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By George | June 29, 2007
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*Splash’s Master Can’t Count.
By George | June 29, 2007
Beside not being a very good driver or life guard Teddy Kennedy can’t count.
The Immigration Bill Cloture Vote No-53,Yes-46
Teddy figure this out: Which number is bigger 53 or 46?
Teddy is NOT Smarter Than A Fifth Grader.
*Teddy’s canine pal : Splash The Portuguese Water Dog
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Vote For Cloture On Immigration Bill : The Nays Have It!
By George | June 28, 2007
The Shamnesty coalition failed to get the vote to sustain cloture on the Illegal Alien Amnesty Bill.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate drove a stake Thursday through President Bush’s plan to legalize millions of unlawful immigrants, likely postponing major action on immigration until after the 2008 elections.
The bill’s supporters fell 14 votes short of the 60 needed to limit debate and clear the way for final passage of the legislation, which critics assailed as offering amnesty to illegal immigrants. The vote was 46 to 53 in favor of limiting the debate.
Senators in both parties said the issue is so volatile that Congress is highly unlikely to revisit it this fall or next year, when the presidential election will increasingly dominate American politics.
A similar effort collapsed in the Congress last year, and the House has not bothered with an immigration bill this year, awaiting Senate action.
The vote was a stinging setback for Bush, who advocated the bill as an imperfect but necessary fix of current immigration practices in which many illegal immigrants use forged documents or lapsed visas to live and work in the United States.
It was a victory for Republican conservatives who strongly criticized the bill’s provisions that would have established pathways to lawful status for many of the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants. They were aided by talk radio and TV hosts who repeatedly attacked the bill and urged listeners to flood Congress with calls, faxes and e-mails.
The bill would have toughened border security and instituted a new system for weeding out illegal immigrants from workplaces. It would have created a new guest worker program and allowed millions of illegal immigrants to obtain legal status if they briefly returned home.
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Michelle Malkin has more information on this than anyone in the blogosphere.
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Let Your Voice Be Heard In The Senate On Immigration : Direct E-mail via Blackberry
By George | June 28, 2007
E-mail the Senators’ Staff members directly:
Author: FSM Editorial Staff
Source: The Family Security Foundation, Inc.
Date: June 26, 2007
Here is a list of the 12 “fence-sitter” Senate contacts for EVERYONE to email regarding immigration. Many offices are putting calls straight to voicemail and they can just trash faxes that are being sent (and letters take weeks to get through due to security).
Let’s hit the Hill staff where they are so codependent - their Blackberries! Send email directly to staff - not just the generic Senate office mailbox. Contact their Chief of Staff, Legislative Director, and Press Secretary. Make your voice heard!!
Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)
Chief of Staff: stephen_ward@bingaman.senate.gov
Legislative Director: trudy_vincent@bingaman.senate.gov
Counsel: sunalei_stewart@bingaman.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director: jude_mccartin@bingaman.senate.gov
Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
Chief of Staff: laura_schiller@boxer.senate.gov
Legislative Director: polly_trottenberg@boxer.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director: natalie_ravitz@boxer.senate.gov
Senator Kent Conrad (D-ND)
Chief of Staff: bob_van_heuvelen@conrad.senate.gov
Legislative Director: tom_mahr@conrad.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director: chris_thorne@conrad.senate.gov
sean_neary@conrad.senate.gov
Senator Carl Levin (D-MI)
Chief of Staff: david_lyles@levin.senate.gov
Legislative Director: rich_arenberg@levin.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director: tara_andringa@levin.senate.gov
Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE)
Chief of Staff: tim_becker@bennelson.senate.gov
Legislative Director: christiana_gallagher@bennelson.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director: david_dimartino@bennelson.senate.gov
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Senator Clueless (RINO-Ohio)
By George | June 28, 2007
Ohio’s terrible representation in the Senate Voinovich and Sherrod Brown.. what a team.
Voinovich gets cranky.
He was on Sean Hannity’s Radio show and hangs up unable to answer tough questions.
Link:
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