2. motion to limit debate on Leahy manager's amendment (60 votes),
3. final vote on Leahy manager's amendment (50 votes), and
4. motion to end debate on the bill (60 votes).
For Local Office phone numbers click the link below:
Phone Numbers and Mailing Addresses of Members of Congress
https://www.numbersusa.com/content/congress/phone-numbers-and-mailing-addresses-memb.html
This Amnesty bill is even worse than Obamacare, 1200 pages of pure evil.
Stop Amnesty.
Tell congressmen we don’t want ANY bill passed, no matter what they promise. This bill is Amnesty for 30 million illegals, and a 1200 page bill that brings in 80 million 3rd world immigrants. The bill will destroy the U.S. and will turn the USA into a socialist state as is the democrats/Obama’s plan.
To call your Member of Congress:
US Capitol Switchboard (202) 224-3121
To locate your Member on-line:
U.S. House of Representatives: www.house.gov
U.S. Senate: www.senate.gov
Call all remaining GOP members of the US Congress to back the efforts of those fighting back.
Call and say “I am calling to ask Congress member ___________ to support Michele Bachman, Steve King, and Louie Gohmert’s effort to demand that Speaker John Boehner stop trying to help Obama and the Democrats pass amnesty for illegal aliens. Please sign their petition to require the Speaker to honor the ‘Hastert Rule’! If the Senate passes an amnesty for illegal aliens, it will be important that the House refuses to pass any immigration legislation in 2013! Stop the amnesty legislation!”
ALIPAC’s Contact List for GOP Members of Congress....
ALIPAC’s US Congress Contact List
Remember to call, call, call! Regardless of where you live, call all that you can and get others involved with the calls. Once you call, try to send in a written reinforcement of your message by website,twitter, facebook, fax, or mail.
http://www.alipac.us/f8/revolt-house-against-amnesty-needs-your-backing-281274/
Email their chiefs of staff directly
Sorry about the formatting - make sure you cut and paste the entire email address...
Official: Sen. Mark Begich (D-AK)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: david_ramseur@begich.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-3004
Fax: (202) 224-2354
Official: Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: edward_hild@murkowski.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-6665
Fax: (202) 224-5301
Official: Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: rick_dearborn@sessions.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-4124
Fax: (202) 224-3149
Official: Sen. Richard C. Shelby (R-AL)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: alan_hanson@shelby.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-5744
Fax: (202) 224-3416
Official: Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: andy_york@pryor.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-2353
Fax: (202) 228-0908
Official: Sen. John Boozman (R-AR)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: Matt_Sagely@boozman.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-4843
Fax: (202) 228-1371
Official: Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: steve_voeller@flake.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-4521
Fax: (202) 228-0515
Official: Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: pablo_carrillo@mccain.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-2235
Fax: (202) 228-2862
Official: Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: chris_thompson@feinstein.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-3841
Fax: (202) 228-3954
Official: Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: laura_schiller@boxer.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-3553
Fax: (202) 224-0454
Official: Sen. Mark Udall (D-CO)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: michael_sozan@markudall.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-5941
Fax: (202) 224-6471
Official: Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: jonathan_davidson@bennet.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-5852
Fax: (202) 228-5036
Official: Sen. Christopher S. Murphy (D-CT)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: francis_creighton@murphy.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-4041
Fax: (202) 228-9604
Official: Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: laurie_rubiner@blumenthal.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-2823
Fax: (202) 224-9673
Official: Sen. Thomas R. Carper (D-DE)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: james_reilly@carper.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-2441
Fax: (202) 228-2190
Official: Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: todd_webster@coons.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-5042
Fax: (202) 228-3075
Official: Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: pete_mitchell@billnelson.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-5274
Fax: (202) 228-2183
Official: Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: cesar_conda@rubio.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-3041
Fax: (202) 228-0285
Official: Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: charlie_harman@chambliss.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-3521
Fax: (202) 224-0103
Official: Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: chris_carr@isakson.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-3643
Fax: (202) 228-0724
Official: Sen. Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: betsy_lin@hirono.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-6361
Fax: (202) 224-2126
Official: Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: andrew_winer@schatz.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-3934
Fax: (202) 228-1153
Official: Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: Brian_Ahlberg@harkin.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-3254
Fax: (202) 224-9369
Official: Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-IA)
Title: Chief of Staff
VACANT
Phone: (202) 224-3744
Fax: (202) 224-6020
Official: Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: john_sandy@risch.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-2752
Fax: (202) 224-2573
Official: Sen. Michael D. Crapo (R-ID)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: john_hoehne@crapo.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-6142
Fax: (202) 228-1375
Official: Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-IL)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: pat_souders@durbin.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-2152
Fax: (202) 228-0400
Official: Sen. Mark S. Kirk (R-IL)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: kate_dickens@kirk.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-2854
Fax: (202) 228-4611
Official: Sen. Joe Donnelly (D-IN)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: joel_elliott@donnelly.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-4814
Fax: (202) 224-5011
Official: Sen. Dan Coats (R-IN)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: dean_hingson@coats.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-5623
Fax: (202) 228-1820
Official: Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: Jackie_Cottrell@roberts.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-4774
Fax: (202) 224-3514
Official: Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: todd_novascone@moran.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-6521
Fax: (202) 228-6966
Official: Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: josh_holmes@mcconnell.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-2541
Fax: (202) 224-2499
Official: Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: william_henderson@paul.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-4343
Official: Sen. Mary L. Landrieu (D-LA)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: donald_cravins@landrieu.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-5824
Fax: (202) 224-9735
Official: Sen. David Vitter (R-LA)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: kyle_ruckert@vitter.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-4623
Fax: (202) 228-5061
Official: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: mindy_myers@warren.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-4543
Fax: (202) 228-2071
Official: Sen. William Cowan (D-MA)
Title: Senior Advisor
Email: val_young@cowan.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-2742
Fax: (202) 224-8525
Official: Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: chris_lynch@cardin.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-4524
Fax: (202) 224-1651
Official: Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski (D-MD)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: Julia_Frifield@mikulski.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-4654
Fax: (202) 224-8858
Official: Sen. Angus King Jr.(I-ME)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: kay_rand@king.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-3825
Fax: (202) 224-1946
Official: Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: mary_dietrich@collins.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-2523
Fax: (202) 224-2693
Official: Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: dan_farough@stabenow.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-4822
Fax: (202) 228-0325
Official: Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: david_lyles@levin.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-6221
Fax: (202) 224-1388
Official: Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: rose_baumann@klobuchar.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-3244
Fax: (202) 228-2186
Official: Sen. Al Franken (D-MN)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: casey@franken.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-5641
Fax: (202) 224-0044
Official: Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: julie_dwyer@mccaskill.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-6154
Fax: (202) 228-6326
Official: Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: glen_chambers@blunt.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-5721
Fax: (202) 224-8149
Official: Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: michelle_richardson@wicker.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-6253
Fax: (202) 228-0378
Official: Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: bruce_evans@cochran.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-5054
Fax: (202) 224-9450
Official: Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: tom_lopach@tester.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-2644
Fax: (202) 224-8594
Official: Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: paul_wilkins@baucus.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-2651
Fax: (202) 224-9412
Official: Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: mike_harney@hagan.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-6342
Fax: (202) 228-2563
Official: Sen. Richard M. Burr (R-NC)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: chris_joyner@burr.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-3154
Fax: (202) 228-2981
Official: Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: tessa_gould@heitkamp.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-2043
Fax: (202) 224-7776
Official: Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: don_larson@hoeven.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-2551
Fax: (202) 224-7999
Official: Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: mike_hybl@fischer.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-6551
Fax: (202) 228-1325
Official: Sen. Mike Johanns (R-NE)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: terri_moore@johanns.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-4224
Fax: (202) 228-0436
Official: Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: maura_keefe@shaheen.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-2841
Fax: (202) 228-3194
Official: Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: john_easton@ayotte.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-3324
Fax: (202) 224-4952
Official: Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: daniel_o’brien@menendez.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-4744
Fax: (202) 228-2197
Official: Sen. Jeff Chiesa (R-NJ)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: donna_mullins@chiesa.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-3224
Fax: (202) 228-4054
Official: Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: steve_haro@heinrich.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-5521
Fax: (202) 228-2841
Official: Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: michael_collins@tomudall.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-6621
Fax: (202) 228-3261
Official: Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: mac_abrams@heller.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-6244
Fax: (202) 228-6753
Official: Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: david_krone@reid.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-3542
Fax: (202) 224-7327
Official: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: jess_fassler@gillibrand.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-4451
Fax: (202) 228-0282
Official: Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-NY)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: mike_lynch@schumer.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-6542
Fax: (202) 228-3027
Official: Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: mark_powden@brown.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-2315
Fax: (202) 228-6321
Official: Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: rob_lehman@portman.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-3353
Fax: (202) 224-9075
Official: Sen. James M. Inhofe (R-OK)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: ryan_jackson@inhofe.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-4721
Fax: (202) 228-0380
Official: Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: brian_treat@coburn.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-5754
Fax: (202) 224-6008
Official: Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: michael_zamore@merkley.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-3753
Fax: (202) 228-3997
Official: Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: jeff_michels@wyden.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-5244
Fax: (202) 228-2717
Official: Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: James_Brown@Casey.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-6324
Fax: (202) 228-0604
Official: Sen. Patrick J. Toomey (R-PA)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: christopher_gahan@toomey.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-4254
Fax: (202) 228-0284
Official: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: sam_goodstein@whitehouse.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-2921
Fax: (202) 228-6362
Official: Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: Neil_Campbell@Reed.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-4642
Fax: (202) 224-4680
Official: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: Richard_Perry@lgraham.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-5972
Fax: (202) 224-3808
Official: Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: rich_dunn@scott.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-6121
Fax: (202) 228-5143
Official: Sen. Tim Johnson (D-SD)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: Drey_Samuelson@johnson.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-5842
Fax: (202) 228-5765
Official: Sen. John Thune (R-SD)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: ryan_nelson@thune.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-2321
Fax: (202) 228-5429
Official: Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: todd_womack@corker.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-3344
Fax: (202) 228-0566
Official: Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: ryan_loskarn@alexander.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-4944
Fax: (202) 228-3398
Official: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: chiproy@cruz.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-5922
Official: Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: michael_kennedy@hatch.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-5251
Fax: (202) 224-6331
Official: Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: boyd_matheson@lee.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-5444
Fax: (202) 228-1168
Official: Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: mike_henry@kaine.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-4024
Fax: (202) 228-6363
Official: Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: luke_albee@warner.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-2023
Fax: (202) 224-6295
Official: Sen. Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
Title: Chief of Staff
VACANT
Phone: (202) 224-5141
Fax: (202) 228-0776
Official: Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-VT)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: John_Dowd@leahy.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-4242
Fax: (202) 224-3479
Official: Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: jennifer_griffith@cantwell.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-3441
Fax: (202) 228-0514
Official: Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: mike_spahn@murray.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-2621
Fax: (202) 224-0238
Official: Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: bill_murat@baldwin.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-5653
Fax: (202) 224-9787
Official: Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: tony_blando@ronjohnson.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-5323
Fax: (202) 228-6965
Official: Sen. Joe Manchin III(D-WV)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: hayden_rogers@manchin.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-3954
Fax: (202) 228-0002
Official: Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: Kerry_Ates@rockefeller.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-6472
Fax: (202) 224-7665
Official: Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: dan_kunsman@barrasso.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-6441
Fax: (202) 224-1724
Official: Sen. Michael B. Enzi (R-WY)
Title: Chief of Staff
Email: Flip_McConnaughey@enzi.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-3424
Fax: (202) 228-0359
As Emily Latella would say....."never mind".
On Monday, June 24, 2013, the U.S. Senate passed a cloture motion (which ends debate) on the Schumer-Corker-Hoeven Amendment to the Gang of Eight's horrifying illegal alien amnesty bill - mislabeled "immigration reform."
The true purpose of this amnesty proposal is to capture future votes for the Democratic Party. Those who do not acknowledge that blatantly obvious fact either suffer from some debilitating mental illness or are working for the other side.
On rare occasions, even the Left admit the objective. Eliseo Medina, the honorary Chair of the Democratic Socialists of America, and International Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), said in 2008:
"...If we reform the immigration laws, it puts 12 million people on the path to citizenship and eventually voters. Can you imagine if we have ...even two out of three, if we get 8 million new voters... we will create a governing coalition for the long term, not just for an election cycle."
The "governing coalition for the long term" refers of course to the "permanent progressive majority" Democrats have fantasized about for decades.
The number of illegals in this country is repeatedly cited as 11 million. This is almost certainly an underestimate. In reality the number is 20 to 30 million or more, according to a 2007 study in Social Contract. Bear Stearns estimated about 20 million in 2005. When amnesty passed in 1986, official estimates were 1.2 million illegals. There were actually 2.7 million - more than double. Within ten years, INS estimated the illegal population had grown to 10 million. It is delusional to believe the number has only increased by another 1 million in the 17 years since. Furthermore, when amnesty passes, the newly-legal aliens will invite their relatives to come, further inflating that number through chain migration.
Herein lies the real reason Democrats are slavering for this amnesty bill to pass and are tickling themselves pink that there are Republicans stupid and gullible, (or corrupt) enough to help them realize their dream. And make no mistake, an increase of 30 million in the Democrat Party voter base will guarantee Democrat majorities in the U.S. House, Senate and Presidency for the foreseeable future.
Despite the impossibly bizarre belief by some Republicans that amnesty will make illegals "like us," a high level Congressional source recently acknowledged to me that passage of this bill will spell the end of our Republic and that we literally have only weeks to stop it. Despite House Speaker John Boehner's somewhat ambiguous assurances, this bill is likely to get a vote in the House.
The original Gang-of-Eight bill was really bad, as became readily apparent quite quickly. The overtly fraudulent Schumer-Corker-Hoeven Amendment was offered as a fig leaf to reassure fools that the original bill -- which already promised in-and-of-itself to enhance border security - would actually enhance border security. But in reality it makes things worse. The amendment:
Legitimizes illegal immigration: Section 2302 says if you overstay your visa in the future you can still apply for a green card and become a citizen. It is permanent lawlessness... They cannot do that legally under current law!
Has no requirement to deploy technologies: The Corker amendment would give the Secretary of Homeland Security full discretion as to how technology would be deployed, or whether it would be deployed at all.
Has no fencing requirement: Similarly, building a fence is left to the discretion of DHS. (Note: since a fencing law, with money attached, passed years ago, and has been blithely ignored by the Obama administration, the amendment simply codifies Obama's open defiance of current law.)
Increases fees on visas for legal immigrants, but keeps the same low fees and fines for those applying for amnesty - favoring illegal over legal immigrants.
Under the Schumer-Corker-Hoeven amendment, the American taxpayers are on the hook for $38 billion. (The Gang-of-Eight claims the bill is fully funded by immigrant fees).
Delays promised hiring of 20,000 new Border Patrol agents until somewhere between 2017 and 2021.
bttt
Please see Smokeyblue’s excellent compilation of Senate contact information and explanations of imminent votes.
Calls are very much needed today. Thanks.
Immigration reform critics flood Senate with phone calls
http://dailycaller.com/2013/06/25/immigration-reform-critics-flood-senate-with-phone-calls/
Critics of the Democrat-led immigration rewrite are bombarding Senate offices with thousands of phone calls, and advocates say those calls are keeping numerous wayward GOP Senators from joining the Democrats’ immigration bill.
“Five hundred [calls] yesterday, and right now, they’re just ringing non-stop,” said an upset staffer at the office of Mississippi Republican Sen. Roger Wicker, who has voted on both sides of the dispute.
Protestors have sent “hundreds or thousands” of calls to Ohio Republican Sen. Robert Portman’s Republican office, a staff member told The Daily Caller.
“That vast majority of calls today have been on that… [and] we’ve been getting calls on that for a couple of weeks,” said a staffer working for Pennsylvania Democrat Sen. Robert Casey.
The calls have stiffened the spine of GOP Senators who might otherwise bend to pressure from business groups and from influential people in their home state, such as editorial writers and clerics, said Roy Beck, executive director of NumbersUSA, which provides a free phone service for Americans who oppose the massive rewrite.
“Our lines sent in hundreds of thousands of calls in the last month,” said Beck. “The senators spend most of their time with big-time donors, and lobbyists and leaders of special-interest groups, and they don’t have much time to spend with voters in their states… [so] faxes, phone-calls and emails are virtually the only way that voters can have access, “ Beck said.
LucyT could you ping your lists to this thread?
Thanks!
Immigration reform critics flood Senate with phone calls
The calls have stiffened the spine of GOP Senators who might otherwise bend to pressure from business groups and from influential people in their home state, such as editorial writers and clerics, said Roy Beck, executive director of NumbersUSA, which provides a free phone service for Americans who oppose the massive rewrite.
“The calls [to Congress] are going our way… and if the bill can be delayed another week, it probably won’t pass,” Gheen said.
Republican supporters of the Gang of Eight's amnesty bill, S.744, have fought tirelessly to convince their GOP counterparts that the 11 million illegal aliens who receive amnesty under the bill won't be eligible for ObamaCare until they receive green cards 10 years down the road. But as Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) pointed out yesterday, however, that's not the main "ObamaCare" concern with the bill. Instead, S.744 inadvertantly penalizes companies that hire American workers over amnestied illegal aliens beacuse of the "ObamaCare" tax.
Under ObamaCare, companies with 50 or more employees must provide all low-wage workers with a sufficient health insurance policy. If the company fails to do so, it faces a $3,000 fine per worker that's not tax deductible, so that actual penalty could be as much as $5,000 per employee when you consider the tax consequences.
As Sen. Cruz pointed out yesterday, S.744 grants legal status and work permits to most of the 11 million illegal aliens currently living in the United States. But the bill also exempts them from ObamaCare, so if an American company with at least 50 employees has a job opening for a low-skilled worker, the company would actually benefit financially by hiring the amnestied illegal alien over a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident who also wants the job.
Here's how Sen. Cruz explained it on the Senate floor on Tuesday:
I would ask you to envision a small business: Joe's Burger Shack. Joe's Burger Shack is owned by a small business owner. It is a series of small fast food restaurants in any given State. It could be my home State of Texas or any State across the Union.
Let's assume that Joe's Burger Shack has 100 employees and that at Joe's Burger Shack, with 100 employees, business is doing relatively well, people are eating more hamburgers, and Joe decides he wants to hire 5 more people. If Joe and Joe's Burger Shack decide they want to hire five more people, if Joe chooses to hire five U.S. citizens or if he chooses to hire five legal permanent residents--five legal immigrants--Joe faces a penalty of $25,000 for doing so--$5,000 apiece right off his bottom line to the IRS. In contrast, if Joe decides instead to hire five RPIs, who came here illegally among those 11 million who are here illegally but granted RPI legalization under the Gang of 8 bill, Joe pays a penalty of zero dollars.
Let me ask a simple, commonsense question. In this instance, who is Joe, the small business owner, going to hire? This bill creates an enormous incentive to hire those here illegally, and at the same time it does it by creating a statutory penalty for hiring U.S. citizens and for hiring legal immigrants. That makes no sense.
-- Sen. Ted Cruz, Senate floor, June 25, 2013
This "ObamaCare" loophole isn't some hypothetical example conjured up by Sen. Cruz. He became aware of the situation when a restaurateur in Texas sent him a letter explaining how the loophole would benefit him as a business owner. (I've edited down the letter, but the full letter can be found in the Congressional record.)
My name is Allen Tharp. Since 1985, I have been the sole owner and CEO of Allen Tharp LLC, as well as the Lion and Rose restaurant chain, and a partner in the Golden Chick restaurants. Our corporate restaurants provide well over 1,000 jobs to fellow Texans, and our franchise restaurants provide many more.
I've been following the current debate over immigration reform very closely and want you to be aware that this bill, coupled with the new ObamaCare legislation, makes it much more affordable for a business like mine to employ Registered Provisional Immigrants than American workers. I do not believe that was the intention of either legislation, but it is the irrefutable effect of both. . .
If the current immigration bill before the Senate, however, is made law, a business could hire Registered Provisional Immigrants instead of U.S. citizens and avoid triggering ObamaCare regulations and fines.
Hiring RPIs over American workers, from a purely economic point of view, would be the best thing for my business. . .
Mr. Tharp wrote that he doesn't think taking advantage of the loophole is the right thing to do, and he likely won't, but he's more concerned about his competitors.
It's unlikely that the loophole will be closed up in the final hours of the Senate's consideration of S.744, so it's just one more reason to oppose the bill. Not only will the bill increase unemployment and decrease wages for American workers, but it will also provide an incentive for companies to hire amnestied illegal aliens over U.S. citizens and legal immigrants.
CHRIS CHMIELENSKI is the Director of Content & Activism for NumbersUSA
My reps are Schumer and his side ditz. They are ignoring everything. I feel like my hands are tied.
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Jackson, TN
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Nashville, TN
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Washington, DC
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Washington, DC
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Manchester, NH
ph: 603-622-7979 adr: 1200 Elm St, Manchester, NH 031012503
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Augusta, GA
ph: 706-650-1555 adr: 3633 Wheeler Rd., Augusta, GA 30909
Macon, GA
ph: 478-741-1417 adr: 300 Mulberry Street, Macon, GA 31201
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Jackson, TN
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Blountville, TN
ph: 423-323-1252 adr: Tri-Cities Regional Airport, Blountville, TN 37617
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Updated: Thursday, June 27, 2013, 9:29 AM
This is it! The Senate is expected to vote on the cloture motion to end debate on S.744 at 11:30 a.m. today. Call your Senators NOW toll-free at 888-995-8349.
Tell them to vote NO on S.744. The bill grants amnesty first with only promises of future enforcement, and, according to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, it increases unemployment while decreasing wages.
https://www.numbersusa.com/content/
The Senate is lost. The majority is not interested in what the taxpayers want.
The purpose of passing a Federal “reform” immigration bill this year is to allow illegal alien invaders from Mexico, and other Central and South American Socialist Countries, to vote for Socialist-Democrats and appeasing RINOs in the 2014 and 2016 National Elections for more debt-generating welfare to illegal alien invaders.
These future voters should be called “McCain-Rubio Democrats,” as no other Senators have done more to encourage gullible RINOs to appease and otherwise cave-in to debt-dependent Democrats than these two sorry RINO Senators.
Stand your ground, FReepers! Raise the Gadsden Battle Flag!
It is us against the gullible supporters of Obamanation!
For example:
While Rubio and his Eight Senate Gangsters put out political smoke and mirrors to “get a bill passed this year,” nothing they have said will change the basic problem of aliens illegally invading the USA.
The Basic Problem: Illegal aliens invade the USA for Welfare and Wages.
Solutions that address the Basic Problem:
1.) End the Anchor Baby Law.
2.) End the Hospital Emergency Room No Payment Law (EMTALA).
3.) End ANY other Welfare to Aliens.
4.) Fine US employers $1,000 per day per employee who is an alien.
5.) Spend NO money on “securing the border.” It is a bottomless money pit.
6.) Spend money on Chainlink/ Concertina wire desert prisons for the EXISTING Federal Law for a mandatory 6 month imprisonment for repeat offenders who have invaded our Country more than once.
7.) Transfer Border Invasion Enforcement to the US National Guard in each State, and thus under the control of the Governor of each State. The less Federal involvement, the better.
8.) Repeal all State and Federal Laws that prohibit voter officials and Police from requesting proof of US Citizenship for any reason what so ever.
9.) Be as hostile to all illegal alien invaders as we should be to all Federal politicians and Federal Judges who vote for or support another Kennedy-style amnesty bill with no significant Federal enforcement.
Contact your local TEA Party, and plan to kick the sorry RINOs and even sorrier Democrats out of Congress in 2014!
It is all about the money FReepers, YOUR tax money.
June 27, 2013 — Voted on the Motion to End Debate on the Schumer-Rubio-Obama Amnesty, S.744
A “Yes” vote is a vote to support amnesty for 11 million illegal aliens and doubling annual legal immigration numbers with only promises of future enforcement.
Voted YES
Count: 68
Alexander (R-TN)
Ayotte (R-NH)
Baldwin (D-WI)
Baucus (D-MT)
Begich (D-AK)
Bennet (D-CO)
Blumenthal (D-CT)
Boxer (D-CA)
Brown (D-OH)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Chiesa (R-NJ)
Collins (R-ME)
Coons (D-DE)
Corker (R-TN)
Cowan (D-MA)
Donnelly (D-IN)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Flake (R-AZ)
Franken (D-MN)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Graham (R-SC)
Hagan (D-NC)
Harkin (D-IA)
Hatch (R-UT)
Heinrich (D-NM)
Heitkamp (D-ND)
Heller (R-NV)
Hirono (D-HI)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Johnson (D-SD)
Kaine (D-VA)
King (I-ME)
Kirk (R-IL)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Manchin (D-WV)
McCain (R-AZ)
McCaskill (D-MO)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Merkley (D-OR)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Murphy (D-CT)
Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Pryor (D-AR)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Rubio (R-FL)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schatz (D-HI)
Schumer (D-NY)
Shaheen (D-NH)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Tester (D-MT)
Udall (D-CO)
Udall (D-NM)
Warner (D-VA)
Warren (D-MA)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wyden (D-OR)
A “No” vote is a vote to oppose amnesty and massive increases in annual legal immigration flows.
Voted NO
Count: 32
Barrasso (R-WY)
Blunt (R-MO)
Boozman (R-AR)
Burr (R-NC)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coats (R-IN)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Crapo (R-ID)
Cruz (R-TX)
Enzi (R-ID)
Fischer (R-NE)
Grassley (R-IA)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johanns (R-NE)
Johnson (R-WI)
Lee (R-UT)
McConnell (R-KY)
Moran (R-KS)
Paul (R-KY)
Portman (R-OH)
Risch (R-ID)
Roberts (R-KS)
Scott (R-SC)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Thune (R-SD)
Toomey (R-PA)
Vitter (R-LA)
Wicker (R-MS)