Posted on 05/17/2006 3:21:12 AM PDT by IrishMike
The Senate yesterday voted against securing the border before implementing provisions that would grant the right of citizenship to millions of illegal aliens and that would double the flow of legal immigration. The amendment would have delayed the "amnesty" and guest-worker provisions in the Senate's comprehensive immigration-reform bill until the border had been sewn up successfully. The majority of Democrats, 36 of 44, were joined by 18 Republicans and the chamber's lone independent to kill the amendment on an 55-40 vote. The vote came one day after President Bush laid out his five-point plan for reforming immigration laws. Like many in the Senate, he wants to strengthen the border while at the same time grant citizenship rights to millions of those already here and create a new program to bring in hundreds of thousands of new workers each year. Yesterday, Mr. Bush said he would not accept any bill from Congress that does not include a guest-worker program and provisions to grant citizenship to at least some of the estimated 10 million to 12 million illegal aliens already in the country. "Part of my job is to lead, and I did last night," Mr. Bush said. "I said I want a comprehensive bill because I understand there needs to be a comprehensive bill in order to make -- in order for us to achieve the objective." White House spokesman Tony Snow dismissed the criticisms yesterday, saying that "a lot of people have reacted to the president's proposal without having had time to evaluate it."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
"But those favoring tougher immigration restrictions were not completely without victories yesterday. The guest-worker program -- which had been estimated to bring in more than 130 million new workers and family members over the next 20 years -- was scaled back severely last night. The Senate approved an amendment, which Capitol Hill Republicans said the White House had lobbied against, to cap the guest-worker program at 200,000 new workers each year. Sen. Jeff Sessions, Alabama Republican, who has led the effort to reveal the numerical consequences of the Senate bill, hailed last night's action and said it would reduce the final number of guest workers and family members to fewer than 9 million over the next two decades. "This amendment represented a massive victory over the open-borders lobby," he said after the overwhelming vote to approve the amendment. "It fundamentally changed the low-skill foreign-worker caps under the Senate bill by doing two things -- reducing the annual low-skill foreign-worker cap from 325,000 to 200,000 per year and eliminating the automatic 20 percent increase to the cap that could have occurred annually."
One more step towards the third American revolution.
There's some Senators I want to make sure I don't vote for..
I'd like to put a wall around Washington, D.C., to keep the incumbents out.
Wwll Mike you can take up arms or work to get the illegal backers out of office.
Personally i haven't decied which, yet.
Thank you for the post! A Cornyn-Kyl amendment comes to the floor today that may be palatable to recalcitrant RINOS (yesterday, to no one's surprise, Snowe, Collins, McCain, Graham, and Hegel--I can't recall the other RINO names right now--voted "no" to the Georgia senator's amendment for enforcement first).May I plead with all readers of this post to take a few moments today to call your senators and the White House no matter how many other times you've already done it? I do believe our calls made a difference yesterday, for even six Democrats, Byrd most notably, voted to enforce first.
I couldn't get anything but a busy signal for nearly an hour yesterday, but when I finally connected with a White House Comments line operator and expressed my disgust with the president's love affair with people who willfully break our soverign laws, I had an encouraging converation, to wit:
I first stated how long I had been holding after first waiting to connect at all, so I asked the operator whether she had been inundated with pro-Bush legalization of illegals or enforcement-first proponents. She laughed and said the latter. Then, I said I was in despair over the direction of the Senate to cave in to the president but that perhaps the House would stop any Senate bill authorizing legalizing 12 million illegal aliens in its track. The operator said, "So do I." (Maybe she lives in those illegal-invested Virginia areas.)I relate this by way again of encouraging each one of you to call today, tomorrow, Friday, and all next week to keep the pressure on. Please. Our future depends on it! I also urge your continued fervent support of the heroic Minutemen (and women). Thank you.
Regards . . . Penny
Indeed. What is so hard to figure out about the concept of protecting one's border from invaders who are loyal to another country and who drain our economy?
Politics......
The Rats need the votes, the Rinos need a sob story.
There's some Senators I want to make sure I don't vote for..
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How many Senators do you usually vote for? LOL!
What a flock of turkeys!
We raised some turkeys one year on my Dad's farm. If a fox got near the cages, the turkeys panicked and climbed up into a pile on each other and began to suffocate the life out of the ones on the bottom.
The Senate = turkeys
Just do a google search for "Senate Voting Record." The first one on the list will take you here:
http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/legislative/a_three_sections_with_teasers/votes.htm
Republicans voting against the bill include the usual suspects plus a few more:
DeWine, Bennett, Brownback, Collins, Coleman, Chaffee, DeWine, Graham, Hagel Lugar, Martinez, Murkowskee, Shelby, Snowe, Specter, Stevens, Voinovich, and Warner.
GOP Not Voting: MCCAIN (wonder why?), Lott, Cochran, Gregg.
Vote Summary
Question: On the Amendment (Isakson Amdt. No. 3961 )
Vote Number: 121 Vote Date: May 16, 2006, 12:11 PM
Required For Majority: 1/2 Vote Result: Amendment Rejected
Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 3961 to S. 2611 (Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 )
Statement of Purpose: To prohibit the granting of legal status, or adjustment of current status, to any individual who enters or entered the United States in violation of Federal law unless the border security measures authorized under Title I and section 233 are fully completed and fully operational.
Vote Counts: YEAs 40
NAYs 55
Not Voting 5
Grouped by Home State
Alabama: Sessions (R-AL), Yea Shelby (R-AL), Nay
Alaska: Murkowski (R-AK), Nay Stevens (R-AK), Nay
Arizona: Kyl (R-AZ), Yea McCain (R-AZ), Not Voting
Arkansas: Lincoln (D-AR), Nay Pryor (D-AR), Nay
California: Boxer (D-CA), Nay Feinstein (D-CA), Nay
Colorado: Allard (R-CO), Yea Salazar (D-CO), Nay
Connecticut: Dodd (D-CT), Nay Lieberman (D-CT), Nay
Delaware: Biden (D-DE), Nay Carper (D-DE), Nay
Florida: Martinez (R-FL), Nay Nelson (D-FL), Nay
Georgia: Chambliss (R-GA), Yea Isakson (R-GA), Yea
Hawaii: Akaka (D-HI), Nay Inouye (D-HI), Nay
Idaho: Craig (R-ID), Nay Crapo (R-ID), Yea
Illinois: Durbin (D-IL), Nay Obama (D-IL), Nay
Indiana: Bayh (D-IN), Nay Lugar (R-IN), Nay
Iowa: Grassley (R-IA), Yea Harkin (D-IA), Nay
Kansas: Brownback (R-KS), Nay Roberts (R-KS), Yea
Kentucky: Bunning (R-KY), Yea McConnell (R-KY), Yea
Louisiana: Landrieu (D-LA), Yea Vitter (R-LA), Yea
Maine: Collins (R-ME), Nay Snowe (R-ME), Nay
Maryland: Mikulski (D-MD), Nay Sarbanes (D-MD), Nay
Massachusetts: Kennedy (D-MA), Nay Kerry (D-MA), Nay
Michigan: Levin (D-MI), Nay Stabenow (D-MI), Yea
Minnesota: Coleman* (R-MN), Nay Dayton (D-MN), Nay
Mississippi: Cochran (R-MS), Not Voting Lott (R-MS), Not Voting
Missouri: Bond (R-MO), Yea Talent (R-MO), Yea
Montana: Baucus (D-MT), Nay Burns (R-MT), Yea
Nebraska: Hagel* (R-NE), Nay Nelson (D-NE), Yea
Nevada: Ensign (R-NV), Yea Reid (D-NV), Nay
New Hampshire: Gregg (R-NH), Not Voting Sununu (R-NH), Yea
New Jersey: Lautenberg (D-NJ), Nay Menendez (D-NJ), Nay
New Mexico: Bingaman (D-NM), Nay Domenici (R-NM), Yea
New York: Clinton (D-NY), Nay Schumer (D-NY), Nay
North Carolina: Burr (R-NC), Yea Dole (R-NC), Yea
North Dakota: Conrad (D-ND), Yea Dorgan (D-ND), Yea
Ohio: DeWine* (R-OH), Nay Voinovich* (R-OH), Nay
Oklahoma: Coburn (R-OK), Yea Inhofe (R-OK), Yea
Oregon: Smith (R-OR), Yea Wyden (D-OR), Yea
Pennsylvania: Santorum (R-PA), Yea Specter (R-PA), Nay
Rhode Island: Chafee (R-RI), Nay Reed (D-RI), Nay
South Carolina: DeMint (R-SC), Yea Graham (R-SC), Nay
South Dakota: Johnson (D-SD), Nay Thune (R-SD), Yea
Tennessee: Alexander (R-TN), Yea Frist (R-TN), Yea
Texas: Cornyn (R-TX), Yea Hutchison (R-TX), Yea
Utah: Bennett (R-UT), Nay Hatch (R-UT), Yea
Vermont: Jeffords (I-VT), Nay Leahy (D-VT), Nay
Virginia: Allen (R-VA), Yea Warner (R-VA), Nay
Washington: Cantwell (D-WA), Nay Murray (D-WA), Nay
West Virginia: Byrd (D-WV), Yea Rockefeller (D-WV), Not Voting
Wisconsin: Feingold (D-WI), Nay Kohl (D-WI), Nay
Wyoming: Enzi (R-WY), Yea Thomas (R-WY), Yea
Thanks for posting the traitors names.
Voting record was on several threads last night. The usual suspects...
Senate bastards.
Shelby (R-AL), Nay
Murkowski (R-AK), Nay
Stevens (R-AK), Nay
McCain (R-AZ), Not Voting
Martinez (R-FL), Nay
Nelson (D-FL), Nay
Craig (R-ID), Nay
Lugar (R-IN), Nay
Brownback (R-KS), Nay
Collins (R-ME), Nay
Snowe (R-ME), Nay
Coleman (R-MN), Nay
Cochran (R-MS), Not Voting
Lott (R-MS), Not Voting
Hagel (R-NE), Nay
Gregg (R-NH), Not Voting
DeWine (R-OH), Nay
Voinovich (R-OH), Nay
Specter (R-PA), Nay
Chafee (R-RI), Nay
Graham (R-SC), Nay
Bennett (R-UT), Nay
Warner (R-VA), Nay
Opps. There is a Dem in with my RINO list. sorry.
Doubtful. We're fat, happy, loaded up on "reality" television, and just don't give a shit as long as Domino's delivers.
No difference! No harm, no foul...
The Gang of 22.
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