.
It's going to be up to the House to kill this damn thing.
At this point, I'm not even sure a Dem would be worse. Truth be told, I think that Bush is one of the worst Presidents in history, and not just because of this issue. I did, however, expect more from our Congress.
I don't know much about legislative details. How can he stop the bill?
Yes 67% 87505 votes
No 33% 43362 votes
Total: 130867 votes
(current CNN poll)
As I understand it they started with the McCainneddy Shamnesty and amended to also include both the AgJobs Amnesty and the DREAM Act Amnesty.
I believe they also expanded every category of existing guest worker visa and completely uncapped the numbers for nurses and for math and science students to unlimited numbers.
Arlen Spinctor, the smurphy Lindsey Graham and Sam Brownback plus two other Republicans by proxy voted with Teddy Kennedy.
Jon Kyl and Jeff Sessions showed quite a bit of courage bucking the trend. I believe Cornyn also voted against it and given what a huge fan of amnesty he is, you know it is bad!
Sure Dane. Stick with the DUmocrats in attacking the conservative base to get an amnesty passed at the direct detriment to rule-of-law and national sovereignty.
Tancredo has said from the beginning that he will oppose any type of amnesty. The majority of conservatives and republicans side with him on this.
Graham sold us out again.
ping
He won't let it on the floor....he is pushing for a vote on his bill tomorrow...
Good for Frist. We all need to support him.
I hope you're right. Frist will move far up in my estimation if he can keep this bit of treason from ever reaching our idiot President's eager pen.
Uh I ain't the one who posted this, "Kiss your nation good-bye folks. It was nice while it lasted."(your reply #12)
Sheesh talk about being buchanan drama queen supreme.
Ah, actually that's not really a surprise at all.
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