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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Absolutely correct! Unless you can do a background check in 24 hours on illegals, they’re “home free” as Jeff Sessions just said in the Senate — why even have one?! The government can’t do anything in 24 hours - except collect our taxes!!
They could charge $50 per ticket to be able to throw the fruit at the sellout assholes. This would pay off the deficit in no time!. I know I would buy at least 10 tickets myself.
LOL—I call hidden tax!!!!
Better yet, the one’s in the stockades should pay each thrower $50 out of their Congressional salaries.
Was it the bigots who didn’t have America’s best interest in mind who killed it? :)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-06-07-immigration-inside_N.htm
ONTIME wrote: 23m ago
IT IS NOW A POINT OF FACT, KBK+MCCAIN WAS AN ATTEMPT TO POISON THIS NATIONS FUTURE BY FRAUD, DECEPTION AND MISUSE OF OFFICE, THERE WAS NOT ONE PHRASE IN THE NO CAJONES BILL SB1348 THAT WAS NOT FRAUGHT WITH MISDIRECTION AND UNSUPPORTABLE INTENTION. JUST A HUGE PACK OF BLATANT LIES AND FLIM FLAM. THIS WAS AS CLOSE TO TREASON AS COULD BE PURPOSELY PLOTTED.
TO PUT IT MORE SUCCINCTLY, THIS WAS THE FINEST PICE OF MARXISM EVER CRAFTED BEHINDTHE CLOSE DOORS OF THE CONGRESS BY THE CONGRESSIONAL ROYALS TO DECIEVE AND DEFRAUD THIS NATION AND ESTABLISH A FEUDAL FORM OF GOVERNMENT BY THWARTING THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
AMERICA DESERVES BETTER AND IT IS TIME FOR A MAJOR POLITICAL ENEMA TO OCCUR IN THE GOVERNMENTS OF THIS COUNTRY.
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