[Cyropaedia]

You got that..?? The bill probably will not be online in its final form until *after* the Senate has voted on it!! That means there is still a bunch stuff buried in the fine print that they reallly don't want people to see!!

This is a travesty....

[sourcery]

Many Republicans will not be returning to Congress in 2008, it would appear.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

There should be a law against hiding the text of proposed laws from the public....

[no_lectures_please]

This is unbelievable. Is Bush going to know what is in it, or is he going to just trust his good buddies McCain and Kennedy?

I'm starting to think I woke up this morning in an alternate universe!

[Paleo Conservative]

Unfortunately Sen. Hutchison will probably support whatever immigration bill is sent to the Senate floor. I heard her throw in a line about needing to pass immigration reform legislation in her current stock speech.

[Sprite518]

Guys we have got to flood the Senate. I have already made a phone call to the RNC. I have also emailed 6 Republican RINOS. Basically saying, “No to Amnesty....we are voting you out....”

[johnny7]

If you listened carefully last night, you could sense that was the case... but they never came out and stated it that way. The DBM is gung-ho for amnesty... or anything else that will destroy the Republic. They’ll be the last ones to ever tell the sheeple the truth.

[NVDave]

Oh, I’ve seen this trick before.

This is vintage Harry Reid.

You folks who are just getting to know Dusty Harry from the one-whore town of Searchlight, NV, haven’t seen this tactic before. We here in Nevada have, especially when Harry wants to cut a land deal. Harry would wait until the closing hours of a Congressional session, then slip in some legislation that you couldn’t see online (or anywhere else), call for a voice vote, get it passed, then have some people in the House slip it in as a rider onto some other last-minute measure and wha-la, we’d end up with a new “wilderness area”, the boundaries of which were set after the end of the session of Congress — like weeks later.

This is how the Black Rock Desert was put off-limits, for starters.

The last-minute voice vote with suspended rules is another of Harry’s classic tricks. This way, there is no indication as to how many people were there, who voted for it, etc.

[OneLoyalAmerican]

May 18, 2007

Subject: Immigration

Dear Congresscritter,

This is absolutely shameless behavior. Just what part of illegal don’t you folks in Washington understand?

Seal the borders. Enforce the law.

Sincerely,
OLA

[Moonman62]

The Enron guys got thrown in jail for doing things behind closed doors. We need Sarbanes-Oxley to apply to Congress.

[TomGuy]

Senate sources tell RedState that the bill probably will not be online in its final form until *after* the Senate has voted on it.

Last session, they did similar. After Specter's committee voted to approve it, they added a few extra amendments at the last minute. Few, if any, Senators actually read the whole bill before they voted on it.

When it got to the House, several Reps actually read it. They didn't like what they found hidden in the fine print or buried deep in the 700+ page document.

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.

[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.

[JasonC]

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