**THERE IS STILL NO BILL : (VIA) REDSTATE**

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[no_lectures_please]

McCain has just written his own obituary in this race

I guess the 12 million votes he thinks he will get is more important then my vote, and yours!:-(((

Do you think any of the new voters will vote for a (so-called) Republican?

[BobS]

"FoxNews this morning said that Pelosi has warned the White House/Senate not to even send this monstrosity unless they could promise to deliver at least 70 GOP House votes. "

There is hope to cling to.

[BobS]

"Do you think any of the new voters will vote for a (so-called) Republican?"

Hell no. After gaming the system, they all view people that pamper them as weak and stupid.

[Kimberly GG]

I keep asking....why does the media keep saying the bill has passed through the Senate? Passed? Was it actually voted on, and how did each of them vote? agggh,,,I’m thoroughly confused!

[mware]

14,000,000.

That would be equivalent of the United States taking in the entire populations of:

Gabon.....1,424,906

Gambia.....1,641,564

Ireland.....4,062,230

Israel.....6,352,117

and Malta......400,214.

...and we still would not reach 14,000,000 people.

[jackieaxe]

Hide and go seek from the public. Also, replete with opportunities for more loop holes to screw hard working taxpaying citizens playing by the rules.

[Sloth]

I used to think the Republicans were spineless. They’re not. Opposing amnesty would be the politically easy thing to do, because 80% of Americans agree. Instead, they’re going *against* public opinion to do this.

Our GOP officials are not spineless. They are steadfastly evil.

[SwinneySwitch]

CONTACT: Brian Walsh, (202) 224-0704
John Drogin, (202) 224-0703
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, May 17, 2007

CORNYN STATEMENT ON IMMIGRATION REFORM ANNOUNCEMENT

WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, made the following statement today regarding the announcement by Senator Kennedy and others that an agreement has been reached on comprehensive immigration reform legislation:

While I appreciate the hard work by my colleagues as we spent countless hours negotiating this very difficult issue, I have serious concerns with the principles outlined in today¹s announcement.

I simply cannot, and will not, support any legislation that repeats the mistakes of the 1986 amnesty. So we have to make a basic determination: Will this bill restore respect for our laws? Or will it have the opposite effect, and encourage still more disregard for our immigration and border security laws, placing us within a few years in the same untenable position we¹re now in?²

I believe today¹s announcement is somewhat premature because specific legislative text has yet to be drafted on a number of key details. Until I have the opportunity to review this text, I will withhold from making more detailed comments. Clearly, however, there will be an opportunity to introduce amendments to this legislation, and I expect there will be a number of areas where that will be necessary.

Sen. Cornyn serves on the Armed Services, Judiciary and Budget Committees. In addition, he is Vice Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference and the Senate Select Committee on Ethics. He serves as the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee¹s Immigration, Border Security and Refugees subcommittee and the Armed Services Committee¹s Airland subcommittee. He served previously as Texas Attorney General, Texas Supreme Court Justice, and Bexar County District Judge.

[Paleo Conservative]

Fnally Sen. Cornyn actually worth commenting on. I sure hope Republicans can scrounge up at least 41 votes to block this monstrosity.

[no_lectures_please]

Fnally Sen. Cornyn actually worth commenting on. I sure hope Republicans can scrounge up at least 41 votes to block this monstrosity.

Well, when McCain sees his presidential run going down the toilet, he may decided to vote against it. /sarc

[JasonC]

Not just a travesty, it is pretty clearly unconstitutional. A few staffers can't make a law.