Bill to help some illegal immigrants may be doomed
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The Senate is expected Thursday to vote on whether to advance similar legislation, but it’s unlikely Democrats can muster the 60 votes needed to advance it past opposition by Republicans and a handful of their own members.
“It’s an uphill struggle,” Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 Democrat, acknowledged.
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Their pleas did little to move firm Republican opposition.
“It is not being cold-hearted to acknowledge that every dollar spent on illegal immigrants is one dollar less that’s spent on our own children, our own senior citizens and for all those who entered this society who played by the rules, who paid their taxes and expect their government to watch out for their needs before it bestows privileges and scarce resources on illegals,” said Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif.
Hurray for the oft times schizophrenic Rohrbacher!
The argument against this is so easy.
“Should the gov take money away from our seniors and children to give to illegal aliens during this economic crisis?”
Very encouraging. Looks like I'll get eight hours of sleep tonight, after all.
Thank you Starwise!