Posted on 06/16/2007 12:06:08 AM PDT by parousia
WASHINGTON -- Architects of a revived immigration compromise are directing an intense behind-the-scenes bargaining effort to round up enough votes among wavering Republicans to keep it alive. Senate leaders' announcement Thursday that they would allow the bill a second chance came after getting assurances from key negotiators that they could produce enough support to steer the measure through a procedural minefield, including attempts by conservatives to block it. The fragile compromise would grant millions of illegal immigrants lawful status while tightening border security and creating new measures for weeding out illegal workers at job sites. Championed by President Bush, it has sparked an outcry among conservatives who regard it as amnesty for lawbreakers. An appearance by Bush on Capitol Hill this week to prod action on the measure _ and his subsequent OK to immediately pumping a new $4.4 billion into border security _ helped set the stage for its resurrection. But it was raw trolling for votes by key Republicans and Democrats that made the difference, said lawmakers and senior officials involved in the talks. The coalition drew up a tentative list of 22 amendments _ divided equally between the two parties _ whose consideration would give a handful of Republicans the comfort they needed to allow the bill to go forward. That would take 60 votes _ a threshold the bill missed by 15 last week, when just seven Republicans backed ending debate and moving to complete the bill. Allowing votes on the proposals "has as its goal bringing more people on board," Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, a lead Republican negotiator, said in an interview Friday.
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Deborah Burlingame, whose brother died on AA flight 77, said the staff of these legislators are being inundated with calls and feeling the pressure of citizens angry that they arent being heard. So get the phones ringing on Monday morning. We can win if we will keep up the pressure. You can find the numbers of the key senators at NUMBERS USA.com and send free faxes. DO IT Monday we still have a voice in this.
This bill is not going to fix the border, those who have read it carefully Deborah, Hugh Hewitt, Mark Levin, Shawn Hannity can point out many loopholes. There will never be a completed fence once the illegals are given citizenship (theoretically after 48 hours of a security check). INS hasnt been successful finding millions of illegals in our country 6 years after 9-11, so how will they get the manpower and ability to find 13-20 million hiding in the shadows now before giving them citizenship? Its impossible and they know it! Were being toyed with like errant school boys who get out of line.
Go to this link and put these senators on notice: http://www.numbersusa.com/faxcenter http://www.numbersusa.com/hottopic/senateaction0507.html
This steaming pile of crap called amnesty may pass the Senate but it will never get pass the house because to many congressmen are up for re-election....
And those that support this monstrosity will be looking for new jobs. The Senators that supported it will be next on the unemployment line.
Bush may go down in history as a traitor, but he won't care, he'll be living the high life in Paraguay.
I said in my email that they shouldn't pass this Amnesty bill because it will turn the U.S.A. into a 3rd world socialist hell hole
like Venezuela or Mexico with the same poverty, loss of jobs, oppression, starvation and diseases that always are inherently part of a socialist state.
They want to turn the U.S.A into a socialist Venezuela or a 3rd world country:
From the Washington Times:Bill permits 193 million more aliens
I just copied each paragraph block of emails and pasted it to my yahoo email "to:" box, one of those paragraph blocks of emails at a time.
And it worked.If your email says too many in the to: field just cut a few names off. But it will probably be short enough.
tom_ingram@alexander.senate.gov,david_morgenstern@alexander.senate.gov,scot_montrey@alexander.senate.gov,lee_pitts@alexander.senate.gov,sean_conway@allard.senate.gov,charles_cogar@allard.senate.gov,laura_condeluci@allard.senate.gov,steve_wymer@allard.senate.gov,maryjane_collipriest@bennett.senate.gov,
mark_morrison@bennett.senate.gov,emily_christensen@bennett.senate.gov,brian_klippenstein@bond.senate.gov,kara_smith@bond.senate.gov,shana_marchio@bond.senate.gov,glen_chambers@brownback.senate.gov,brian_robertson@brownback.senate.gov,john_rankin@brownback.senate.gov,brian_hart@brownback.senate.gov,
blake_brickman@bunning.senate.gov,kim_dean@bunning.senate.gov,mike_reynard@bunning.senate.gov,alicia_peterson-clark@burr.senate.gov,alicia_petersonclark@burr.senate.gov,Natasha_hickman@burr.senate.gov,laura_caudell@burr.senate.gov,mark_williams@burr.senate.gov,charlie_harmon@chambliss.senate.gov,monty_philpot@chambliss.senate.gov,
annelaurie_waters@chambliss.senate.gov,Angie_Lundberg@Chambliss.Senate.gov,Lindsay_mabry@chambliss.senate.gov,jenny_manley@cochran.senate.gov,ta_hawks@cochran.senate.gov,margaret_wicker@cochran.senate.gov,margaret_mcphillips@cochran.senate.gov,Jennifer_lowe@coleman.senate.gov,lucia_lebens@coleman.senate.gov,
lorianne_moss@coleman.senate.gov,tom_steward@coleman.senate.gov,tom_stewart@coleman.senate.gov,leroy_coleman@coleman.senate.gov,steve_abbott@collins.senate.gov,Marybeth_carozza@collins.senate.gov,jane_alonso@collins.senate.gov,elissa_davidson@collins.senate.gov,jen_burita@collins.senate.gov,
kevin_kelley@collins.senate.gov,todd_womack@corker.senate.gov,paul_palagyi@corker.senate.gov,laura_lefler@corker.senate.gov,peter_olson@cornyn.senate.gov,russ_thomasson@cornyn.senate.gov,chip_roy@judiciary.senate.gov,matthew_johnson@judiciary.senate.gov,Ramona_mcgee@judiciary.senate.gov,brian_walsh@cornyn.senate.gov,
don_stewart@cornyn.senate.gov,john_drogin@cornyn.senate,mike_ware@craig.senate.gov,brooke_roberts@craig.senate.gov,travis_jones@craig.senate.gov,dan_whiting@craig.senate.gov,peter_fischer@crapo.senate.gov,pete_fischer@crapo.senate.gov,Kenneth_flanz@crapo.senate.gov,staci_lancaster@crapo.senate.gov,susan_wheeler@crapo.senate.gov,
bret_bernhardt@demint.senate.gov,matt_hoskins@demint.senate.gov,Wesley_denton@demint.senate.gov,greg_gross@dole.senate.gov,al_garesche@dole.senate.gov,ryan_meyers@dole.senate.gov,Katie_norman@dole.senate.gov,steve_bell@domenici.senate.gov,edward_hild@domenici.senate.gov,
chris_gallegos@domenici.senate.gov,tara_shaw@domenici.senate.gov,john_lopez@ensign.senate.gov,pam_thiessen@ensign.senate.gov,tory_mazzola@ensign.senate.gov,jack_finn@ensign.senate.gov,don_tatro@ensign.senate.gov,flip_mcconnaughey@enzi.senate.gov,randi_reid@enzi.senate.gov,coy_knobel@enzi.senate.gov,
elly_pickett@enzi.senate.gov,wendy_gnehm@enzi.senate.gov,richard_perry@lgraham.senate.gov,jennifer_olson@lgraham.senate.gov,jen_olson@lgraham.senate.gov,wes_hickman@lgraham.senate.gov,kevin_bishop@lgraham.senate.gov,david_young@grassley.senate.gov,kolan_davis@grassley.senate.gov,
jill_kozney@grassley.senate.gov,beth_pellett_levine@grassley.senate.gov,joel_maiola@gregg.senate.gov,nancy_perkins@gregg.senate.gov,christopher_gahan@gregg.senate.gov,erin_rath@gregg.senate.gov,louann_linehan@hagel.senate.gov,paul_kong@hagel.senate.gov,steve_taylor@hagel.senate.gov,mike_buttry@hagel.senate.gov,jordan_stark@hagel.senate.gov,patricia_knight@hatch.senate.gov,
jace_johnson@hatch.senate.gov,chris_campbell@hatch.senate.gov,bill_castle@hatch.senate.gov,peter_carr@hatch.senate.gov,marc_short@hutchison.senate.gov,matthew_acock@hutchison.senate.gov,james_christoferson@hutchison.senate.gov,jamie_loftus@hutchison.senate.gov,
geoff_embler@hutchison.senate.gov,beto_cardenas@hutchison.senate.gov,glenn_powell@inhofe.senate.gov,aloysius_hogan@inhofe.senate.gov,ryan_thompson@inhofe.senate.gov,john_bonsell@inhofe.senate.gov,heath_garrett@isakson.senate.gov,glee_smith@isakson.senate.gov,michael_quiello@isakson.senate.gov,
joan_kirchner@isakson.senate.gov,tim_glazewski@kyl.senate.gov,elizabeth_maier@kyl.senate.gov,Stephen_higgins@judiciary.senate.gov,joe_matal@judiciary.senate.gov,lucy_murfitt@kyl.senate.gov,Andrew_wilder@kyl.senate.gov,bret_boyles@lott.senate.gov,jim_sartucci@lott.senate.gov,
susan_irby@lott.senate.gov,nick_simpson@lott.senate.gov,hugh_gamble@lott.senate.gov,mitch_waldman@lott.senate.gov,marty_morris@lugar.senate.gov,chris_geeslin@lugar.senate.gov,joe_odonnell@lugar.senate.gov,Shellie_bressler@lugar.senate.gov,andy_fisher@lugar.senate.gov,john_little@martinez.senate.gov,michael_zehr@martinez.senate.gov,ken_lundberg@martinez.senate.gov,
ann_begeman@mccain.senate.gov,eileen_mcmenamin@mccain.senate.gov,andrea_jones@mccain.senate.gov,lee_dunn@mccain.senate.gov,chris_paul@mccain.senate.gov,joe_donoghue@mccain.senate.gov,richard_fontaine@mccain.senate.gov,billy_piper@mcconnell.senate.gov,scott_raab@mcconnell.senate.gov,
robert_steurer@mcconnell.senate.gov,julie_adams@mcconnell.senate.gov,donna_murray@murkowski.senate.gov,Isaac_edwards@murkowski.senate.gov,danielle_holland@murkowski.senate.gov,kristin_pugh@murkowski.senate.gov,Jackie_cottrell@roberts.senate.gov,mike_seyfert@roberts.senate.gov,Jennifer_swenson@roberts.senate.gov,
sarah_little@roberts.senate.gov,molly_mueller@roberts.senate.gov,rick_dearborn@sessions.senate.gov,alan_hanson@sessions.senate.gov,cindy_hayden@sessions.senate.gov,charles_campbell@sessions.senate.gov,michael_brumas@sessions.senate.gov,emily_mathis@sessions.senate.gov,laura_friedel@shelby.senate.gov,
anne_caldwell@shelby.senate.gov,katie_boyd@shelby.senate.gov,john_easton@gsmith.senate.gov,rob_epplin@gsmith.senate.gov,rc_hammond@gsmith.senate.gov,beth_stewart@gsmith.senate.gov,dan_knezevic@gsmith.senate.gov,lori_prater@gsmith.senate.gov,john_richter@snowe.senate.gov,ray_krncevic@snowe.senate.gov,jake_ward@snowe.senate.gov,
david_snepp@snowe.senate.gov,ginny_worrest@snowe.senate.gov,scott_hoeflich@specter.senate.gov,thomas_dower@specter.senate.gov,seema_singh@specter.senate.gov,seema_singh@judiciary.senate.gov,george_lowe@stevens.senate.gov,karina_waller@stevens.senate.gov,
aaron_saunders@stevens.senate.gov,courtney_boone@stevens.senate.gov,steven_wackowski@stevens.senate.gov,paul_collins@sununu.senate.gov,mike_orielly@sununu.senate.gov,michael_oreilly@sununu.senate.gov,barbara_riley@sununu.senate.gov,m_zabel@thune.senate.gov,matthew_zabel@thune.senate.gov,
david_schwietert@thune.senate.gov,kyle_downey@thune.senate.gov,jessica_ferguson@thune.senate.gov,kyle_ruckert@vitter.senate.gov,tonya_newman@vitter.senate.gov,wendy_fleming@vitter.senate.gov,joel_digrado@vitter.senate.gov,mac_abrams@vitter.senate.gov,phil_park@voinovich.senate.gov,george_callas@voinovich.senate.gov,
doug_dziak@voinovich.senate.gov,chris_paulitz@voinovich.senate.gov,ann_loomis@warner.senate.gov,chris_yianilos@warner.senate.gov,angela_stewart@warner.senate.gov,conrad_schatte@warner.senate.gov,john_ullyot@warner.senate.gov,
They want to turn the U.S.A into a socialist Venezuela or a 3rd world country:
From the Washington Times:Bill permits 193 million more aliens
...well they’re going to need someone to vote for them when the rest of us won’t - why not newly legalized citizens?
According to the Founders, we now have the right to abolish said government.
You bring the guillotines, I'll bring the pikes!
Texas will be Paraguay if President Arbusto gets his way.
And now I can't believe I supported (sometimes violently) that piece of globalist sh*t in 2000 and 2004.
I was hoodwinked by Bush Inc. and Karl Rove.
Never again, never again.
El Presidente will be having steaks on the grill each evening while the rest of us will be left wondering what the hell happened???
Just say NO to Illegal Alien Amnesty!! Keep calling!! Its NOT OVER!!
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I thought they had already made the movie, “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels”.
It’s not just republicans that are steamed; it’s democrats too. It’s a lot of people. Interesting that we now have a united interest. I hope we get rid of all the jerks up in Congress. We don’t need them. We don’t need that President or the people he fronts for.
I also say stop paying your taxes. With no money; they can’t operate. It’s the only way that I know of.
Too many? Because each House seat is a 2-year term, ALL 435 members of the House of Representatives are up for re-election in 2008. We’ve got to hold their feet to the fire. No shamnesty!
I have seen this quote several times, and I think Lott is being misquoted. I think he said, Talk radio is ruining America. We have to deal with that problem.
Stop paying taxes...hale Mary pass on that bud...we need to give ‘em hell within the sidelines.......
I agree...heet up their seats!
Very good e mail list you got going there.
“I also say stop paying your taxes. With no money; they cant operate. Its the only way that I know of”.
...I would fully support such a measure if I thought it could work, which it would’nt. It would be like standing at the edge of the pool promising each other you’ll jump in on the count of 3. Then you jump in and your friend is standing there.
Let it never be said that our Government Masters respond to the will of the people.
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