OH, YES WE ARE!!!
Posted on 06/06/2007 10:02:57 PM PDT by doug from upland
Moment of truth for US immigration bill (Reid calls for Thursday morning cloture vote)
AFP on Breitbart.com ^ | 6/7/07 | AFP
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1846256/posts
Posted on 06/06/2007 10:22:11 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
A landmark attempt to reform US immigration laws and grant a path to citizenship for around 12 million illegal immigrants faces its most crucial test yet in a moment of high political drama Thursday.
Democratic Senate Majority leader Harry Reid has scheduled a device known as a cloture vote on limiting time for debate on the package, in an effort to force it through the Senate this week.
Republicans, many of whom are under intense pressure from conservative supporters over the bill, have however complained that Reid’s move would thwart a sheaf of amendments they wish to debate, and want more time.
Reid needs 60 votes to move the bill forward in the closely divided Senate. He has said he would shelve the legislation if the cloture vote fails.
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Republican Senator Jeff Sessions, who opposes much of the bill’s content, said support for the measure was beginning to fade.
“I think enthusiasm is waning for the legislation,” Sessions told reporters.
“If it goes through, it is going to be limping through without the kind of momentum it started out with.”
WRITE! WRITE! WRITE! WRITE! TILL YOU RUN OUT OF INK IN YOUR PEN!
Bombard the Democrats as well, especially the ones that ran on an anti illegal immigration plank and the ones in marginal districts who could be vulnerable. keep pounding on them. This is a bipartisan issue not a Conservative or Liberal issue BUT AN AMERICAN issue.
WOO HOO!!!
Drudge is in bed. This has to be Breitbart.
In unrelated news....I’m reading the story on Drudge about Cali residents being told not to take showers because of drought.
Yeah, we should allow more millions into the U.S. Only this time let’s add an amendment to this bill that they are required to bring their own bottled water. Problem solved.
If you believe that, I have a bridge in Brooklyn for sale. Tha fat lady hasn’t sung and when she does, they will write another opera.
Their is a chance the bill might fail due to Republicans’ desire to offer more amendments. Even if it does fail a motion to recommit can be filed to send it to the Judiciary Committee for further consideration or bring it back in another form on the Senate floor.
We wouldn’t have a water problem here if 5 million people who don’t belong in California went home.
Ping, for when you get up.
These people who vote for this garbage should IMO prepare for their political retirement.
KILL THE BILL
-Reid has told people that he doesn’t think he has the votes for cloture. If we keep pushing, this thing will die in the Senate.
-Numbers USA membership is up 50% in the last month alone, I believe the numbers stated were: They initially started with 20,000 members, and now have a membership of over 200,000. When they put out a request for people to contact a particular member of the Senate recently, he said he got a phone call within a half hour asking him to “call off his dogs” from a very distraught staff member.
-Congressman Tancredo was practically falling over himself trying to congratulate and thank the members of “the movement” for their tenacity and all that we’ve done for this.
-If we manage to kill this thing where it stands, right now, in the Senate...the probability that we will see the same bill again any time in the near future is low....but if we allow this thing to get through the Senate, even if it dies in the House....we will have to fight this battle every year, until they squeeze it past us.
Agreed.
We kill this now, then we have a fighting chance to finally enforce our immigration laws. In ‘08. Provided we pick the right guy and get him elected.
In pajamas, I trust.
If the People lead, the leaders will eventually follow...
I want you to know I fully intend to take my shower, but being the good California citizen that I am, I will allow my 4 pound Yorky to shower in the rear at the same time to save water and to prevent him from going down the drain.
Yep. I’’m just wondering how many people reading Drudge’s headlines back to back are making just that same connection.
Los Angeles residents were urged on Wednesday to take shorter showers....
You weren't even close.
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