So, Can Congress Go Home Now?
Thursday, June 7th, 2007I mean, as you saw in my earlier post, Trent Lott did suggest it…
UPDATE: By the way, did y’all catch Lindsay Graham losing it on the Senate floor?
June 7th, 2007
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Illegal Immigration Bill Dies in Senate!
Thursday, June 7th, 2007It’s official. Just reported on Fox News. Good job everyone.
What A Great Idea!
Thursday, June 7th, 2007Today during the immigration “marathon” (that’s what Reid keeps calling it):
Senate Minority Whip Trent Lott (R-Miss.) said he has told the most virulent Republican opponents that he will not tolerate a raft of amendment votes designed simply to filibuster the measure, and he castigated his own party’s senators for their vote switches.
“We’re going to do this damned thing, and if we don’t, I think we should dissolve the Congress and just go home,” Lott fumed.
How can someone so wrong so often actually say something right?!?
Yes, please, quit this horrible bill, dissolve Congress, and go home. Quit spending my damned money, quit passing laws that you don’t intend on enforcing (like the fence), and quit patting yourselves in the back for being members of an exclusive club that for the most part has abandoned actually working for Americans.
Michelle Malkine has great coverage of the immigration bill in the Senate today. Everyone should go check it out.
No Felon Left Behind. Outrageous!!
Thursday, June 7th, 2007The Senate voted 51-46 to reject a proposal by Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, to bar criminals - including those ordered by judges to be deported - from gaining legal status. Democrats siphoned support from Cornyn’s proposal by winning adoption, 66-32, of a rival version that would bar a more limited set of criminals, including certain gang members and sex offenders, from gaining legalization.
They rejected a bill to bar criminals? The Cornyn amendment included barring felons and members of terrorist organizations from gaining citizenship. I find it astounding that members of our Federal Government find it perfectly acceptable for illegal aliens in our country who are convicted criminals (aside from from the fact that they are all criminals for just being here), felons, and suspected terrorists to be rewarded with citizenship in our nation. Being rejected by 51 votes, there were clearly Republicans that voted for this.
A poster on Free Republic named the following GOP Senators who voted for this, though I haven’t yet been able to verify it.
- Larry Craig (R-ID)
- Pete Dominici (R-NM)
- Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
- Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
- John Kyl (R-AZ)
- Richard Lugar (R-IN)
- Mel Martinez (R-FL)
- John McCain (R-AZ)
- Arlen Specter (R-PA)
- George Voinovich (R-OH)
Instead, the Senate passed a similar, narrower amendment that would prevent some criminals, including sex offenders and some gang members, from becoming legal residents.