Posted by
Ben Amis on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 12:19:42 AM
This is why I've not posted in awhile - busy trying to sway my own senator to oppose this bill!
The Senate is trying yet again to bring the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act to the floor and pull a successful vote for cloture - to limit debate and bring the bill to a final vote. This is going to happen TOMORROW. The Senate convenes tomorrow morning at 10 A.M., when they will be resuming en bloc motions to consider H.R. 800 (the Employee Free Choice Act) and S. 11639, Conprehensive Immigration Reform.
We are really gearing up to try to take this bill down. You need to know if your senator is preparing to support this bill. Republican senators that are probably going to vote "aye" for cloture are:
Bond (R-Mo.)
Burr (R-N.C.)
Cochran (R-Miss.)
Ensign (R-Nev.)
Gregg (R-N.H.)
Hatch (R-Utah)Bennett (R-Utah)
Coleman (R-Minn.)
These senators lean on voting "no" for final passage, but in the Senate, cloture is what really counts. Republicans that are planning to vote no are:
Alexander (R-Tenn.)
Allard (R-Colo.)
Bunning (R-Ky.)
Chambliss (R-Ga.)
Coburn (R-Okla.)
Corker (R-Tenn.)
Cornyn (R-Texas)
Crapo (R-Idaho)
DeMint (R-S.C.)
Dole (R-N.C.)
Enzi (R-Wyo.)
Grassley (R-Iowa)
Hutchison (R-Texas)
Inhofe (R-Okla.)
Isakson (R-Ga.)
Roberts (R-Kan.)
Sessions (R-Ala.)
Shelby (R-Ala.)
Smith (R-Ore.)
Sununu (R-N.H.)
Thune (R-S.D.)
Vitter (R-La.)
Democrats that are against the bill, but won't commit to a "no" vote on cloture include:
Bingaman (D-N.M.) -- voted NO on cloture two weeks ago
Boxer (D-Calif.) -- voted NO on cloture two weeks ago
Conrad (D-N.M.) -- voted YES on cloture but concerned about violations of the Senate budget process
Levin (D-Mich.) -- voted YES on cloture two weeks ago, but up for re-election next year and perhaps influenced by the state's junior Sen. Stabenow who has pledged a NO on cloture.
Nelson (D-Neb.) -- voted YES on cloture two weeks ago but NO on the amnesty last year. He campaigned for re-election last year as an anti-amnesty candidate. Problem is that he generally votes for cloture as a matter of principle to allow issues and candidates to get their debate. He needs to be helped to feel secure in a NO vote because the way S. 1639 is being brought up violates normal procedure and that the debate already occurred in May.
Webb (D-Va.) -- voted NO on cloture two weeks ago -- says he will likely vote NO on final bill but may vote YES on cloture to see if his amendment passes -- his amendment would reduce the number of illegal aliens getting amnesty by perhaps a third -- most people who know him well feel he has a great distaste for this whole matter of rewarding illegal behavior, as do most Virginians.
Democrats promising a "no" vote are:
Baucus (D-Mont.)
Byrd (D-W.Va.)
Dorgan (D-N.D.)
Landrieu (D-La.)
McCaskill (D-Mo.)
Pryor (D-Ark.)
Rockefeller (D-W.Va.)
Sanders (I-Vt.)
Stabenow (D-Mich.)
Tester (D-Mont.)
If your senator isn't listed here, they ARE PLANNING ON VOTING FOR this bill. If this bill passed it would be the:
largest amnesty for illegal aliens in history
largest increase in foreign labor in history
largest expansion of social welfare programs in history (to handle the 35-40 million -- mostly low-educated, low-skilled -- foreigners who would get Green Cards over the next 20 years alone
We can't let this bill pass. Call your senators. The Senate switchboard number is 202-224-3121, please call and ask for your senator's office. Tell their office that you OPPOSE this bill. Call them before the Senate convenes at 10 A.M. tomorrow. Flood their office phones and tell them we don't support this bill.
This legislation not only gives amnesty to 15 –20 million illegal aliens, it does nothing to secure our border and nothing about illegal immigration. The government itself estimates that under this bill illegal immigration will only drop 13 % in 20 years. But it doubles legal immigration and costs us 2.8 trillion dollars.
Email your senators, even better, CALL them. Let them know that America will NOT stand for this "deal".