"What, it's not dead yet!?"
Posted on 06/07/2007 6:17:38 PM PDT by cpforlife.org
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans and Democrats scrambled Thursday to salvage a fragile compromise that would legalize millions of unlawful immigrants after it suffered setbacks.
The measure, a top priority for President Bush that's under attack from the right and left, faced a crucial test vote designed to measure senators' appetite for the "grand bargain" between liberals and conservatives on immigration.
The legislation failed a similar hurdle earlier in the day, and Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., threatened that if it failed again, "the bill's over with."
Republican negotiators were working to break an impasse on a proposal that would let employers continue to handpick the high-skilled workers they want to get green cards, rather than requiring workers to qualify through a new, government-run point system.
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No, it’s not dead. Reid has yet to pull it, and McConnell is actually urging him to give it more time. Now we’ll see if the Dems want the BILL or the issue.
drudge just reported the bill was withdrawn...
Good, now drive a stake through it's freakin' heart.
Gud.
Even if the bill is dead, we’ve got to keep fighting to get the fence built and the laws enforced.
They haven’t killed the bill, they’ve only turned it into a newt.
It might “get better” and come back to strike again.
Died a short while ago, lost the second cloture 45-50.
"What, it's not dead yet!?"
What’s the problem, Jimmy W? Can’t pull a rabbit out of your hat?
Hope Drudge is right. Let them blame the Republicans. If they are smart they’ll acknowledged that they killed it and take credit for the whole thing. Americans hate this bill.
Watching these slobbering senators on CSpan is making my skin crawl.
worth repeating
Even if the bill is dead, we’ve got to keep fighting to get the fence built and the laws enforced.
Even if the bill is dead, we’ve got to keep fighting to get the fence built and the laws enforced.
Even if the bill is dead, we’ve got to keep fighting to get the fence built and the laws enforced.
Even if the bill is dead, we’ve got to keep fighting to get the fence built and the laws enforced.
Even if the bill is dead, we’ve got to keep fighting to get the fence built and the laws enforced.
Drama queens at their best.
I don’t trust em. The bill and all copies should undergo a Confetti Paper shredder process, then the pulp should be burned. For national security the ashes should then be dumped in a vat of acid, then allowed to bake dry. This should then be sealed in a steal reinforced concrete case and buried in the Los Alamos nuclear (new-cue-lur for Bushbots) waste repository.
It’s that bad for the country.
I’m just saying
LOL. The only way to effectively “withdraw” this bill is to “withdraw” both McClame and Reid.
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