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Immigration deal survives GOP threat (barring felons amendment fails, rival amendment passes 66-32)
AP on Yahoo ^ | 6/6/07 | Julie Hirschfeld Davis - ap

Posted on 06/06/2007 10:12:52 AM PDT by NormsRevenge

WASHINGTON - A bipartisan immigration bill narrowly survived a potentially fatal challenge on Wednesday when the Senate turned back a Republican bid to limit the illegal immigrants who could gain lawful status.

The close vote on a proposal by Sen. John Cornyn (news, bio, voting record), R-Texas, to bar felons — including those court-ordered to be deported — from legalization reflected the delicate position of the contentious immigration bill, which remains under threat from the right and the left.

The vote was 51-46 against the amendment. Democrats succeeded in sucking support from Cornyn's proposal by winning adoption of a rival version that would bar a more limited set of criminals, including certain gang members and sex offenders, from gaining legalization. The Senate backed that amendment 66-32.

Cornyn had painted his effort as a key vote for any presidential candidate — a sign of the degree to which the contentious debate is bleeding over into the GOP campaign fray.

The amendment "is a defining issue for those who seek the highest office in the land to demonstrate their respect for the rule of law and to demonstrate their desire to return law and order to our immigration system," Cornyn said.

Sen. John McCain (news, bio, voting record), R-Ariz., alone among his party's presidential aspirants in backing the immigration measure, opposed Cornyn's bid and backed the Democratic alternative offered by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass.

Sen. Charles Schumer (news, bio, voting record), D-N.Y., called Cornyn's measure "a stealth, Trojan horse amendment to kill the bill."

Kennedy, an architect of the bill, said it "would exclude hundreds of thousands from the benefits in this bill and undermine the bipartisan compromise that (senators) worked so long and so hard to produce."


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21 posted on 06/06/2007 10:23:19 AM PDT by gubamyster
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To: NormsRevenge
It appears that Senator Kennedy does not understand the role of government in making and enforcing the law.
22 posted on 06/06/2007 10:23:22 AM PDT by rabscuttle385 (Sic Semper Tyrannis * WAHOO WA! * Allen for Senator from VA * Fred Thompson for President)
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To: NormsRevenge

46 for the amendment. Think we can count on them to support a filibuster?


23 posted on 06/06/2007 10:24:31 AM PDT by Greg F (<><)
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To: Spruce

They seem to have an exceptionally strong core of supporters for this stupid bill.

Time to phone Congress and the GOP HQ yet again...


24 posted on 06/06/2007 10:25:26 AM PDT by AFPhys ((.Praying for President Bush, our troops, their families, and all my American neighbors..))
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To: NormsRevenge
Folks we are ROYALLY SCREWED!! Yes, this hideous illegal bill is going to pass with flying colors!! There is NOTHING you folks can do....Absolutely NOTHING!! I fear for my grandchildren!
25 posted on 06/06/2007 10:25:51 AM PDT by RoseofTexas
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To: NormsRevenge
Immigration deal survives GOP threat (barring felons amendment fails, rival amendment passes 66-32)

That is great news for Michael Delatorre err...Ricardo Contreras.

click here to read article


26 posted on 06/06/2007 10:26:21 AM PDT by Boston Blackie
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To: ANGGAPO
"It’s hard to believe but the Democrats and the RINO’s are going to sell our country to Mexico."

They're not really selling it to Mexico. It's only those 18 Mexican families with all the power and $, plus our elites and Canada's who will be the recipients of their benevolence.

27 posted on 06/06/2007 10:26:26 AM PDT by penowa (NO more Bushes; NO more Clintons EVER!)
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To: NormsRevenge

Is the roll call up yet? I really want to know who those 46 Senators who voted against Cornyn are.


28 posted on 06/06/2007 10:26:52 AM PDT by savedbygrace (SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
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To: NormsRevenge

Ted Kennedy and Co. is enabling millions of Americans to know how Mary Jo’s family must have felt.


29 posted on 06/06/2007 10:27:09 AM PDT by gas0linealley
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To: RoseofTexas

They will kill it in the House, Rose, if it doesn’t die a deserved death in the Senate. God Bless Texas!


30 posted on 06/06/2007 10:27:56 AM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (The road to victory in Iraq is through Iran.)
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To: ANGGAPO
It’s hard to believe but the Democrats and the RINO’s are going to sell our country to Mexico.

It is heartbreaking to witness the likely destruction of our Republic at the hands of utterly vile and corrupt politicians. All the calls have been made, there is nothing we can do it seems.

31 posted on 06/06/2007 10:28:16 AM PDT by sand88 (q)
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To: Greg F

Thursday when Reid tries for cloture we will see what happens. He needs 60 votes to cut off debate. The amendment defeated would have denied amnesty to the 600,000 illegals who have already gone through our legal system, and have been ordered deported. The amendment passed cuts that down to only sex offenders and gang bangers. The thiefs, armed robbers, and violent muggers would still get amnesty under this bill.


32 posted on 06/06/2007 10:28:58 AM PDT by milwguy
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To: paddles
Wow. I keep hearing from conservatives like Freddy "The Beetle" Barnes that this is a good bill.

Fred Barnes is a conservative?

33 posted on 06/06/2007 10:29:02 AM PDT by Hugin (Mecca delenda est.)
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To: NormsRevenge
A bipartisan immigration bill narrowly survived a potentially fatal challenge

Oh, the sheer drama of it all! I'm on pins and needles, just trying to figure out how it will all end! < /s >

34 posted on 06/06/2007 10:29:34 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: savedbygrace

YEAs -—46
Alexander (R-TN)
Allard (R-CO)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bennett (R-UT)
Bond (R-MO)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burr (R-NC)
Byrd (D-WV)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Cochran (R-MS)
Coleman (R-MN)
Collins (R-ME)
Conrad (D-ND)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
Dole (R-NC)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Grassley (R-IA)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hatch (R-UT)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Lott (R-MS)
McConnell (R-KY)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Nelson (D-FL)
Nelson (D-NE)
Roberts (R-KS)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Smith (R-OR)
Snowe (R-ME)
Stevens (R-AK)
Sununu (R-NH)
Tester (D-MT)
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter (R-LA)
Warner (R-VA)

NAYs -—51
Akaka (D-HI)
Bayh (D-IN)
Biden (D-DE)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Brown (D-OH)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Clinton (D-NY)
Craig (R-ID)
Dodd (D-CT)
Domenici (R-NM)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Graham (R-SC)
Hagel (R-NE)
Harkin (D-IA)
Inouye (D-HI)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Kohl (D-WI)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Lieberman (ID-CT)
Lincoln (D-AR)
Lugar (R-IN)
Martinez (R-FL)
McCain (R-AZ)
McCaskill (D-MO)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murray (D-WA)
Obama (D-IL)
Pryor (D-AR)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Salazar (D-CO)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schumer (D-NY)
Specter (R-PA)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Webb (D-VA)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wyden (D-OR)
Not Voting - 2
Coburn (R-OK)
Johnson (D-SD)


35 posted on 06/06/2007 10:30:47 AM PDT by Spruce
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Who on here doesn’t believe this shamnesty isn’t another step toward the NAU?


36 posted on 06/06/2007 10:31:10 AM PDT by processing please hold (Duncan Hunter '08) (ROP and Open Borders-a terrorist marriage and hell's coming with them)
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To: RoseofTexas
"I fear for my grandchildren!"

Unless you're in your late 70's or suffering from some form of terminal disease, better start worrying for yourself first.

37 posted on 06/06/2007 10:31:50 AM PDT by penowa (NO more Bushes; NO more Clintons EVER!)
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To: freekitty
>Kennedy sure must hate America. He is so guilty. I can’t imagine how a person that let a girl die is allowed to destruct America.<

Bush sure must hate America. He is so guilty. I can’t imagine how a person that is our President is allowed to destruct America.

What is wrong with the American citizens?

38 posted on 06/06/2007 10:32:09 AM PDT by B4Ranch (Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.)
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To: Lurker
I can’t wait for McVain to answer that question. I have always thought McVain was by far the worst of those running for the GOP nomination.
39 posted on 06/06/2007 10:33:24 AM PDT by MBB1984
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation
They will kill it in the House, Rose, if it doesn’t die a deserved death in the Senate. God Bless Texas!,

I pray you are right. I believe powerful evil forces are working to push this bill through. I can't see how we survive the passage of this bill. We know exactly what the Founders would do when faced with this outright assault on our Constitution and way of life. We will fail our descendants. If this bill passes and is signed it will be the darkest day in the history of our Republic. Nothing will be able to stem the invasion of illegals.

40 posted on 06/06/2007 10:33:38 AM PDT by sand88 (q)
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