Senate set for immigration vote today - Update: Bill Passed 62-36

AP on Yahoo ^ | 5/25/06 | David Espo - ap

[STARWISE]

Makes ya wonder how it is that a Republican controlled Senate creates a bill so appealing to the Rats, and that SO many Republicans vote against??

[logic]

This proves Bush is a RINOcrat in my belief.
Try putting the blame where the blame belongs

It was McCain that pushed this bill

I heard the bill was pretty much dead (tabled) when the WH made some calls and got it revived and passed..... that sounds like there's plenty of blame to go around, but the largest pile is on the WH lawn......

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

That means 34 Republican votes AGAINST and that's a majority of the majority. Hastert said he wouldn't bring the bill to the House floor unless it got the votes of a majority of the majority.

Fix.
Is.
In.

It's Two-card Monty, folks.

[Mo1]

It wasn't all republicans .. though there were enough of them to stupidly follow McCain

Any chance we can do that recall of McCain again??

[Candor7]

The house immigration bill and the senate immigration bill will never be reconciled in conference. This is all just pre- election posturing. The only point the two agree on is securing the bordrer.

At least the House members are acting like conservatives while the senate is controlled by Rinos, who need to be unseated.

Out, out damn spots!!!

[Mo1]

I've heard alot of things too .. not all have been true

[Spiff]

You're not actually defending this atrocity, are you? I mean, look at who voted for it and who voted against it. You're either on the side of Kennedy/Clinton/etc or you're with those who stood up against this crap. Are you a conservative or not?

[OKIEDOC]

Well what a crappy day politically wise.

At least many voters now know that we can not trust the RINOS led by John McCaniac.

Graham Cracker,Sam Yellowback, and McCaniac can forget ever getting to be president of this country.

These turn coats might try Mexico where their traitorous acts are more appreciated.

Graham Cracker even went so far as to demean Jeff Sessions on the floor.

Graham Cracker isn't even worthy to shine Sessions shoes.

Graham Cracker needs to wipe the poop off his nose since he had it up Murdering Teds butt for the last few weeks.

Thank God for Tom Coburn, Jim Imhofe, Cronyn, Chambliss, Isakson, Hutchinson, Ensign and others for carrying the ball in a gallant effort for the majority of people who think this is nothing more than Shamnesty.

[steveegg]

Rim-shot, please.

[Reagan Man]

Okay CongressCritters. The choices are crystal clear.

You either support the Senate amnesty bill S.2611, or you support the House enforcement only bill, HR4437.

The line in the sand has been drawn.

[PRND21]

You're not actually defending this atrocity, are you?

No. You're knee jerking as usual.
Do you agree with the statement I replied to?

Nothing near this bad would have EVER come out of a democratic controlled congress

I replied. "False". Only you and yours could take that as "defending this atrocity".

[paudio]

Does this bill affect many international students who have to go under scrutiny when they want to work legally? It seems it would be easier for them if they simply do illegal thing and receive amnesty later.

[MOgirl]

Hello,

I don't have a clue, all I know is that these provisions of the Senate bill were not included in Presidents Bush's speech on the subject. Time will tell.

Glad to be here, MOgirl

[crowman]

The WH figures passage now takes the issue off the front burner for the fall elections. They may be right BUT it still means 200,000,000 new immigrants to America over the next 20 years.

[Otho]

I was wrong about the 34 Republicans voting against. Two more Democrats, Dorgan (ND) and Stabenow (MI) voted against it, so only 32 Republicans voted against. that's still a majority of the majority, though.

From www.senate.gov, those voting against:

NAYs ---36
Alexander (R-TN)
Allard (R-CO)
Allen (R-VA)
Bond (R-MO)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burns (R-MT)
Burr (R-NC)
Byrd (D-WV)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
Dole (R-NC)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hatch (R-UT)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Lott (R-MS)
Nelson (D-NE)
Roberts (R-KS)
Santorum (R-PA)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Sununu (R-NH)
Talent (R-MO)
Thomas (R-WY)
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter (R-LA)

[jneesy]

"The New Deal, The Great Society, Medicare,
Abortion, Welfare, need I go on,, , all the while coddling with commies,, all in the last 75 years alone ,, the liebrals have little to crow about accomplishments-wise, imo. The left's hands are far from clean.

Would you say different?"



this is worse than all those combined in its current form

[Xenophon450]

Well I will have to congratulate Pat Roberts on his fine senatorial duty, where as I suspected Brownback could not sink any lower into his cess pool of illegal worship.

[cardinal4]

Bond's part in this is real disapointing. Kit should drive through North County one day. The view is different that that of the Senate office buildings..

[deport]

Different subject the the Senate agreed about an hour ago to invoke cloture on the nomination of Brett M. Kavanaugh to be U.S. Circuit Judge

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U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 109^th Congress - 2^nd Session

as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate

Vote Summary

Question: On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Brett M. Kavanaugh to be U.S. Circuit Judge )
Vote Number:	158	Vote Date:	May 25, 2006, 06:55 PM
Required For Majority:	3/5	Vote Result:	Cloture Motion Agreed to
Nomination Number:	PN1179
Nomination Description:	Brett M. Kavanaugh, of Maryland, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit

Vote Counts:	YEAs	67
	NAYs	30
	Not Voting	3