Amnesty wins
The great sellout…..
the Senate got 64 for cloture.
“The Senate voted Tuesday to jump-start a stalled immigration measure to legalize millions of unlawful immigrants.
President Bush said the bill offered a “historic opportunity for Congress to act,” and appeared optimistic about its passage by week’s end.
The pivotal test-vote was 64-35 to revive the divisive legislation. It still faces formidable obstacles in the Senate, including bitter opposition by GOP conservatives and attempts by some waverers in both parties to revise its key elements.”
It’s important to remember that this isn’t the approval of the bill, but shuts down debate. That vote will happen later in the week. Additionally Brownback just killed his candidacy by a “Yea”.
By the way, the move at the House is “No way” unless a significant among of republicans come on board.
So it’s not over yet - close, but not over. Keep the calls coming!
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Sound bites:
1. This bill essentially puts 10% of Mexico on a
“path to citizenship.” (The population of Mexico
is about 100 million.
2. The Senate is like a child who has refused to
eat it’s vegetables for 20+ years and says: “Just
give me a carton of ice cream and I promise to
eat my vegetables eventually.” Really, no one
is falling for this. They just want…
3. If the illegal population were a state, they’d
be the 5th largest (assuming 12 million).