Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Senate Dems: Agin' common sense
Contrary to what a lot of conservative bloggers have suggested, the immigration "reform" bill is not dead. Indeed, President Bush made a rare appearance on Capitol Hill today to urge U.S. Senators to revive the McCain-Kennedy immigration scheme.
That said, the Campaign on Working Families has compiled a list of amendments to the immigration bill that were defeated in the U.S. Senate over the past two weeks:
-- The McConnell amendment to require a photo ID for voting in order to combat voter fraud, defeated 41-to-52;
-- The Cornyn amendment to deny amnesty to gang members and illegal aliens with criminal records, defeated 46-to-51;
-- The Vitter amendment to guarantee a secure, biometric check in/check out visa system be in place prior to any guest worker program going into effect, defeated 48-to-49; and
-- The Coburn-DeMint amendment to guarantee full border security prior to granting illegals amnesty, defeated 42-to-54.
(To see how your U.S. Senator voted on these amendments, click here.)
Creeder Readers should be aware that Democrats voted overwhelmingly against these common sense amendments to the McCain-Kennedy bill.
Democrats shamelessly flouting common sense ... pretty pathetic, n'est-ce pas?
That said, the Campaign on Working Families has compiled a list of amendments to the immigration bill that were defeated in the U.S. Senate over the past two weeks:
-- The McConnell amendment to require a photo ID for voting in order to combat voter fraud, defeated 41-to-52;
-- The Cornyn amendment to deny amnesty to gang members and illegal aliens with criminal records, defeated 46-to-51;
-- The Vitter amendment to guarantee a secure, biometric check in/check out visa system be in place prior to any guest worker program going into effect, defeated 48-to-49; and
-- The Coburn-DeMint amendment to guarantee full border security prior to granting illegals amnesty, defeated 42-to-54.
(To see how your U.S. Senator voted on these amendments, click here.)
Creeder Readers should be aware that Democrats voted overwhelmingly against these common sense amendments to the McCain-Kennedy bill.
Democrats shamelessly flouting common sense ... pretty pathetic, n'est-ce pas?
# posted by Joltin' Django @ Tuesday, June 12, 2007 
