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Those in attendance: Dutchy, firebrand, Exit 109, paulie, Oschisms, America Love It or ......And John Brock, head of Tri-State Immigration Moratorium (thank you, rmlew), who helped us hand out flyers and gave us some great advice.Photos will be posted later so you can see us and abner's great signs.We got an amazingly positive reaction, from those who didn't just walk by in a daze. People who are even a bit informed about this issue agree with us completely. The Public Library tried to drown us with a phony sprinkler show, then when we moved they went away. We gave away...

FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 53(Republicans in roman; Democrats in italic; Independents underlined)       H RES 365     2/3 YEA-AND-NAY     12-MAR-2002   6:58 PM       QUESTION: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree       BILL TITLE: Providing for the concurrence by the House with amendments in the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 1885. YEAS NAYS PRES NV REPUBLICAN 92 123   6 DEMOCRATIC 182 13   16 INDEPENDENT 1 1     TOTALS 275 137   22 --- YEAS    275 --- Abercrombie Hall (OH) Olver Ackerman Harman Osborne Allen Hart Ose Andrews Hastings (FL) Otter Armey Hastings (WA) Owens Baca Hill Oxley Baird Hinchey Pallone...

WASHINGTON, March 12 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The House today by a 275-137 margin passed legislation providing critical visa and border security safeguards. These protections, already passed by the House without opposition on December 19, 2001, have been held up by Democratic opposition in the Senate. quot;This legislation provides vital changes to our immigration laws to fight terrorism and prevent exploitation by some illegal aliens who wish to harm Americans. It builds upon enhanced data sharing requirements in the PATRIOT Act and includes key changes to our immigration laws such as requiring new biometric visas and strengthening the foreign student tracking...