Posted on 06/23/2007 7:19:19 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The top Senate Republican negotiator on immigration said he has heard the complaints of conservative talk-radio show hosts and bloggers, and will try to change the immigration bill to accommodate them.
Sen. Jon Kyl, the Arizona Republican who wrote the bill with Democrats and the Bush administration, said he is making moves to stiffen immigration law enforcement when the Senate bill returns to the floor next week.
"All of the concerns from our constituents and some in the media have been listened to, and incorporated," said Mr. Kyl, who is drafting new provisions in an amendment he hopes to offer.
A vote to resurrect the bill, which collapsed two weeks ago when Democrats and Republicans demanded more time to pass amendments, is scheduled for Tuesday. It will require the support of 60 senators. As of yesterday, it was a close call, with opponents claiming momentum.
To rescue the bill, President Bush will need to find more support among Republicans than two weeks ago, said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat. In that last vote, 11 Democrats and one independent joined all but seven Republicans present in blocking the bill — leaving supporters 15 votes shy of the 60 needed.
"We believe this bill deserves more than 14 percent of the Republican vote. We can't do it all on our own," Mr. Reid said yesterday.
Mr. Bush is trying to oblige, making calls this week to senators urging them to support the bill. A White House spokesman declined to say who he has called or whether his list includes Democrats as well as Republicans.
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The only way to fix it is to shred it. Kill the bill.
Constituants want the bill killed.
Unless the amendment calls for the bill to be trashed, no one cares.
These sellout pigs.
All it take is to make the boobs bigger and better promises, then they'll buy it!! said, kyl to Jorge.
Not sure more change of that sort order is all that productive.
Total abandonment of the bill is a far better idea.
Senator Kyl, we have already heard your voice. The bill will fail, no matter what changes you make. And, the people of Arizona have made the decision to vote you out of office, next term.
One more thing.......you won’t be getting a Federal Bench, either. You know why? The ‘person’ who promised it to you seems to have a problem with ‘telling the truth’. Adios, amigo.
KILL THIS BILL AND DON"T LET KENNEDY BAMBOOZLE YOU AGAIN!!
Reid needs to sacrifice more Democrat seats to AMNESTY. What’s he afraid of, if this travesty is that popular. I think we know. He needs more sucker Republicans, simple as that.
Kill the AMNESTY bill, it’s bad for America.
Just say NO to Illegal Alien Amnesty!! Keep calling!! It’s NOT OVER!!
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Memo to Senator Kyl...You.re not listening closely enough. We don’t want to fix the bill, we want you to kill the bill. Period. That’s all.
Thanks.
This has got to be one of the nuttiest statements ever. This bill "deserves" 0 percent of the Republican vote. And finally Dingy Harry realizes the dems can't do ANYTHING on their own.
What a moronic suggestion.
You can stop him by influencing senators.
By the way, we are still at war and you do not impeach the commander-in-cheif.
Insane leftists call for impeachment.
Conservatives simply speak up and win in the arena of ideas.
Amen.
Actually, that's not all. Yes, Sen Kyl, we want the bill killed, but we also want a fucking wall built to stop any more illegal aliens from sneaking into the USA.
Then we want you, Sen Kyl, to go round-up all the illegal aliens you let into our Country after the last shamnesty, and deport them! They'll stay deported because this time, you built the wall that you promised last time.
Then, Sen Kyl, you can fine all the businesses that hired those illegal aliens.
And then, Sen Kyl, you can loan me your lawnmower, 'cause I'm gonna have to cut my own grass for a while ................ FRegards
Apparently the president has changed that....
They still don't git it. I am hearing 'Kill the bill'.
How are they going to change the immigration bill to accommodate that?
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