Posted on 12/08/2004 2:23:27 PM PST by AuntB
Today in the Senate, the Intelligence reform bill, S2845, passed with a vote of 89 to 2 .
Senator James Inhofe (R) Oklahoma stated on the floor his reasons for not supporting the bill, which left out effective immigration/border control provisions passed by the House of Representatives in their HB 10.
I first became familiar with Mr. Inhofe around 1993, when he was a member of the House of Representatives. One very late night, during special orders of the house, Inhofe gave a speech about something known as “The Discharge Petition”. This practice had been in the house for about 60 years. Your representatives could come home and proclaim support of a bill, usually one their constituents wished support on. However, back in the chamber they would sign the discharge petition if they truly did support the bill. This petition was kept in secret. Members could not even see other members names for support of a bill. If enough signatures were not obtained, the bill would go to the floor for a vote.
Stunned by such a practice, Inhofe introduced legislation to stop this deceptive practice. His bill was one line, hard to imagine, isn’t it? It simply stated that the practice of the discharge petition would be done away with and he faced a mighty uphill battle with his colleagues. One democrat senior representative stated on the floor that it was none of the publics business. Others in the leadership told Inhofe he would be thrown out of congress.
That night Mr. Inhofe informed congress that the names opposing his bill would be published in the Wall St. Journal. And they were.
Inhofe managed, after a lot of work by many of us, to get the word out and pass the bill. It was difficult pre-internet. Today, you are able to know what legislation the members of the House of Representatives are actually supporting because of the fortitude of Jim Inhofe.
Today, the senate has passed a bill that their members haven’t even read. The final version had been out only 24 hours. But Inhofe intends to represent this country, whether it’s popular or not with his “club of 100” and voted “Nay”. One other in the senate voting no was Robert Bird, because passage of the bill was not preceded by it being read and that it lacked vital immigration reforms for this nation’s security, and concerns of abuse of power by an unelected “intelligence Czar”.
Someone asked me a few days ago, who I would support for president in 2008. I can think of one brave man, James Inhofe
Be sure to catch Mr. Inhofe's speech. It should be on later again today on cspan2.
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It will be interesting to see what is in the intelligence bill when we get the chance to read it, unlike the senate who just voted it in.
Inhofe/Tancredo 2008???
Inhofe has only done one thing in the 15 years I've been watching him that I disagreed with and I'm still going to get an answer to that one day.
Sensenbrenner? The possibilies get better by the day. I like JD Hayworth, too.
Who was the other one to vote no?
POLITICAL CORRECTNESS IS THE HANDMAIDEN OF TERRORISM.
Michelle Malkin
Did you read it...I kept it short! LOL!
from above:
One other in the senate voting no was Robert Bird, because passage of the bill was not preceded by it being read and that it lacked vital immigration reforms for this nation’s security, and concerns of abuse of power by an unelected “intelligence Czar”.
Byrd, eh? Surprising.
I skimmed it but since I'm office-bound I didn't read thoroughly.
Those republican senators not voting on this bill were:
Kit Bond
Ben Nighthorse Campbell
Orrin Hatch
Gordon Smith
Trent Lott
Don Nichols
Democrats not there for the vote:
Tom Hrkin
Fritz Hollings
Dan Inoye (spelling??)
Kerry finally showed up!
Gordon Smith, from Oregon just decided to not vote at all...nothing like having it both ways.
NEW POLL UP:
http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/lou.dobbs.tonight/
Do you support legislation that would secure our borders and reform immigration law?
Yes 95% 937 votes
No 5% 51 votes
Total: 988 votes
NEW POLL UP:
http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/lou.dobbs.tonight/
Do you support legislation that would secure our borders and reform immigration law?
Yes 95% 937 votes
No 5% 51 votes
Total: 988 votes
NEW POLL UP:
http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/lou.dobbs.tonight/
Do you support legislation that would secure our borders and reform immigration law?
Yes 95% 937 votes
No 5% 51 votes
Total: 988 votes
The politicians and voters need to be detoxed from pork and propaganda, and reprogrammed with Constitutional principal.
Apart from that we are doomed.
Victor Davis Hanson on Lou Dobbs now.
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