Redstate: Tactic by Cornyn, DeMint, Dole, Enzi Procedurally Doomed Immigration Bill

redstate.com ^ | 6/8/07 | "Bluey"

[Jacksonville Patriot]

Four Senators Who Deserve Our Thanks Cornyn, DeMint, Dole and Enzi By Bluey

Last night's defeat of the immigration bill came after three weeks of intense grassroots activism against the legislation. But this bill may not have gone up in flames had it not been for the craftiness of four Republican senators who voted with Democrat Sen. Byron Dorgan to sunset the temporary-worker program after five years.

The "poison pill" amendment was considered a deal-breaker by supporters of the bill. Having failed by just one vote on May 24, it came up again Wednesday; only this time, four Republicans who had previously opposed it voted the opposite way. As the Washington Post notes this morning, they realized that siding with Democrats was the only way to kill the legislation.

So who are these Republicans? Senators Jim Bunning (Ky.), John Cornyn (Tex.), Jim DeMint (S.C.), Elizabeth Dole (N.C.) and Mike Enzi (Wyo.) took a stand against the immigration bill and faced tremendous pressure for doing so. They held firm, however, and deserve credit for using a crafty strategy to sink the legislation.

[HerrBlucher]

I remember Bunning and his crazy sidearm pitch well....ah the good ol days of Baseball.

Like your tagline much.....L.Ron Gore and the Church of Climatology....ROTFLMAO!

[Jack Black]

Well she (Liddy Dole) invented the 'withhold the highway funds if the states don't pass the laws we like' tactic. Which has become the biggest hammer in the arsenal of the FedGov and done much to reduce State autonomy. She is still very proud of that - because it was for a good reason (in her opinion). Ends justify the means.

Unfortunately the libs quickly learned the lesson and their uses of the funding-withold-mandate is not for such wonderful purposes.

Expect it to be a major feature in homosexual marraige end-game antics, wherein conservative states will be forced to bow down to the new orthodoxy of sodmite-rights, or lose massive federal funds.

[AIM-54]

Yes, Reid’s performance does make him look pathetic.

Lindsey “We’re just gonna tell the bigots to shudd-up” Graham should be taking a major hit here too.

[GOPJ]

She's never been stupid.

True, but smart and courageous is even better...

[Ben Ficklin]

According to other sources, Cornyn was not in the group, but Corker was.

The above 5 joined the 6 who supported the amendment the first time around. Sessions, Shelby, Sununu, Thune, Vitter, & Inhofe.

AP Article