It's full of Amnesty talking points, like "immigrants who play by the rules," etc., but does offer a glimmer of hope "I am hopeful that substantive improvements can be made to this bill; however, if they are not, this bill will fail and I will vote against it.”
This could just be a CYA press release designed to silence his phones, but we must continue to fight and to remind him that any bill passed before our existing laws are enforced will destroy America - and that any amendment that passes will be killed in committee (see Lott).
Pick a fence-sitter an hammer them over then next few days.
Hope.
He used an awful lot of words to convey the thought: I weaseled.
Cough...hack....choke...
“Pick a fence-sitter an hammer them over then next few days.”
YES...
Mark Krikorian:
“The second, and final, cloture vote is coming Thursday (that will be to end debate and proceed to a final vote on the bill itself), and only five votes need to shift from Yes to No to stop it. That seems like a good bet, with good candidates for switching including Brownback, Bond, Ben Nelson, Ensign, Burr, and Gregg. If they thought they’d gotten a lot of calls and faxes before, ...”
THE FENCE-SITTER LIST - the list of anti-cloture (early June) to pro-cloture (today) switchers:
Bennett (R-UT)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Bond (R-MO)
Boxer (D-CA)
Brownback (R-KS) [didn’t vote last time]
Burr (R-NC)
Coleman (R-MN)
Collins (R-ME)
Craig (R-ID)
Domenici (R-NM)
Ensign (R-NV)
Gregg (R-NH)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Lott (R-MS)
McConnell (R-KY)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Pryor (D-AR)
Snowe (R-ME)
Stevens (R-AK)
Warner (R-VA)
Webb (D-VA)
TEH GOP AMNESTY HALL OF SHAME:
Bennett (R-UT)
Bond (R-MO)
Brownback (R-KS)
Burr (R-NC)
Coleman (R-MN)
Collins (R-ME)
Craig (R-ID)
Domenici (R-NM)
Ensign (R-NV)
Graham (R-SC)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hagel (R-NE)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Lott (R-MS)
Lugar (R-IN)
Martinez (R-FL)
McCain (R-AZ)
McConnell (R-KY)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Snowe (R-ME)
Specter (R-PA)
Stevens (R-AK)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Warner (R-VA)
Democrats Yes
Akaka, Hawaii; Biden, Del.; Bingaman, N.M.; Boxer, Calif.; Brown, Ohio; Cantwell, Wash.; Cardin, Md.; Carper, Del.; Casey, Pa.; Clinton, N.Y.; Conrad, N.D.; Dodd, Conn.; Durbin, Ill.; Feingold, Wis.; Feinstein, Calif.; Harkin, Iowa; Inouye, Hawaii; Kennedy, Mass.; Kerry, Mass.; Klobuchar, Minn.; Kohl, Wis.; Lautenberg, N.J.; Leahy, Vt.; Levin, Mich.; Lincoln, Ark.; Menendez, N.J.; Mikulski, Md.; Murray, Wash.; Nelson, Fla.; Nelson, Neb.; Obama, Ill.; Pryor, Ark.; Reed, R.I.; Reid, Nev.; Salazar, Colo.; Schumer, N.Y.; Webb, Va.; Whitehouse, R.I.; Wyden, Ore.
Democrats No
Baucus, Mont.; Bayh, Ind.; Byrd, W.Va.; Dorgan, N.D.; Landrieu, La.; McCaskill, Mo.; Rockefeller, W.Va.; Stabenow, Mich.; Tester, Mont.
Democrats Not Voting
Johnson, S.D.
Republicans Yes
Bennett, Utah; Bond, Mo.; Brownback, Kan.; Burr, N.C.; Coleman, Minn.; Collins, Maine; Craig, Idaho; Domenici, N.M.; Ensign, Nev.; Graham, S.C.; Gregg, N.H.; Hagel, Neb.; Kyl, Ariz.; Lott, Miss.; Lugar, Ind.; Martinez, Fla.; McCain, Ariz.; McConnell, Ky.; Murkowski, Alaska; Snowe, Maine; Specter, Pa.; Stevens, Alaska; Voinovich, Ohio; Warner, Va.
Republicans No
Alexander, Tenn.; Allard, Colo.; Barrasso, Wy.; Bunning, Ky.; Chambliss, Ga.; Coburn, Okla.; Cochran, Miss.; Corker, Tenn.; Cornyn, Texas; Crapo, Idaho; DeMint, S.C.; Dole, N.C.; Enzi, Wyo.; Grassley, Iowa; Hatch, Utah; Hutchison, Texas; Inhofe, Okla.; Isakson, Ga.; Roberts, Kan.; Sessions, Ala.; Shelby, Ala.; Smith, Ore.; Sununu, N.H.; Thune, S.D.; Vitter, La.
Others Yes
Lieberman, Conn.
Others No
Sanders, Vt.
I met Judd many years ago, pre Senator days. He was Governor back then. I know now why my Dad referred to him as “Dud Gregg.” This isn’t the first time he’s screwed over the citizens of NH. NH has some of the highest electric rates in the USA. It was Gregg as Governor and Steve Merrill as AG that sold a bankrupt Seabrook Power Plant to CT Power and Gas and left NH residents continuing to foot the bill and people wonder why the Republican party is no longer in power in NH..
Gregg is a big time wage depression supporter. In the pocket of the few, not the many.
Senate is mostly corrupt, globalist, anti-American. Better count on the House.
“I am hopeful that substantive improvements can be made to this bill; however, if they are not, this bill will fail and I will vote against it.””
There are no substantive improvements to this bill that will help the H1-B situation. The massive Z1 visa program will cause a breakdown in processing of legal immigrants, will unleash 6 million family-chain-migration ‘backlog’ cases, and will hamper employer-based immigration for more than a decade.
Thus the right solution for Senator Gregg is to vote “NO” on cloture.
Note to Gregg, I grew up on the farm, I known what bull---- is.
If the current system doesn’t work then how is it they’re deporting all the illegals that they’ve been rounding up?
Liars.
That is about as logical as staying home in an election and allowing for an opposition victory to occur as a way of "sending a message" to your party.
Gregg clearly cares more for illegals than US citizens.
I called the RNC of Missouri. She told me if it is any consolation, that Bond has been getting 2100 calls a day. Still he voted the opposite. Last week I was promised he would vote No.
“designed to silence his phones”
That’s my guess. We hammered Georgia’s Senators and I believe they stood their ground on a nay cloture vote even they had helped craft this pos.
Just say NO to Illegal Alien Amnesty!! Keep calling!! It’s NOT OVER!!
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“I am hopeful that substantive improvements can be made to this bill; however, if they are not, this bill will fail and I will vote against it.””
There are no substantive improvements to this bill that will help the H1-B situation. The massive Z1 visa program will cause a breakdown in processing of legal immigrants, will unleash 6 million family-chain-migration ‘backlog’ cases, and will hamper employer-based immigration for more than a decade.
Gregg needs to be a NO VOTE ON CLOTURE.
Thus the right solution for Senator Gregg is to vote “NO” on cloture.
I was walking past Senator Gregg and a constituent in the basement hallway of the Dirksen Senate Office building and I have to say, he was the single most rude person I have ever overheard. The constituent most innocently handed him a poem she had written urging him to vote against the pending amnesty in disguise immigration bill. He threw it back in her face and said “That’s a stupid poem.” Then got on the elevator and walked off.
I have to say, as a hill staffer, I see Senators interact with their constituents all the time and I have never ever witnessed something so rude in my life.
My sympathies go out to all the New Hampshire citizens who have to endure him as their Senator. He’s just awful.