To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas; South40; Fred; stephenjohnbanker; DoughtyOne; calcowgirl; Gilbo_3
RE :”
There was a huge political backlash over it as Democrats played it up to Hispanics (Bush didnt support that House bill naturally) so House Republicans put up a ‘cave’ amendment to remove that part of the bill, and then House Democrats joined some Republicans in voting the amendment down (for obvious political reasons) leaving the Felony provision in..........
Even if the House had not removed the felony provision, the Senate, including some of our favorite RINOs, would not have passed it unless it had some kind of amnesty. Sometimes no bill is much better than “whatever we can pass.”
The party was too split to agree on a common bill.
Well things definitely got worse when Pelosi took over the congress in 2007 and GWB announced that it was an opportunity to pass real immigration reform.
“See you at the signing”
82 posted on
09/01/2011 9:55:08 PM PDT by
sickoflibs
(Over-taxed means 'paying too much in taxes', not zero taxes)
To: sickoflibs
George (See you at the bill signin') Bush is why, after 30+ years of active Republican Party politics I registered as Independent.
84 posted on
09/01/2011 10:17:08 PM PDT by
South40
(Perry: There is a path to citizenship for ILLEGAL ALIENS who have served THEIR country)
To: sickoflibs; South40; Fred; stephenjohnbanker; DoughtyOne; calcowgirl; Gilbo_3; indylindy; ...
In 2007 I don’t know how many times GWB supporters on FR chided me that the “triggers” in McCain-Kennedy were “the best we can get,” and I was going to be sorry because the Dems were going to pass amnesty with “no border security” next time.
They were wrong. The “enforcement” in the 2007 bill was a phony promise, and I still can’t believe that “conservatives” were so gullible that they would back a Kennedy amnesty bill that Reid didn’t even give senators time to read.
Some of those supporters of the GWB amnesty are now Palin and Perry supporters, but some current Palin and Perry supporters fought against the 2007 amnesty.
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