The House Hangs Tough

Powerlineblog ^ | 5/27/2006 | John Hinderaker

[Jameison]

Good.
Get phoning and writing to your congressmen in the House and even The Senate, folks.
We need to stiffen the resolves of the anti-imigration congressmen even further.
The treacherous, heinous Senate Immigration Bill needs killing, and it will.

[Ikemeister]

We have to keep the pressure on. I'm in constant communication with my rep to let him know that anything approaching the Senate sellout is unacceptable.

[BW2221]

The House is going to face unbelievable pressure from Bush, Rove, etc. to capitulate.

Rush Limbaugh seems to be supporting the House GOP majority. If Hannity (stops yakking about Duke lacrosse for 10 minutes) and O'Reilly get behind the House effort, it will have a much greater effect than 10,000 letters from ordinary people.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Statement: "The House Hangs Tough"

Response: They will cave!

Comment: That being said I will write the vice addict that represents our district. It is the least one can do.

[fortheDeclaration]

I do not think Bush is going to pressure them on this.

I hope those who are planning on 'sitting out the election' to teach the GOP a lesson, see that it is the House that is doing the right thing and needs to be supported, not punished by turning over the leadership to the Democrats.

[Brilliant]

As long as Bush, Rove, Kennedy, and McCain are willing and able to pick up the social security and medicare shortfall that will result from the Senate Amnesty Bill, seems OK to me.

[SE Mom]

My Congressman has heard from me- but his votes are consistently conservative anyway:) The gal in his office said they're hearing from "everyone" and he has no intention of voting for anything resembling the Senate bill.

While I'm not generally an O'Reilly fan - it seems to me he's been talking about the border since shortly after September 11- and he's brought it up countless times on his show- before it was The Hot Topic.

[ncountylee]

For maximum impact, write a letter to your Congressman and deliver it to his/her district office, if possible. Even expressing your views to a junior staffer in person carries huge impact.

The White House, aided by MSM, will be brutal in applying pressure and we can't just sit back this time. Once the harm is done (citizenship etc.) it can't be corrected later.

[Jameison]

"I do not think Bush is going to pressure them on this"

Even if he does, it's not gonna work.
The Republican House members face re-election in November, and they are not suicidal.

"I hope those who are planning on 'sitting out the election' to teach the GOP a lesson, see that it is the House that is doing the right thing and needs to be supported, not punished by turning over the leadership to the Democrats"

That's exactly the point I have been making all along.
Doesn't make any sense to me to reward a House that's giving us a very tough immigration bill, by handing the House over the the rabid RATS moonbat Nancy Pelosi.
That will be the height of stupidity.

[Jameison]

"The gal in his office said they're hearing from "everyone" and he has no intention of voting for anything resembling the Senate bill. "

Excellent.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

I heard Tom Delay talking like that on Hannity yesterday.

Hang tough, guys!

[freekitty]

I sure hope so.

[Mariner]

So far, I've seen the House GOP hang tough. Should they continue, my GOP Rep will have yet again earned my vote.

[Cedric]

Your comment illustrates how the House GOP may have (inadvertantly or otherwise) manuvered itself into a stronger position for the fall elections.
If they are seen as the "foot in the door" against the Dems-McCain-Bush open borders crowd they will engender intense and ardent support.

[Ikemeister]

"While I'm not generally an O'Reilly fan - it seems to me he's been talking about the border since shortly after September 11- and he's brought it up countless times on his show- before it was The Hot Topic."

O'Reilly talks a good game, but he too easily fell for Bush's 6000 NG sharade and the "we can't deport 12 million illegals" lie.
He comes down squarely in the unprincipled center too much for my liking.

[Kimberly GG]

"We have to keep the pressure on. I'm in constant communication with my rep to let him know that anything approaching the Senate sellout is unacceptable."


Read between the lines on ANY NEW proposals. Several wannabees are coming out of the woodwork to tout their 'no amnesty' compromises and their definition of 'no amnesty' is no better than Bush's or the Senate's. Pence is one. His compromise requires going home for one day to collect a green card and then return. He says his proposal is one of 'no path to citizenship', but states ""GUEST WORKERS WILL NOT BE PROVIDED WITH A PATH TO CITIZENSHIP, ALTHOUGH GUEST WORKERS WILL NOT BE PRECULDED FROM APPLYING FOR NATURALIZATION UNDER AMERICA'S CITIZENSHIP LAWS"

more word today on the NEW proposals of others......

'Amnesty' jams compromise bill
By Jerry Seper and Stephen Dinan
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
May 27, 2006

http://www.washtimes.com/national/20060526-113306-9562r.htm

[Ikemeister]

You know, if for no other reason, I want the House to hang tough just to be able to see McCain and his cabana boy Lindsey Graham sputtering and fuming.

McCain has invested a lot in S. 2611, and if it gets a substantial trimming in conference, it will represent a major defeat for him.

[Ikemeister]

I hear what you're saying loud and clear. After all, the Senate Bill wouldn't sound too bad if one accepted McCain's or Kennedy's expalnation of it.

To quote the Gipper: "Trust but verify."

[dljordan]

"Response: They will cave!"

I think you're right. The Senate is already dusting off the skeletons in the congressional closet to see who they can blackmail.