It would muck up their plans.
Should they not take it up, perhaps Inhofe collaborate with some in the House.
Inhofe is a GREAT man, as are Sessions and DeMint!
Oklahoma is blessed with two of the best Senators in the land.
The only ones that come close are DeMint and Sessions.
Although, I must admit, Liddy Dole is growing a pair that her husband never had. She was an architect of the first downfall of this abomination of a bill.
I just received an email from Elizabeth Dole and she stands with Inhofe, Sessions, and DeMint. She is not a happy person:
Dear friend,
When it comes to amnesty for illegal aliens, Ive never paused, hesitated or stammered I say Im flat out opposed to it!
I opposed amnesty when I ran for the U.S. Senate in 2002. I fought to defeat the amnesty bill that passed the Senate in 2006. I fought tooth and nail to take down the amnesty bill that ultimately failed on Thursday.
In fact, I cast the deciding procedural vote Wednesday night that ultimately broke up the coalition of Senators who were trying to ram this bill through the Senate. (click to read article).
The immigration problem indeed raises many tough questions and I am certain that the bill Harry Reid was finally forced to pull off the Senate floor Thursday night is NOT the answer.
This legislation put the cart ahead of the horse. It rushed to legalize millions of illegal aliens that is NOT the urgent matter at hand. We must deal with the real crisis and first focus on securing our borders and enforcing our laws. We are a nation of laws its time we act like it!
Up to a million illegal aliens cross the porous southern border each year.
No immigration reform legislation will succeed not even good reform (which the Kennedy bill was NOT) unless our borders are secure.
For decades, Americans have been promised a secure border, but it hasnt happened. Consider the recent legislation that authorized 700 miles of fencing astoundingly, just TWO miles have been constructed!
Americans are rightly cynical about any promises to secure the border.
My parameters are simple: One, we must secure the border. Two, we must enforce the laws already on the books and empower law enforcement officials to do their jobs enforcing them. Then and only then we can take up immigration reform.
I must be honest with you, many of my colleagues in Congress disagree with me. And President Bush disagrees with me.
The Democrats have promised to soon bring this bad bill back to the Senate floor, and the Democrats are planning a major political assault on me for my opposition. They will use this to try to hurt me in the upcoming election.
Be assured, I will stand firmly against this bill. I dont care what the political pundits, the media, or the liberals say or think because I reject the notion that granting amnesty to millions of illegal aliens will solve our countrys out of control immigration problem. I can wage this fight as long as I know you are standing with me.
Please let me know I can count on you:
Please use this contribution button to help my campaign fight back against the attacks that are sure to come.
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Thank you so much for your help and support and thank you for your commitment to a safer, more prosperous America.
Sincerely:
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Elizabeth Dole
U. S. Senator