Exactly! The senate refuses to even consider anything other than their own bill and just declare themselves The Reasonable Ones. The illogic is staggering. The capper to the laughable Orwellian campaign is that republicans will lose at the polls if the house refuses to fall in line and pass a Let's-Pretend-It's-Not-Amnesty Bill. No, if they lose, it's because it got passed.
Check this out:
Vote breakdown by position for SB 2611:
YEAs ---62
Akaka (D-HI) - Up for Reelection in 2006
Baucus (D-MT)
Bayh (D-IN)
Bennett (R-UT)
Biden (D-DE)
Bingaman (D-NM) - Up for Reelection in 2006
Boxer (D-CA)
Brownback (R-KS)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Carper (D-DE)
Chafee (R-RI) - Up for Reelection in 2006
Clinton (D-NY) - Up for Reelection in 2006
Coleman (R-MN)
Collins (R-ME)
Conrad (D-ND) - Up for Reelection in 2006
Craig (R-ID)
Dayton (D-MN) - Up for Reelection in 2006
DeWine (R-OH) - Up for Reelection in 2006
Dodd (D-CT)
Domenici (R-NM)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Feinstein (D-CA) - Up for Reelection in 2006
Frist (R-TN) - Up for Reelection in 2006
Graham (R-SC)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hagel (R-NE)
Harkin (D-IA)
Inouye (D-HI)
Jeffords (I-VT) - Up for Reelection in 2006
Johnson (D-SD)
Kennedy (D-MA) - Up for Reelection in 2006
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) - Up for Reelection in 2006
Martinez (R-FL)
McCain (R-AZ)
McConnell (R-KY)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-FL) - Up for Reelection in 2006
Obama (D-IL)
Pryor (D-AR)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Sarbanes (D-MD) - Up for Reelection in 2006
Schumer (D-NY)
Smith (R-OR)
Snowe (R-ME) - Up for Reelection in 2006
Specter (R-PA)
Stevens (R-AK)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Warner (R-VA)
Wyden (D-OR)
NAYs ---36
Alexander (R-TN)
Allard (R-CO)
Allen (R-VA) - Up for Reelection in 2006
Bond (R-MO)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burns (R-MT) - Up for Reelection in 2006
Burr (R-NC)
Byrd (D-WV) - Up for Reelection in 2006
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) - Up for Reelection in 2006
Enzi (R-WY)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hatch (R-UT) - Up for Reelection in 2006
Hutchison (R-TX) - Up for Reelection in 2006
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Kyl (R-AZ) - Up for Reelection in 2006
Lott (R-MS) - Up for Reelection in 2006
Nelson (D-NE) - Up for Reelection in 2006
Roberts (R-KS)
Santorum (R-PA) - Up for Reelection in 2006
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Stabenow (D-MI) - Up for Reelection in 2006
Sununu (R-NH)
Talent (R-MO) - Up for Reelection in 2006
Thomas (R-WY) - Up for Reelection in 2006
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter (R-LA)
22 Republicans voted for SB 2611
4 (18%) of them are up for reelection in 2006.
39 Democrats voted for SB 2611
9 (23%) of them are up for reelection in 2006.
32 Republicans voted against SB 2611
10 (28%) of them are up for reelection in 2006.
4 Democrats voted against SB 2611
3 (75%) of them are up for reelection in 2006.
22% of those who voted for SB 2611 are up for reelection this year.
36% of those who voted against SB 2611 are up for reelection this year.
I see a pattern here.