Posted on 07/13/2006 12:40:04 PM PDT by WeDontKnowJack
IREY URGES MURTHA TO SUPPORT ENGLISH BALLOTS (MONONGAHELA, July 13) – Washington County Commissioner and Pennsylvania 12th district Republican Congressional nominee Diana Irey –- anticipating today’s House floor vote on extension of the Voting Rights Act –- today released the following statement: “Jack Murtha has an opportunity today to stand up for the ideal of America as the Melting Pot –- he can, during consideration of the extension of the Voting Rights Act, vote in favor of the amendment offered by Rep. Steve King of Iowa, to remove the mandate for multilingual ballots, and reaffirm the primacy of English as the language that unites us. “The voters of our congressional district will see today whether Jack Murtha believes it is right to force states and local governments to print ballots in languages other than English -– an unfunded mandate that burdens local taxpayers, divides our country, and increases the opportunities for voter error and fraud. “If ever there was a vote that could be called a ‘no-brainer,’ this is it. Only U.S. citizens are allowed to vote; and our current immigration law mandates that immigrants need to be able to demonstrate an ability to read and understand English before they can become naturalized U.S. citizens. If only citizens can vote, and immigrants are already required to learn English before they can become citizens, why should we require the production of multilingual ballots? “Jack Murtha can do the right thing today by voting for the King Amendment, and I urge him to do so.” -- 30 -- Paid for by Diana Irey for Congress www.irey.com
Thanks! I always wanted to take tap dance. ;*)
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Look, we're all getting real tired of this. Get off your butt, put down the cigarettes, and do something, newb.
Now - LOL!!!
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You guys stirred up a "newbe" last night, I see, "WeDontKnowJack". Wonder when we should zot him?
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Terribly sorry, Sailor, didn't realize that once I posted an item of interest that it was ever after my responsibility to post new items of interest!
I thought this was a self-actuating community, you know, the kind where we build and feed off each other. Like piranhas tearing into a poor fish dumb enough to get too close. :)
I didn't watch the proceedings on C-SPAN, but from the little I read on THOMAS I gather that the four amendments that were offered were not given a recorded vote until much later. Maybe the parliamentary mumbo-jumbo the acting speaker muttered was that all of the recorded votes would take place after all of the amendments were offered.
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