[Jacksonville Patriot]

Thanks to our national treasure, Michelle Malkin

[Pete]

Fax a Senator for FREE from the WEB. You don't even need to get up from your computer! Three steps:

1. Don't know who to fax? Here is a list of GOP Senators being targeted by the pro-amnesty crowd to flip.

2. Need a fax number? Go to http://www.grassfire.org/19042/targets.htm (Ignore the prices, you are just after the fax numbers).

3. Fax for free from the Web. Put your message in the text box. Go to http://faxzero.com/

That's it. You're done.

I faxed Mitch McConnell the following:

Security first, Senator! Please do not betray your country! We do not want this bill.

You can also email them from a webform here. This site also has their office phone numbers.

[JamesP81]

Round 2 is beginning.

[JamesP81]

My source also noted that the cloture vote to end debate will be the "real" vote on the bill because if debate is closed off, the bill is sure to pass. Then, what will happen is that the votes for the bill will be counted, and a few Senators who are afraid that their election prospects will be jeopardized by a "yes" vote, will be allowed to vote against the bill. This enables those Senators to tell their constituents that they voted against the bill, but it will still allow them to collect campaign contributions from lobbyists who have a better understanding of how things work, and know that the bill couldn't have been passed without their support. Put another way, they get to reap the rewards of supporting amnesty while telling the voters in their home states that they opposed the bill.

Well, this suggests a simple solution.

Vote them all out.

[libstripper]

My source tells me that the reason for this is that the game has now been rigged. McConnell is essentially promising to bring the amendments up in exchange for cloture votes, but he's publicly saying that they will strip any problematic amendments out in committee. In other words, if the bill gets through the Senate and the House, the Democrats and the open borders Republicans will work together when the bills have to be reconciled in committee to strip out any amendments that the "grand bargainers" don't like. Therefore, at this point, it doesn't matter what amendments pass, because any tough enforcement provisions that slip through will be rendered toothless when the bills are reconciled.

This is dead-on right. Read this excerpt from yesterday's Washington Times article entitled "Bush Lobbies Senate on Immigration", available at:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20070613-120635-9285r.htm

One key question is how to go forward even though several amendments have already cut at the grand bargain -- including limiting the guest-worker program and making it easier to deport those who don't qualify for legalization -- and several other difficult amendments could pass before the bill is final.

Senate Minority Whip Trent Lott, Mississippi Republican, said those amendments will simply disappear when the House and Senate go to conference.

"No big deal -- you pitch those before you get to the Rotunda," he said.

and write or call your senators, Rush, Shawn, Laura, EVERYBODY to show them what a scam this bill is and Lott just admitted it.

[tumblindice]

Senator Sessions——chewing gum, taking names.
He’s almost out of gum—look out Republicrats!

[ryan71]

This whole thing stinks. There are too many people supporting it for unexplained reasons.

[Reaganwuzthebest]

Now that this scam has been made public there’s no Senator that can honestly say later on they didn’t know, or were fooled or deceived when enforcement amendments are removed or the bill made even more liberal. If any one of them votes for cloture they are traitors, period.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Just say NO to Amnesty!! Keep calling!! It’s NOT OVER!!

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