Reid was losing throughout the debate in 2007, and then tried the so-called "Clay Pigeon" approach to getting it passed, and then that fell apart on him. The votes were not in the Senate to pass amnesty in 2007, and several Dims moved to the Nay side to deflect some of the heat from their home states.
How some of those Dims would vote in 2010 is a big question.
“Reid was losing throughout the debate in 2007, and then tried the so-called “Clay Pigeon” approach to getting it passed, and then that fell apart on him.”
They are piecemealing several immigration items to gain amnesty already. One Harry Reid bill just signed in yesterday.
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This one was ‘bipartisan’ and slipped by us, just signed by Obama. This is to buy off Harry Reid’s Las Vegas interests and has bad implications all the way around.... another bureaucracy, another ‘czar’ and millions in tax dollars to promote more illegal alien visa overstays.
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