Posted on 03/08/2002 1:24:33 PM PST by sarcasm
Friday, March 08, 2002 - WASHINGTON - Rep. Tom Tancredo takes credit for thwarting the Bush administration's last effort to offer partial amnesty to thousands of illegal residents, but Thursday the outspoken immigration foe said he may have been outmaneuvered by the White House.
President Bush has struck a deal with the House leadership to place legislation that offers an extension of amnesty on its consent calendar before Bush heads to Mexico for a state visit next week, the Colorado Republican said. That action should ensure quick House passage of legislation that Bush has repeatedly sought from Congress. It would allow an undocumented person to receive legal standing, such as a valid green card, by filing a declaration with the Immigration and Naturalization Service. It presumably also would require the person to have been in the United States by a certain date and have filed a declaration with the INS from an appropriate sponsor, such as a relative or employer, and pay a $1,000 penalty. "The terms are still up in the air," said Dan Stein, executive director of the Federation for American Immigration, a group that has been allied with Tancredo. "We've heard to the effect that the president wants something to bring down to Mexico." The initial Bush proposal, designed exclusively for Mexicans, once was high on the president's legislative wish list, but it was delayed after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. However, as the president noted Wednesday in a speech to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, he now is pushing for the extension of the amnesty program known by the section of immigration law that covers it, Section 245I. The president hailed it as a way to reunite family, separated by the border. "If you believe in family values, if you understand the worth of family and the importance of family, let's get 245I out of the United States Congress and give me a chance to sign it," Bush told the chamber members. Tancredo, the head of a congressional caucus on immigration issues and proponent of halting virtually all immigration, said he had blocked a previous attempt by Bush to push an extension of the amnesty program through the House. But this time, he said House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., had agreed to place the issue on the suspension, or consent, calendar, making it difficult to defeat the proposal. The Senate might be more favorable to the bill than the House, expanding the numbers of individuals who can apply, Tancredo said.
Please disregard post 1775, for I did not realise your idiocy.
This is exactly how they passed NAFTA or GAT, they postponed the yeahs and nays until the Thanksgiving holiday, then after most Republican and conservative Democrats had left town early for the holidays, right before congress was to close for business, they rammed it through.
BTW, did you see the smug look on Nadler's face? I wanted to smash my set.
Save it my friend. Store it up in a safe place until it's usefull.
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I swear, I've seen more male macho behaviour out of my neutered cat than either Senator or my Rep....at least Butch Otter has voted right more in line with my views--but he's in the western part of the state!! Figures!
I told Numbnutz I'd be watching tonight to see how he votes and that the community will be told how he did--and it would be nice to be able to report positively that he stood for law and order rather than vote trolling!
Anymore, I don't care that their little ol' sensibilities might be hurt.....they don't give a damn for America, they are busy feathering their nests.
Yes, his speech while jumbled was none the less very interesting. I interpreted his remarks to mean that he was going to vote against HR 1885 because Mexico is siding with OPEC in raising oil prices. As if that is a good reason. But hey we will take it. Perhaps he is looking for political cover from the wrath of Jorge Bush.
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I think it means NO, too. Also, wasn't he yielded time by Tancredo (which would mean he opposed it) rather than by Nadler which would mean he supported it.
They could get to 3% unemployment by simply deporting those who are deportable.
And Chris Cannon is a self-interested POC who is only doing this because he thinks Jorge will throw him a bone. Remember that the Utah State Legislature recently voted to give in-state tuition to illegals; they're just doing what they're told to in hopes of big buck$.
Pardon my ignorance, but from whence comes the 2/3 majority requirement? I thought it was because they were taking a voice vote on the amended bill. Does the recorded vote require 2/3 to pass?
I wonder how the Republican staffers feel having to do this. Disgusted, I think.
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