Posted on 05/28/2006 10:29:28 AM PDT by Jameison
The Washington Post reports this morning that prospects for the Senate's immigration package are dimming, due to House members' concerns about November's election:
Republican House members facing the toughest races this fall are overwhelmingly opposed to any deal that provides illegal immigrants a path to citizenship -- an election-year dynamic that significantly dims the prospects that President Bush will win the immigration compromise he is seeking, according to Republican lawmakers and leadership aides. Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) will not allow a vote on a House-Senate compromise that does not have the support of most GOP lawmakers or one that would undermine the reelection chances of his at-risk members, aides said. According to GOP lawmakers and strategists, about 75 percent of the 231 House Republicans are steadfastly opposed to the Senate bill or even a watered-down version of it.
The Post's article cites poll's that supposedly show strong support for the administration's plan, but, as one House member says, "they must not be polling anyone in [my] District."
(Excerpt) Read more at powerlineblog.com ...
I don't support unlimited immigration.
"Is this "the future" for the rest of America, as well?"
And it won't be just urban centers with this problem.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1638662/posts
IIRC, Hanson has also talked about plans to sell "the family farm"
and move to nicer environs as he as concerns about safety from gangs of
roaming illegals...that come along with the influx of the peaceable ones.
"I don't support unlimited immigration."
That wasn't the question. The question was: Are you supporting the Kennedy/Democrat immigration bill that just passed in the Senate?
No wonder the illegal immigration invasion has got you pissed. I had to stay in Newport Beach for a week in 1986 and it was beautiful.
The large number of Republican senators joining with Ted Kennedy and all but four Democrats to pass this abomination reminds me of a story that went the rounds in Washington a few years ago. Supposedly a Republican congressional staffer was explaining our two party system to some foreign visitors. He told them that we have two parties here. The Democrats are the evil party, and the Republicans are the stupid party. The parties often feud, but when they get together, they pass bills that are both evil and stupid.
I make it a religion to never threaten anyone. You need to be careful about what and how you write. This also applies to me as well. Now, you can take it as you wish, or you can get upset. Carry on.
I still find it hard to believe that 95% of all murder warrants are of illegal aliens in the LA area.
Am I supposed to believe that white trailer trash,black gangsters like the Crips and Bloods as WELL as the millions of LEGAL Mexicans in that area don't kill people?
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