Posted on 06/12/2007 12:34:51 PM PDT by Shermy
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- During a rare meeting on Capitol Hill, President Bush pushed lawmakers Tuesday to move forward on immigration legislation that he said enforces U.S. borders and workplaces.
"This is a highly emotional issue," Bush said after a luncheon with Senate Republicans.
"Now's the time to get it done. It's going to take a lot of hard work, a lot of effort."
"I believe without the bill, it's going to be harder to enforce the border," Bush said. "The status quo is unacceptable."
Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada said passing the bill is up to the Republicans, who "do not support their own president's bill."
"Eighty percent of the Democrats support this immigration bill. We've done our job," Reid said. "I don't have to twist an arm. I don't have to pull anybody into a room."
.... "Frankly, I think the president is wrong to push this piece of legislation so hard after we demonstrated the flaws that are in it," Sessions said. "He needs to back off."
...Georgia Republicans Sens. Johnny Isakson and Saxby Chambliss sent a letter to Bush on Tuesday urging him to send an emergency supplemental spending bill to Congress to fund border security. The letter called on Bush to restore "the confidence of the American people in the federal government's commitment to border security."
The chief GOP architect of the bill, Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona, called the next few weeks the last chance for Congress to pass such legislation.
"I think all of the experts agree that thereafter we get into the presidential/political season," Kyl said. "Next year it's not going to be possible."
"I think the president understands that this is really our last best hope to get legislation through, that we just cannot sit by and do nothing."
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
You almost expect him to say something about Saving the starving Pygmies in New Guinea.
Jorge has turned into Slick Willie (without the blue dress and brains).
LIAR, LIAR Pants on Fire!
Comprehensive Immigration Reform Begins With Securing The Border. President Bush (2006 Fence Bill)
I found a quotation that I think fits the Bush’s attitude:
“Stubbornness is the strength of the weak.”
- Johann Kaspar Lavater
People may argue that Bush is not weak, but I mean in the political sense. He’s weak politically, so all he has left is to be stubborn as his only remaining way of appearing strong. Sad. I so liked this man and I still think he’s the better of any democrat, but he has really let me down.
He makes a good point...
Translation - "Nobody in their right mind would want to be associated with this turkey if they are up for election. So, we want to push it through now and hope the voters will forget about it by then!"
Ok, I know I’m not a lawyer, but don’t we have laws NOW to enforce the border and workplace?
I am a lawyer and though I can answer your question, I can’t answer one of my own, since it is a relatively obscure area that I last studied in law school, almost 20 years ago. Why can’t a group such as grassroots.org or minutemen or property owners in border states bring a lawsuit against the President and the rest of his chain of command in the executive branch that is responsible for execution of the laws passed by Congress. If memory serves, the action is called writ of mandamus, asking the Court to order the person(s) or agency(ies) responsible for carrying out legislation to mandate or order them to do their job.
Hey, there’s a concept: DO THEIR JOB! Wait ‘til they hear about this in Washington.
Somehow I get this image of Bush trying to roll a beach ball sized turd up a ten mile high mountain....
Thought we already had laws to take care of that Mr. President.
Makes me wonder what else the man has been lying about.
>>Aren’t their laws NOW that enforce the border?
I am a lawyer and though I can answer your question, I can’t answer one of my own, since it is a relatively obscure area that I last studied in law school, almost 20 years ago. Why can’t a group such as grassroots.org or minutemen or property owners in border states bring a lawsuit against the President and the rest of his chain of command in the executive branch that is responsible for execution of the laws passed by Congress. If memory serves, the action is called writ of mandamus, asking the Court to order the person(s) or agency(ies) responsible for carrying out legislation to mandate or order them to do their job.
Hey, there’s a concept: DO THEIR JOB! Wait ‘til they hear about this in Washington.
If Bush will protect the border - successfully -- for a year, we'll listen to all the other stuff.
What's the hurry?
When you posted that web address with that info on it... it all fell into place. Glenn Beck is even talking about it. No wonder Bush is pushing this. He's made a backroom deal in order to make an AmeriU. Why nobody else is talking about this is beyond me. It needs major attention. It's not an illuminati thingie... it's for real and easily proven.
The owner of the Texas Rangers was driving through Fresno, California a few years ago when he had a flat tire. He pulled over to the side of the road and saw he was next to a lunatic asylum.
Lunatics were hanging on a chain-link fence because a full moon was rising, but it was getting dark. The driver knocked over a hubcap and all the wheel-nuts rolled into the ditch & tall weeds.
No flashlight, lug-wrench in hand he swears and wails: `What am I gonna do?’
One of the human nuts hanging on the fence says,
“Hey pal, why don’t you take a nut off each of the other three wheels. That way at least you can drive slow and get into town, and then you can buy some more.”
And George W. Bush said, “That’s good advice buddy. You know, for being, well—mentally ill and everything you guys are pretty sharp!”
And he replied, “Pal, we’re crazy, not stupid.”
"Pres. Bush's meeting with Republican Senators at noon appears to be providing just the extra push that pro-amnesty leaders have wanted.
The Senate's top two Republican leaders -- McConnell (R-Ky.) and Lott (R-Miss.) -- are using this opportunity to pull 15 Republicans (of the 38 who voted against amnesty last week) back to Pres. Bush's side.
McConnell and Lott hope to get those 15 to sign off on a list of amendments they want brought up for a vote.
They hope to present that list to Democratic leader Sen. Reid (D-Nev.) by tonight!
To slow this down, please phone Republican Senators on the list below THIS MINUTE.
202-224-3121
When you think about it, the deal that Mcconnell and Lott are offering makes little sense. They are basically saying that they want the 15 Republican Senators to agree to vote for cloture in exchange for a chance to have their favorite amendments voted down.
Many of those same Senators may vote against the final bill (when it will take 50 votes to defeat it), but their promise to Bush, McConnell and Lott will be that they will vote FOR cloture (when it would take only 39 votes to defeat it).
In other words, they will vote for the amnesty in the tally where their NO vote would have the most possibility of defeating the bill.
Please call these Republicans and urge them to refuse any deal that wins their YES vote on another cloture vote.
REPUBLICANS MOST LIKELY TO SWITCH TO AMNESTY TODAY (* Senators up for re-election in 2008)
* Alexander (R-TN)
Bennett (R-UT)
* Cochran (R-MS)
* Coleman (R-MN)
* Collins (R-ME)
* Cornyn (R-TX)
* Craig (R-ID)
* Domenici (R-NM)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hatch (R-UT)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Lott (R-MS)
* McConnell (R-KY)
Murkowski (R-AK)
* Smith (R-OR)
Snowe (R-ME)
Stevens (R-AK)
* Warner (R-VA)
FROM CONGRESS DAILY THIS AFTERNOON
Secretary Tony Snow sounded a note of optimism, saying most of the major provisions have passed with more than the necessary 60 votes. "Last week's vote on cloture was opposed by a number of Republicans, not because they opposed the bill but because they opposed shutting off debate," Snow said. "They thought that it was important to consider further amendments."
To that end, Senate Republican negotiators were close to agreeing on the number of amendments they want to bring up and could present that list to Reid as early as this evening, a GOP leadership aide said today.
The negotiators will meet at 5 p.m. to craft the list, which is expected to be in the range of 10 to 20 amendments. Democrats would be allowed an equal number of amendments under the emerging deal. Th e Republican list would likely include amendments dealing with enhanced enforcement triggers, an earlier "touchback" requirement for illegal immigrants seeking legal status, and a "fix" to an amendment that passed last week by Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., to sunset the bill's guestworker program. GOP aides said if Reid accepts their debate terms, the Republican votes are there to support another cloture motion to stop a filibuster on the immigration debate. But some of the amendments, if approved, might dissolve the fragile coalition that cobbled together the compromise legislation.
Sen. Mel Martinez, R-Fla., said last week's 15-vote deficit on the failed cloture motion does not reflect the will of the Republican Party. He pointed to another vote rejecting an amendment by Sen. David Vitter, R-La., to strike the legalization provisions, which would have killed the deal. On that vote, 26 Republicans voted to sustain the immigration compromise."
Novak is a smarmy, unctuous sort but in this instance I have to agree completely, smirk be damned.
>>Before Bush’s meeting, Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, a fellow Republican, made it clear Tuesday that he would not be swayed.
“Frankly, I think the president is wrong to push this piece of legislation so hard after we demonstrated the flaws that are in it,” Sessions said. “He needs to back off.”
Sessions said Bush should help Congress “write a better bill and not push a bill that so many of us can’t support.”<<
LOL! “He needs to back off.”
Sen. Sessions, you are speaking for me, and I believe for many others. However, I don’t think Bush has the wisdom to follow your advice.
Bush WH operator to caller, “Para Espanole, marque UNO, for English, shut up and hang up you bigot!
“Sen. Sessions, you are speaking for me, and I believe for many others”
Sessions is a hero in this fight!
B U M P
WHY?
THE REAL REASON:
“What is the hidden agenda of the global companies, which evolved out of what were once great American companies?
They want a limitless supply of low-wage immigrant labor and an end to penalties for hiring illegals. They want the freedom to shut factories here and move them to nations where wages are low, benefits nonexistent and regulations lax. They want to be able to move products back to the United States free of charge. They want to be rid of their American workers, but keep their American consumers.
They want to be able to go out to Asia and hire bright kids and bring them to the United States to replace middle-age U.S. workers who cost too much. They want to be able to outsource their white-collar jobs to India at a fraction of the wages they pay Americans.
It is about globalism — and about greed. And, as the Bible says, love of money is the root of all evil. But they have a problem. The nation has begun to awaken to the reality that the vision of the global corporation and the transnational elite cannot be realized without the death of the American republic. And so they are in a fight that is long overdue.”
Pat Buchanan said it best today.
“They don’t want to enforce laws on the books. They don’t want to interfere with illegal immigration...the proof of that is the fact that going on 6 years since 9-11, our borders are still not secured.
Bush is an open-borders corporatist, plain and simple.”
Bingo!!
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