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On the heels of the speech last night, the Senate has voted against a proposal that would require enforcement 1st and then going to work on the guest-worker program!
Senators cast their first votes on immigration legislation this afternoon, just as President Bush vowed to work closely with skeptical members of Congress on a comprehensive bill to fix a system that does not work.
The Senate defeated, 55 to 40, a proposal by Senator Johnny Isakson, Republican of Georgia, that lawmakers demand that border-security measures be in place before beginning a guest-worker program of the kind envisioned by President Bush.The 55 senators rejected Mr. Isakson’s argument that, if the Congress did not act now, it would have to a decade or so from now, and that “instead of 10 million or 12 million, it will be 24 million” illegal immigrants at issue.
Opponents of the Isakson measure (36 Democrats, 18 Republicans and the independent James Jeffords of Vermont) maintained that it would be an obstacle to the kind of comprehensive legislation that is needed.
The GOP Senators who oppose Enforcement First and sided with the open-borders Dems:
Bennett (UT)
Brownback (R-KS),
Chafee (RI),
Coleman (MN),
Collins (ME),
Craig (ID),
DeWine (OH),
Graham (SC),
Hagel (NE),
Lugar (IN),
Martinez (FL),
Murkowski (AK),
Shelby (AL),
Snow (ME),
Specter (PA),
Stevens (AK),
Voinovich (OH),
Warner (VA)
Not voting:
Cochran (R-MS)
Gregg (R-NH)
Lott (R-MS)
McCain (R-AZ)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Don’t just sit there and steam. Pick up the phone.
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May 16, 2006 - 03:54 PM on May 16th, 2006
forgot it, “this will become mexico”, you could not enforce the laws before why do you think it will work this time?
the guard can’t do the job but someday the mexicans will just inform our boys, “this land is mexico once more”, and you will see real enforcement of all mexican laws, its really over for the USA, Just call it the former united states and start over with what the third world leaders don’t want, sad day for all people just wait, you will see i am right in 10 years or before.:sad: the dogs of one wotld and the new world order ( meaning the reds ) have just dismantle the USA AND MOST PEOPLE WILL GET IT SOON.
May 16, 2006 - 06:03 PM on May 16th, 2006
Senate Republicans Cast Aside Base with Latest Immigration Vote
he notion that the Senate must force through a hastily drawn comprehensive plan is utter nonsense. The Senate bill is over 600 pages long and many of these people are willing to simply shove it down our throats. I can only imaginge that such monumental…
May 16, 2006 - 07:14 PM on May 16th, 2006
These idiots haven’t heard the story about how to eat an elephant is one bite at a time. This is one HUGE elephant and ANYONE claiming that the Congress is going to come up with one bill to solve the whole problem needs to have his/her brain examined. A bunch of them refuse to even admit there is a problem. The Republicans need to pull their heads out of Rectal Defillade and get on the ball on this issue or the Dems are going to turn it to their favor, despite that fact that they have NO INTENTION of actually doing anything. There is something horribly wrong when Barbara Boxer is to the right of John McCain on an issue.
Like I’ve said before the very best reason to secure the border with a physical barrier s to stem the flow of illegal drugs into this country. I want to see who many of our “Representatives”{?) actually vote to kill the bill when it’s expressed as an anti drug smuggling bill.
BTW the latest news is that the Mexican government intends to sue if any illegals are detained by National Guardsmen. This from the same country that routinely invades our country with armed soldiers and brutalizes illegals in their country.
May 16, 2006 - 08:28 PM on May 16th, 2006
the USA IS DEAD, I call it the former USA, Within 5 five years this will become mexico, you can’t stop it now, sad fact, the red china rats funded the fall and our boys just did us in for good by using population as a weapons to take down the USA And it worked only a matter of time before this become Aztlan and the government starts attack the people here like we are iraq, watch what happens in the next year, and when hillary get her way god help us all, she may as well be called the Red Rose od china. may god help you in the coming hell, our culture is dead our future is the third world hell. I own this non nation, nothing.
May 17, 2006 - 06:57 AM on May 17th, 2006
Our imperial senate has voted to allow AL QUEDA terrorists to enter this nation along with the illegals what a bunch of traitors:mad:
May 17, 2006 - 11:03 AM on May 17th, 2006
Duh guys, quit being so ignorant. You’re starting to see what I’ve been trying to explain for so long. There are two types of republicans now, and this vote is a litmus test for who is on which side.
One side is the “Bush republicans”. These are the guys who are vaguely aware of other issues but are mostly fixated on delivering profits to their “base”. They need the guest worker program in order to keep wages low and profit margins high.
The other side (the one I ascribe to) cares about limited government and the security of this nation. We’re willing to allow the market to decide wages and in the meantime seek to welcome the legal immigrants with open arms while at the same time ensuring that illegals have no place in this country.
May 17, 2006 - 10:09 PM on May 17th, 2006
It’s funny that none of the Senators who voted against enforcement are from states on the southern borders. Maybe if they had to answer to their constituents for the failure to plug the Drug, Illegal Alien and violence pipeline, they might have voted otherwise. Arlen Specter needs to be voted out of office. He’s been sponging off the Taxpayers for over 40 years.