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[WOSG]

“Instead, the Senate passed a similar, narrower amendment that would prevent some criminals, including sex offenders and some gang members,”

*some* criminals?!?!? *some* gang members?!?!?
*some* of them get to stay in the USA and become citizens!?!?

All the Cornyn Amendment did was demand that *no* criminals with records should have the Z visa amnesty. This bill is an utter travesty!

[BurbankKarl]

Of course it survived...the fix is in. The bill will pass, it has been preordained.

[mad_as_he$$]

I this the one?

Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 1267 to S.Amdt. 1150 to to S. 1348 (Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 )

Statement of Purpose: To remove the requirement that Y-1 nonimmigrant visa holders leave the United States before they are able to renew their visa.

Alphabetical by Senator Name Akaka (D-HI), Yea Alexander (R-TN), Nay Allard (R-CO), Nay Baucus (D-MT), Yea Bayh (D-IN), Yea Bennett (R-UT), Nay Biden (D-DE), Yea Bingaman (D-NM), Yea Bond (R-MO), Nay Boxer (D-CA), Yea Brown (D-OH), Yea Brownback (R-KS), Nay Bunning (R-KY), Nay Burr (R-NC), Nay Byrd (D-WV), Nay Cantwell (D-WA), Yea Cardin (D-MD), Yea Carper (D-DE), Yea Casey (D-PA), Yea Chambliss (R-GA), Nay Clinton (D-NY), Nay Coburn (R-OK), Yea Cochran (R-MS), Nay Coleman (R-MN), Nay Collins (R-ME), Nay Conrad (D-ND), Yea Corker (R-TN), Nay Cornyn (R-TX), Nay Craig (R-ID), Nay Crapo (R-ID), Nay DeMint (R-SC), Nay Dodd (D-CT), Yea Dole (R-NC), Nay Domenici (R-NM), Nay Dorgan (D-ND), Nay Durbin (D-IL), Yea Ensign (R-NV), Nay Enzi (R-WY), Nay Feingold (D-WI), Yea Feinstein (D-CA), Nay Graham (R-SC), Nay Grassley (R-IA), Nay Gregg (R-NH), Nay Hagel (R-NE), Yea Harkin (D-IA), Yea Hatch (R-UT), Nay Hutchison (R-TX), Yea Inhofe (R-OK), Nay Inouye (D-HI), Yea Isakson (R-GA), Nay Johnson (D-SD), Not Voting Kennedy (D-MA), Nay Kerry (D-MA), Yea Klobuchar (D-MN), Nay Kohl (D-WI), Yea Kyl (R-AZ), Nay Landrieu (D-LA), Yea Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea Leahy (D-VT), Yea Levin (D-MI), Nay Lieberman (ID-CT), Yea Lincoln (D-AR), Yea Lott (R-MS), Nay Lugar (R-IN), Nay Martinez (R-FL), Nay McCain (R-AZ), Nay McCaskill (D-MO), Nay McConnell (R-KY), Nay Menendez (D-NJ), Yea Mikulski (D-MD), Yea Murkowski (R-AK), Nay Murray (D-WA), Yea Nelson (D-FL), Yea Nelson (D-NE), Nay Obama (D-IL), Yea Pryor (D-AR), Yea Reed (D-RI), Yea Reid (D-NV), Yea Roberts (R-KS), Nay Rockefeller (D-WV), Nay Salazar (D-CO), Nay Sanders (I-VT), Yea Schumer (D-NY), Yea Sessions (R-AL), Nay Shelby (R-AL), Yea Smith (R-OR), Nay Snowe (R-ME), Nay Specter (R-PA), Nay Stabenow (D-MI), Nay Stevens (R-AK), Nay Sununu (R-NH), Nay Tester (D-MT), Yea Thune (R-SD), Nay Vitter (R-LA), Nay Voinovich (R-OH), Nay Warner (R-VA), Nay Webb (D-VA), Nay Whitehouse (D-RI), Yea Wyden (D-OR), Yea

[sanchmo]

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/support_for_senate_immigration_bill_falls_49_prefer_no_bill_at_all

A Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Monday and Tuesday night found that:
* 23% of voters now support the bill
* 50% of voters are opposed
* 16% of voters believe it will actually reduce illegal immigration.
* Forty-nine percent (49%) of voters prefer no bill over the Senate bill. Just 32% prefer the legislative compromise over inaction
* If the current bill passes, 69% of voters say that it will “still be necessary to pass another law that focuses on securing the borders and reducing illegal immigration.”
* just 29% of Democrats support the measure while 40% are opposed
* Senator John McCain, a leading supporter of the bill, fell to fourth place in the latest Rasmussen Reports poll for the Republican Presidential nomination.
* President George W. Bush, a primary backer of the immigration legislation, saw his Job Approval ratings tumble to record lows in May as the debate heated up.
* Beltway politicians have misunderstood the public debate over immigration.... those who favor an enforcement-first policy are more likely than others to ultimately support a welcoming immigration policy.
* By a 3-to-1 margin, voters say it doesn’t make sense to consider additional laws until the government first gains control of the borders and enforces existing laws.

[Gritty]

It was defeated 51-46 when Republican Sens. ...

Larry Craig (Idaho)
Pete Domenici (N.M.)
Lindsey Graham (S.C.)
Chuck Hagel (Neb.)
Jon Kyl (Ariz.)
Richard Lugar (Ind.)
Mel Martinez (Fla.)
John McCain (Ariz.)
Arlen Specter (Pa.)
George Voinovich (Ohio)

... voted with the majority of Democrats to defeat the language.

Remember those names, folks. They need to go down in their next Primaries.

[Clintonfatigued]

This is ominous. It looks like the Senate has put together a fragile coalition that will just win a majority there.

If so, than it has to be stopped in the House.

[CT]

Poison Pill 'amendment.'

The poison is in its current form, and it will prove fatal for our dear country if it passes, or if some tyrant should try and adopt it over our heads.