[sickoflibs]

He said he would vote no.

But did he kill it?

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

He said he would vote no. But did he kill it?

No, thanks to the spineless "conservatives" who voted overwhelmingly YES. I didn't expect this vote to fail, but the margin is troubling.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

How about this poison pill? (The one problem with it is that you know an administration from either party would want to fudge, or outright lie about, the apprehension numbers, AND it might be what a Rand Paul needs to cover his *** to vote for it).

Where the bill's fate could be sealed in the Senate is with a vote on an amendment introduced by Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas). Cornyn's amendment uses the 90 percent apprehension mark as a hard trigger before the path to citizenship can be enacted. It also includes provisions to monitor every segment of the Southern border and implement a nationwide "E-verify" system and a "biometric exit" system that would ensure workers don't overstay their visas. In other words, Cornyn's amendment would impose much stronger border security requirements before the path to citizenship could be activated — and might mean that it never gets activated at all. That's why Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and other Democrats view this as a "poison pill" amendment that may kill the legislation.