Posted on 06/24/2013 2:20:14 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
To be more specific, they’re voting on the bill plus the Corker/Hoeven amendment. My prediction: 72 yes votes, despite the phony border-security “triggers” and despite the fact that the bill now reeks of “Cornhusker Kickback”-style buyoffs to bring fencesitting Republicans on board. No matter. Schumer’s goal was 70 and I expect he’ll get it, which will help him with his exciting new “there’ll be mass demonstrations if the House doesn’t pass this thing” talking point.
Did you know that amnesty for illegals is a “civil rights” issue? You do now:
“This has the potential of becoming the next major civil rights movement. I could envision in the late summer or early fall if Boehner tries to bottle the bill up or put something in without a path to citizenship — if there’s no path to citizenship, there’s not a bill — but if he tries to bottle it up or do things like that, I could see a million people on the Mall in Washington,” Schumer said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
Schumer said business leaders, evangelical leaders and CEOs of high tech companies would join the public call for action by the House on immigration.
He’s kidding himself if he thinks that summer will bring pressure on the House to pass, rather than kill, the bill, but never mind that......
(Excerpt) Read more at hotair.com ...
Do these people want to retire in peace and quiet?
Is Chuck Schumer going to bring 1 million illegals marching into Nebraska?
Surely Deb Fischer has some wealthy patriot backers who can trash all the traitors on the plains. TV buys are cheap in small states. Jon Tester wants to stop citizens United. He will awaken it by voting for this amnesty.
Manchin wants to talk gun control while the GOP Senators have a civil war for the rest of the year. The GOP base is united against amnesty.
Don't know and it does not matter.
Conservative Pro-gun Toomey not only voted for gun control but pushed for the universal background check which he co-wrote with fellow useful idiot Manchin.
Club For Growth pro business Toomey voted to raise taxes.
Tea Party small govt. Toomey has voted repeatedly to increase the size of gubment.
Arlen Toomey must be removed!
What’s really bad is that I find myself rooting for the Russians in Syria. Assad is better than the heinous animals our tax money is sending weapons to. I don’t know what to do about July 4th because I don’t think I can fly an American flag at this point, and I sure as heck don’t want to shoot off fireworks celebrating the death of my country.
Conservatives don’t typically have protests; we’re all too busy working so we can pay our taxes that go to wasteful projects like arming the Syrians who are butchering Christians and say they’re coming after us when they’re done in Syria. But we have to do something. I think the most patriotic thing I could do to observe Independence Day would be to protest.
I’m finding myself rooting for the Russians a lot these days.
sickoflibs has an explanation. Ayotte voted against background checks for gun buyers and then Dems bussed in mothers of victims in the New England school shooting. So her penance was to vote for amnesty.
Need I say, if amnesty becomes law, all the things Ayotte said she believed in will mean nothing.
Clinton’s impeachment trial should have put all patriots on alert that the government is not our friend and in fact does not consider we the people to be the sovereigns.
Our Savior on the day of his crucifixion uttered the words, “It is finished”. How appropriate. We are finished.
I ditto your sentiments and extend it to the youth of America who support these idiots ... including my own son. They vote for this crap so let them deal with it. I will be long and gone when it really gets bad. Here I am scrimping and saving to hopefully leave something behind for my son’s inheritance and yet he supports Obama. F him as well.
“Our only hope lies in the House to stop this bill. call Congress”
Do NOT hold your breath.
Amen my fellow Pennsultuckian!
Hey, let’s give him credit for this anyway. I don’t like the gun-grab anymore than you.
Phoenix police Officer Daryl Raetz, 29, was killed as he processed a DUI scene near 51st and Cambridge avenues at about 3:30 a.m. May 19, 2013.
Killed by an Illegal Immigrant “Dreamer” who had been deported ONCE already, had been arrested previously and given bail and SKIPPED, then re-entered the Country (felony) and now an officer is DEAD.
Jesus Cabrera Molina, Illegal Immigrant, Police officer killer.
Let’s see, 30 million new illegals, that should equate to another trillion a year in debt. Nothing to see, move along.
Barry Obama, re: gun control, ‘if it saves one child’s life we have a responsibility to act’.
Follow your logic Barry. Thousands of Americans including Agent Brian Terry, would be alive if we ENFORCED OUR BORDER.
Damn WICKER!!!
No problem. Can't take anything for granted with him.
Update from michellemalkin.com Alexander voted late YES to make 15 GOP traitors and 68 total YES votes. Come on, Lamar, they had well over 60. Trying to rub it in, or get credit for your vote to cash in?
Final cloture vote: 68-32. (Update: Vote was held open for late-comers delayed by travel problems. Lamar Alexander parachuted in to vote…yes…with the open-borders mob. Rand Paul voted no.)
Regroup, re-energize, and keep calling your senators and your House reps.
The 15 shamnesty Republicans:
Corker
Alexander
Ayotte
Chiesa
Collins
Flake
Graham
Hatch
Heller
Hoeven
Kirk
McCain
Murkowski
Rubio
Wicker
“If our only hope ends up being the crying Oompaloompa, we are finished.”
Got that right! If you’re stuck counting on the orange menace, you’re in a world of hurting.
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