Posted on 06/24/2013 2:20:14 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
To be more specific, they’re voting on the bill plus the Corker/Hoeven amendment. My prediction: 72 yes votes, despite the phony border-security “triggers” and despite the fact that the bill now reeks of “Cornhusker Kickback”-style buyoffs to bring fencesitting Republicans on board. No matter. Schumer’s goal was 70 and I expect he’ll get it, which will help him with his exciting new “there’ll be mass demonstrations if the House doesn’t pass this thing” talking point.
Did you know that amnesty for illegals is a “civil rights” issue? You do now:
“This has the potential of becoming the next major civil rights movement. I could envision in the late summer or early fall if Boehner tries to bottle the bill up or put something in without a path to citizenship — if there’s no path to citizenship, there’s not a bill — but if he tries to bottle it up or do things like that, I could see a million people on the Mall in Washington,” Schumer said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
Schumer said business leaders, evangelical leaders and CEOs of high tech companies would join the public call for action by the House on immigration.
He’s kidding himself if he thinks that summer will bring pressure on the House to pass, rather than kill, the bill, but never mind that......
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looks like 44 yeas
Watching cspan now. Little Bobby Corker (he is really a tiny little man) walking around the well of the Senate and everybody grabbing him with both arms, lots of pats on the back and double arm grab close in the face comments to him. He’s the MAN of the day, cause of course now he’s going to get the kickback from the sale of TVA.
Cloture vote.
Ayotte- Yes. Corker Yes. Feinstein, flake graham hatch, heitkamp Kean Leahy, manchin, mcain rubio sander schumer, shaheen stabenow, warner warren wicker wyden, some of them.Hagen Nc Reid.Menendez.
Negative
Blunt, Burr Coburn Cornyn, Crapo Cruz Fisher, Johnsons Wi , McConnell, Shelby Thune, Toomey Vitter. Inhofe and some more I missed.
We are watching Mr. Cornyn’s vote carefully!
This is on Corker amendment:
NO ONE HAS READ IT, BUT WE’RE GONNA VOTE ON IT.
This is not on bill passage.
I hope they have to Vote Like A Pirate, where “All in Favor, signify by saying ARRRRGGHHH!”
Cornyn voted against it as I knew he would.
Anyone hear how Portman (OH) voted?
Never said I thought you thought it was.
Portman votes no. I’m pleasantly surprised.
Portman just voted “No”
Portman voted “no”.
Thanks :)
Anyone keep a count what they are up to now? I was hearing a lot of “ayes” from the late-comers.
Can’t get any closer than that!
Yeah, I don’t think this is going to pass as a whole. All it takes is more phone calls and pressure and I think in the end that even Rubio will vote against it.
There are already 12 Republicans who’ve voted yes.
Thanks.Wasn’t at all sure what he’d do.
Not good.
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