[mad_as_he$$]

The Senate is run by Reid and the majority whip. They use $$$ and the threat of being kicked off of committees to get their way. They can easily put together 50 votes and the bill will pass. it will be very close to the current form in the House. They DO NOT really care about what you think. 30 something do not face election for five years - an eternity in politics. Another 15 or so are safe becasue they are from liberal States. The balance can easily by whipped into line.

[101voodoo]

So why did the immigration reform fail so badly? Simple, people were outraged and let their thoughts be known. Only a blind man could fail to see the anger in this country over this bill. What does it do them to pass an abomination only to see a huge ground swell take them out of power and the legislation dismantled?

We can disagree whether people will let their outrage die but it sure didn’t in 1994 and this is no less and even much more of an outrage then what was going on then.