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Senate set for immigration vote today - Update: Bill Passed 62-36
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Posted on 05/25/2006 2:46:41 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON - Legislation offering millions of illegal immigrants a chance at U.S. citizenship moved to the brink of Senate passage Thursday, a rare reach across party lines and a triumph for President Bush.
Majority Leader Bill Frist called for swift talks with the House, which has passed its own version, in what loomed as an arduous search for compromise.
Underscoring bipartisan support in the Senate, Frist, R-Tenn., and Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada announced in advance they would support the measure. It was months in the drafting and narrowly survived several brushes with disaster across more than a week of debate.
The legislation calls for stronger border security, a new guest worker program and most controversially provisions giving many of the illegal immigrants in the country an eventual chance to become citizens. Another provision would establish a new system to verify the legal status of workers, and punish employers who knowingly hire illegal laborers.
Conservatives attacked the bill to the end after trying unsuccessfully to pick it apart with amendments.
"This bill will not secure our borders," said Sen. Jeff Sessions (news, bio, voting record), R-Ala., one of the most persistent critics.
"This is amnesty," said Sen. David Vitter, R-La., who tried last week to strip out provisions relating to citizenship.
Together, Sessions and Vitter echoed the views of numerous House Republicans, many of whom have vigorously denounced the Senate bill as well as Bush's call for a "comprehensive approach" to the issue.
That portended difficult compromise talks in the shadow of midterm elections, at a time when Bush's poll ratings are low, congressional Republicans are concerned and Democrats are increasingly optimistic about their chances at the polls.
For now, supporters of the Senate bill said they intended to savor their victory. Peppered with questions about the compromise talks ahead, Sen. Mel Martinez, R-Fla., said, "I'm going to celebrate here."
The House bill, which passed on a largely party-line vote last year, is generally limited to border enforcement. It would make all illegal immigrants subject to felony charges and it contains no provision for either a new temporary worker program or citizenship for men, women and children in the country unlawfully.
Frist said compromise talks should begin swiftly.
"I think it is important on this issue with millions of people coming across our borders illegally, not knowing who they are, where they are going or why they are coming," he said.
In contrast to the House measure, the Senate bill would mark the most far-reaching changes in immigration law in two decades. Built on compromise after painstaking compromise, it was designed to appeal to conservatives and others seeking tougher border enforcement; business interests eager for a steady supply of legal, low-wage labor; unions seeking enhanced protections for migrants who often toil in seasonal work the fields and Hispanics who are on the cusp of greater political power and determined to win a change in legal status for millions of illegal immigrants.
That last group Hispanics comprises the fastest growing segment of the electorate, and millions made their feelings clear in street demonstrations denouncing the House measure and calling for passage of a broader measure.
Bush played a prominent role in the run-up to passage. An Oval Office speech last week made explicit his support for the Senate's overall approach. A later trip to Arizona was designed to reassure conservatives about his commitment to stanching illegal immigration.
In more than a week of debate, the Senate made a series of changes in the legislation. Still, the key pillars were preserved when opponents failed to knock out the guest worker program or the citizenship provisions. A new program for 1.5 million temporary agricultural workers also survived.
To secure the borders, the measure calls for the hiring of an additional 1,000 new Border Patrol agents this year and 14,000 by 2011, and backs Bush's plan for a short-term deployment of National Guard troops to states along the Mexican Border. The bill calls for new surveillance equipment as well as the construction of 370 miles of triple-layered fencing and 500 miles of vehicle barriers.
The new guest worker program would admit 200,000 individuals a year. Once here, they would be permitted for the first time to petition on their own for a green card that confers legal permanent residency, a provision designed to reduce the potential for exploitation by employers.
A separate new program, a compromise between growers and unions, envisions admission of an estimated 1.5 million immigrant farm workers who may also apply for permanent residency
Even supporters of the bill conceded the three-tiered program related to illegal immigrants was complicated.
Those in the country unlawfully for five years or more would be permitted to remain, continue working and eventually apply for citizenship. They would be required to pay at least $3,250 in fines and fees, settle any back taxes and learn English.
Illegal immigrants in the country for more than two years but less than five would be required to travel to a point of entry before re-entering the United States legally and beginning a lengthy process of seeking citizenship. They would be subject to the same fines, fees and other requirements as the longer-term immigrants.
An immigrant in the country illegally for less than two years would be required to leave with no guarantee of return.
A new electronic system for employee verification is designed to hold employers accountable for hiring decisions. It provides for maximum fines of $20,000 for each worker and possible jail time for repeat offenders.
A separate controversy erupted over a call to make English the national language. Supporters said it would leave all current rights in place. Detractors argued it could undermine an executive order that mandates assistance to individuals who receive services such as health care yet lack proficiency in English.
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U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 109th Congress - 2nd Session
as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate Vote Summary
Question: On Passage of the Bill (S. 2611 As Amended ) |
Vote Number: |
157 |
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Vote Date: |
May 25, 2006, 05:39 PM |
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Required For Majority: |
1/2 |
Vote Result: |
Bill Passed |
Measure Number: |
S. 2611 (Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 ) |
Measure Title: |
A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. |
Vote Counts: |
YEAs |
62 |
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NAYs |
36 |
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Not Voting |
2 |
Alphabetical by Senator Name
Akaka (D-HI), Yea Alexander (R-TN), Nay Allard (R-CO), Nay Allen (R-VA), Nay Baucus (D-MT), Yea Bayh (D-IN), Yea Bennett (R-UT), Yea Biden (D-DE), Yea Bingaman (D-NM), Yea Bond (R-MO), Nay Boxer (D-CA), Yea Brownback (R-KS), Yea Bunning (R-KY), Nay Burns (R-MT), Nay Burr (R-NC), Nay Byrd (D-WV), Nay Cantwell (D-WA), Yea Carper (D-DE), Yea Chafee (R-RI), Yea Chambliss (R-GA), Nay Clinton (D-NY), Yea Coburn (R-OK), Nay Cochran (R-MS), Nay Coleman (R-MN), Yea Collins (R-ME), Yea Conrad (D-ND), Yea Cornyn (R-TX), Nay Craig (R-ID), Yea Crapo (R-ID), Nay Dayton (D-MN), Yea DeMint (R-SC), Nay DeWine (R-OH), Yea Dodd (D-CT), Yea Dole (R-NC), Nay
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Domenici (R-NM), Yea Dorgan (D-ND), Nay Durbin (D-IL), Yea Ensign (R-NV), Nay Enzi (R-WY), Nay Feingold (D-WI), Yea Feinstein (D-CA), Yea Frist (R-TN), Yea Graham (R-SC), Yea Grassley (R-IA), Nay Gregg (R-NH), Yea Hagel (R-NE), Yea Harkin (D-IA), Yea Hatch (R-UT), Nay Hutchison (R-TX), Nay Inhofe (R-OK), Nay Inouye (D-HI), Yea Isakson (R-GA), Nay Jeffords (I-VT), Yea Johnson (D-SD), Yea Kennedy (D-MA), Yea Kerry (D-MA), Yea Kohl (D-WI), Yea Kyl (R-AZ), Nay Landrieu (D-LA), Yea Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea Leahy (D-VT), Yea Levin (D-MI), Yea Lieberman (D-CT), Yea Lincoln (D-AR), Yea Lott (R-MS), Nay Lugar (R-IN), Yea Martinez (R-FL), Yea McCain (R-AZ), Yea
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McConnell (R-KY), Yea Menendez (D-NJ), Yea Mikulski (D-MD), Yea Murkowski (R-AK), Yea Murray (D-WA), Yea Nelson (D-FL), Yea Nelson (D-NE), Nay Obama (D-IL), Yea Pryor (D-AR), Yea Reed (D-RI), Yea Reid (D-NV), Yea Roberts (R-KS), Nay Rockefeller (D-WV), Not Voting Salazar (D-CO), Not Voting Santorum (R-PA), Nay Sarbanes (D-MD), Yea Schumer (D-NY), Yea Sessions (R-AL), Nay Shelby (R-AL), Nay Smith (R-OR), Yea Snowe (R-ME), Yea Specter (R-PA), Yea Stabenow (D-MI), Nay Stevens (R-AK), Yea Sununu (R-NH), Nay Talent (R-MO), Nay Thomas (R-WY), Nay Thune (R-SD), Nay Vitter (R-LA), Nay Voinovich (R-OH), Yea Warner (R-VA), Yea Wyden (D-OR), Yea
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Grouped By Vote Position
YEAs ---62 |
Akaka (D-HI) Baucus (D-MT) Bayh (D-IN) Bennett (R-UT) Biden (D-DE) Bingaman (D-NM) Boxer (D-CA) Brownback (R-KS) Cantwell (D-WA) Carper (D-DE) Chafee (R-RI) Clinton (D-NY) Coleman (R-MN) Collins (R-ME) Conrad (D-ND) Craig (R-ID) Dayton (D-MN) DeWine (R-OH) Dodd (D-CT) Domenici (R-NM) Durbin (D-IL)
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Feingold (D-WI) Feinstein (D-CA) Frist (R-TN) Graham (R-SC) Gregg (R-NH) Hagel (R-NE) Harkin (D-IA) Inouye (D-HI) Jeffords (I-VT) Johnson (D-SD) Kennedy (D-MA) Kerry (D-MA) Kohl (D-WI) Landrieu (D-LA) Lautenberg (D-NJ) Leahy (D-VT) Levin (D-MI) Lieberman (D-CT) Lincoln (D-AR) Lugar (R-IN) Martinez (R-FL)
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McCain (R-AZ) McConnell (R-KY) Menendez (D-NJ) Mikulski (D-MD) Murkowski (R-AK) Murray (D-WA) Nelson (D-FL) Obama (D-IL) Pryor (D-AR) Reed (D-RI) Reid (D-NV) Sarbanes (D-MD) Schumer (D-NY) Smith (R-OR) Snowe (R-ME) Specter (R-PA) Stevens (R-AK) Voinovich (R-OH) Warner (R-VA) Wyden (D-OR)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Not Voting - 2 |
Rockefeller (D-WV)
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Salazar (D-CO)
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Grouped by Home State
Alabama: |
Sessions (R-AL), Nay |
Shelby (R-AL), Nay |
Alaska: |
Murkowski (R-AK), Yea |
Stevens (R-AK), Yea |
Arizona: |
Kyl (R-AZ), Nay |
McCain (R-AZ), Yea |
Arkansas: |
Lincoln (D-AR), Yea |
Pryor (D-AR), Yea |
California: |
Boxer (D-CA), Yea |
Feinstein (D-CA), Yea |
Colorado: |
Allard (R-CO), Nay |
Salazar (D-CO), Not Voting |
Connecticut: |
Dodd (D-CT), Yea |
Lieberman (D-CT), Yea |
Delaware: |
Biden (D-DE), Yea |
Carper (D-DE), Yea |
Florida: |
Martinez (R-FL), Yea |
Nelson (D-FL), Yea |
Georgia: |
Chambliss (R-GA), Nay |
Isakson (R-GA), Nay |
Hawaii: |
Akaka (D-HI), Yea |
Inouye (D-HI), Yea |
Idaho: |
Craig (R-ID), Yea |
Crapo (R-ID), Nay |
Illinois: |
Durbin (D-IL), Yea |
Obama (D-IL), Yea |
Indiana: |
Bayh (D-IN), Yea |
Lugar (R-IN), Yea |
Iowa: |
Grassley (R-IA), Nay |
Harkin (D-IA), Yea |
Kansas: |
Brownback (R-KS), Yea |
Roberts (R-KS), Nay |
Kentucky: |
Bunning (R-KY), Nay |
McConnell (R-KY), Yea |
Louisiana: |
Landrieu (D-LA), Yea |
Vitter (R-LA), Nay |
Maine: |
Collins (R-ME), Yea |
Snowe (R-ME), Yea |
Maryland: |
Mikulski (D-MD), Yea |
Sarbanes (D-MD), Yea |
Massachusetts: |
Kennedy (D-MA), Yea |
Kerry (D-MA), Yea |
Michigan: |
Levin (D-MI), Yea |
Stabenow (D-MI), Nay |
Minnesota: |
Coleman (R-MN), Yea |
Dayton (D-MN), Yea |
Mississippi: |
Cochran (R-MS), Nay |
Lott (R-MS), Nay |
Missouri: |
Bond (R-MO), Nay |
Talent (R-MO), Nay |
Montana: |
Baucus (D-MT), Yea |
Burns (R-MT), Nay |
Nebraska: |
Hagel (R-NE), Yea |
Nelson (D-NE), Nay |
Nevada: |
Ensign (R-NV), Nay |
Reid (D-NV), Yea |
New Hampshire: |
Gregg (R-NH), Yea |
Sununu (R-NH), Nay |
New Jersey: |
Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea |
Menendez (D-NJ), Yea |
New Mexico: |
Bingaman (D-NM), Yea |
Domenici (R-NM), Yea |
New York: |
Clinton (D-NY), Yea |
Schumer (D-NY), Yea |
North Carolina: |
Burr (R-NC), Nay |
Dole (R-NC), Nay |
North Dakota: |
Conrad (D-ND), Yea |
Dorgan (D-ND), Nay |
Ohio: |
DeWine (R-OH), Yea |
Voinovich (R-OH), Yea |
Oklahoma: |
Coburn (R-OK), Nay |
Inhofe (R-OK), Nay |
Oregon: |
Smith (R-OR), Yea |
Wyden (D-OR), Yea |
Pennsylvania: |
Santorum (R-PA), Nay |
Specter (R-PA), Yea |
Rhode Island: |
Chafee (R-RI), Yea |
Reed (D-RI), Yea |
South Carolina: |
DeMint (R-SC), Nay |
Graham (R-SC), Yea |
South Dakota: |
Johnson (D-SD), Yea |
Thune (R-SD), Nay |
Tennessee: |
Alexander (R-TN), Nay |
Frist (R-TN), Yea |
Texas: |
Cornyn (R-TX), Nay |
Hutchison (R-TX), Nay |
Utah: |
Bennett (R-UT), Yea |
Hatch (R-UT), Nay |
Vermont: |
Jeffords (I-VT), Yea |
Leahy (D-VT), Yea |
Virginia: |
Allen (R-VA), Nay |
Warner (R-VA), Yea |
Washington: |
Cantwell (D-WA), Yea |
Murray (D-WA), Yea |
West Virginia: |
Byrd (D-WV), Nay |
Rockefeller (D-WV), Not Voting |
Wisconsin: |
Feingold (D-WI), Yea |
Kohl (D-WI), Yea |
Wyoming: |
Enzi (R-WY), Nay |
Thomas (R-WY), Nay |
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posted on
05/25/2006 4:56:53 PM PDT
by
ImpBill
("America ... Where are you now?")
To: MinuteGal
Bump to your post #142..Leni.
sw
202
posted on
05/25/2006 4:57:14 PM PDT
by
spectre
(Spectre's wife ("We can not save the world, but we can destroy our country if we fail to act".)
To: OKIEDOC
Yep, we were sold out. Kiss your presidential dreams goodbye Frist and McCainiac.
Only the South voted more "no" than "yes" (13-18-1); West (17-8-1); Midwest (16-8) and NE (16-2).
By Sign:
Aquarius: 8-4
Aries: 3-2
Cancer: 6-2
Capricorn: 5-3
Gemini: 3-0-1
Leo: 2-1
Libra: 6-2 (shouldn't they have at least been 4-4?)
Pisces: 7-3-1
Sagittarius: 6-3
Scorpion: 8-4
TAURUS: 3-9 (now that's bullheaded for ya)
Virgo: 5-3
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posted on
05/25/2006 4:57:34 PM PDT
by
Fledermaus
(If we can't enforce our borders and laws, why have either? Sorry Bush - it's Amnesty!)
To: soccer_maniac
Lou Dobbs said that the Senate added a last minute provision to their bill, requiring consultation with Mexico before building a fence on the southern border.
There was every reason to walk away from this bill. I know we grouse about the RINOs LIKE JOHN MCCAIN, but all those democrats: Turbin, TedK, The Hilderbeast. Don't these people ever get any grief? I guess I'm just jaw-slacked about how offensive this bill is, and how much it's going to cost. Even if you are a lily liberal, their base can't be happy with the Democrats. Can it?
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posted on
05/25/2006 4:59:05 PM PDT
by
jackieaxe
(Democrats are mired in a culture of screwing English speaking, taxpaying, law abiding citizens!)
To: Otho
I was suprised Alexander voted No. He must be wanting to run again in 2008 and given the fact two strong conservatives are running for Frist' vacant seat this year (Ed Byrant and Van Hilleary) he probably knows if he voted Yes the loser of this race would come after him.
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posted on
05/25/2006 4:59:21 PM PDT
by
Fledermaus
(If we can't enforce our borders and laws, why have either? Sorry Bush - it's Amnesty!)
To: jneesy
from an economic or societal point of view?
huge in either case.
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posted on
05/25/2006 5:00:37 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi - "The Road to Peace in the Middle East runs thru Damascus.")
To: Soul Seeker
"As for Martinez, Frist, mcCain and the rest of them? They can burn in hell. They'll never have my vote and I'll actively work against them."
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posted on
05/25/2006 5:00:40 PM PDT
by
Rick_Michael
(Look at profile for current ways to deal with illegals immigration)
To: Vicomte13
In November a Democrat Majority is elected.
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posted on
05/25/2006 5:00:48 PM PDT
by
Soul Seeker
(Deport the United States Senate)
To: NormsRevenge; All
20 REPUBLICANS VOTED YES
35 VOTED REPUBLICANS NO
35 DEMOCRATS (+1 "INDEPENDENT") VOTED YES
6 DEMOCRATS VOTED NO(Note: 3 pathetic weasely 'rats decided to wimp out and not vote: Barbara "I want to be the moonbat water carrier for the entire West Coast" Boxhead, Jay "Let's warn Syria and Iraq they're going to be attacked and the media ignores my admission and then blames Bush when no WMDs are found" Rockefeller and Ken "Dr. Dobson is to blame for everything that is wrong in America" Salazar)Let's do the math: Percentage of Republicans voting FOR the bill: 36%
Percentage of Republicans voting AGAINST the bill: 64%
Percentage of Democrats/Independents voting FOR the bill: 85%
Percentage of Democrats/Independents voting AGAINST the bill: 15%
I hope the "let's abandon the Republicans" crowd can clearly see the problem isn't with the Republican Party as a whole, and I hope they work to change it instead of walking completely away and turning the federal government over to the 'rats.
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posted on
05/25/2006 5:00:50 PM PDT
by
Recovering_Democrat
((I am SO glad to no longer be associated with the party of Dependence on Government!))
To: jackieaxe
Especially since all these illegals take jobs away and drive down wages for blacks.
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posted on
05/25/2006 5:01:03 PM PDT
by
Fledermaus
(If we can't enforce our borders and laws, why have either? Sorry Bush - it's Amnesty!)
To: jackieaxe
There was every reason to walk away from this bill. I know we grouse about the RINOs LIKE JOHN MCCAIN, but all those democrats: Turbin, TedK, The Hilderbeast. Don't these people ever get any grief? I guess I'm just jaw-slacked about how offensive this bill is, and how much it's going to cost. Even if you are a lily liberal, their base can't be happy with the Democrats. Can it? DemocRATS vote for it because all those new hispanic citizens will vote D for decades to come
211
posted on
05/25/2006 5:01:46 PM PDT
by
soccer_maniac
(Do some good while browsing FR --> Join our Folding@Home Team# 36120: keyword: folding@home)
To: Recovering_Democrat
Well, I can promise I won't be voting for Bill Frist again!
212
posted on
05/25/2006 5:02:02 PM PDT
by
Fledermaus
(If we can't enforce our borders and laws, why have either? Sorry Bush - it's Amnesty!)
To: NormsRevenge
Republican Traitors:
Bennett (R-UT)
Brownback (R-KS)
Chafee (R-RI)
Coleman (R-MN)
Collins (R-ME)
Craig (R-ID)
DeWine (R-OH)
Domenici (R-NM)
Frist (R-TN)
Graham (R-SC)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hagel (R-NE)
Lugar (R-IN)
Martinez (R-FL)
McCain (R-AZ)
McConnell (R-KY)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Smith (R-OR)
Snowe (R-ME)
Specter (R-PA)
Stevens (R-AK)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Warner (R-VA)
To: Recovering_Democrat
Yeah, but Bush & Rove were pushing this bill.
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posted on
05/25/2006 5:02:55 PM PDT
by
soccer_maniac
(Do some good while browsing FR --> Join our Folding@Home Team# 36120: keyword: folding@home)
To: Portrait of a Lady
Any of those up for reelection this year should be voted out.
215
posted on
05/25/2006 5:03:20 PM PDT
by
Fledermaus
(If we can't enforce our borders and laws, why have either? Sorry Bush - it's Amnesty!)
To: Fledermaus
Frist voted against the bill.
216
posted on
05/25/2006 5:04:11 PM PDT
by
Recovering_Democrat
((I am SO glad to no longer be associated with the party of Dependence on Government!))
To: Recovering_Democrat
217
posted on
05/25/2006 5:04:29 PM PDT
by
Fledermaus
(If we can't enforce our borders and laws, why have either? Sorry Bush - it's Amnesty!)
To: soccer_maniac
Frankly, Bush and Rove were pushing elements of both bills, and Bush's border measures, from what I've heard, go farther than what the House bill called for.
218
posted on
05/25/2006 5:05:03 PM PDT
by
Recovering_Democrat
((I am SO glad to no longer be associated with the party of Dependence on Government!))
To: Fledermaus
My bad; you're right, Frist did vote for the bill. I misread the roll call! :)
219
posted on
05/25/2006 5:06:06 PM PDT
by
Recovering_Democrat
((I am SO glad to no longer be associated with the party of Dependence on Government!))
To: Recovering_Democrat
220
posted on
05/25/2006 5:07:38 PM PDT
by
Fledermaus
(If we can't enforce our borders and laws, why have either? Sorry Bush - it's Amnesty!)
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