Another Immigration Battle Brewing in Congress

GOPUSA/The Loft ^ | April 11, 2008 | Bobby Eberle

[Liz]

AS OF APRIL 8, 2008

NumbersUSA.com-—ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION ALERT-—force vote on SAVE Act (HR 4088)

Your faxes and phone calls during Congress’s Easter break delivered four more signers of the Discharge Petition to force a U.S. House floor vote on Rep. Heath Shuler’s SAVE Act (H.R. 4088):

SIGNERS Alaska — Rep. Young New York — Rep. Walsh Ohio — Rep. Tiberi Pennsylvania — Rep. Kanjorski

Out of 435 Members of the House, 185 have now signed the Discharge Petition (rarely used procedure to move legislation that is blocked by House leadership). But it will take 218 signers to force Speaker of the House Pelosi to bring the SAVE Act to a vote. We have 33 more signers to go (as of April 8).

Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121

Below are the Representatives identified by NumbersUSA Capitol Hill Team as the most susceptible to your urging. If your Representative is not a signer, you need to keep pushing even if he/she is not on the lists below. But the lists below contain our top possibilities, worthy of cross-district and cross-state efforts.

TOP DEMOCRAT TARGETS These are House Democrats who: won their last election with 51% or less of the vote, are co-sponsors of the SAVE Act have not signed the discharge petition

Ron Klein (FL22) Jim Marshall (GA08) Melissa Bean (IL08) Baron Hill (IN09) Patrick Murphy (PA08) Steven Kagen (WI08)

SECOND-PRIORITY DEMOCRAT TARGETS These are House Democrats who: won their last election with only 52-56% of the vote, are cosponsors of the SAVE Act have not signed the discharge petition

Leonard Boswell (IA03)- 52% Jason Altmire (PA04) - 52% Kirsten Gillibrand (NY20) – 53% Charlie Melancon (LA03)-55% Joe Sestak (PA07)-56%

Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121

PRIORITY REPUBLICAN TARGETS

About 90% of House Republicans have followed their Party Leadership’s request that they sign this Discharge Petition. These are the remaining House Republicans who have not signed the petition (as of April 8).

Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121

ALABAMA Mike Rogers (AL03)

CALIFORNIA Devin Nunes (CA21) George Radanovich (CA19)

FLORIDA Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL18) Lincoln Diaz-Balart (FL21) Mario Diaz-Balart (FL25)

IDAHO Bill Sali (ID01)

ILLINOIS Tim Johnson (IL15)

INDIANA Mark Souder (IN03)

NEW JERSEY Frank LoBiondo (NJ02) Scott Garrett (NJ05)

NEW YORK Vito Fossella (NY13) John McHugh (NY23) Thomas Reynolds (NY26) Randy Kuhl (NY29)

MICHIGAN Vernon Ehlers (MI03) Fred Upton (MI06)

MISSISSIPPI Charles Pickering (MS03)

OHIO David Hobson (OH07) Deborah Pryce (OH15)

TEXAS Ron Paul (TX14)

WASHINGTON Richard Hastings (WA04) Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA05)

WEST VIRGINIA Shelley Moore Capito (WV02)

Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121

[Delacon]

“My understanding of “E-Verify” is that you’ll have to be in the data base compiled by the feds in order to work. That’s more than troublesome. What if you’re not on their approved list?”

Troublesome? How? An antiquated and completely ineffectual system is already in place. You need 2 IDs to get a job. Unfortunately the system is laughable with fake ID technology being what it is these days. E-verify just brings the old system into the 21st century. Approved list? It isn’t like you have to qualify to work. You just have to be a citizen. I am ok with that.

[Delacon]

TY Liz. People if your rep is on that list, please contact them. The article I posted has a link at the bottom that makes it very easy for you do so.

[dennisw]

Never ever legalize these wise guys and miscreants. It’s bad enough their anchor babies are citizens and will plague this nation. So many are hoodlums and dropouts even if their illegal immigrant parents work hard

[rmlew]

Blowing smoke" is a key point. A discharge petition requires 218 signatures to bring about a floor vote. According to IBD, the current petition has 185 signatures. However, of the 49 Democrats who have cosponsored the SAVE Act, only 10 of them have signed the petition. What's going on with the other 39?
The Blue (female dogs) are lick the hand that feads them, that of Nancy Pelosi.

[Cacique]

btt

[Liz]

So glad you put up the thread-—thanks.

[org.whodat]

What if you’re not on their approved list?

BS, it amounts to no more than seeing if you have a valid social security number, and you are the only one using the number.

[EternalVigilance]

I disagree. It’s giving up liberty for the sake of security.

[HiJinx]

Ping!