Posted on 05/22/2006 9:24:12 AM PDT by bordergal
The final vote on S. 2611 will occur this week. There really is not a minute to waste. Please make some phone calls this morning. If at all possible and there is a Senator's office in your local area, visit it -- TODAY or TUESDAY!
I am convinced that the outcome will be determined by whether the 195,000 registered faxers with NumbersUSA step forward first thing this morning with an incredible response of phone calls and personal visits to the Senators' offices ... and keep it up until the vote is finished sometime later this week.
We have to persuade 41 Senators to vote NO on "cloture" on the giant S. 2611 amnesty bill. (See below for more explanation and how it is entirely possible for us to do this.) It is fairly clear that the only thing that can move most of the Senators is for them to believe that there is a true uprising happening in their states and that they may have to respond.
We can't win this fight unless several Democratic Senators start to get spooked about whether their Party could lose its chance for a Senate majority this fall if the public sees the Democrats as the champions of amnesty.
Please look through the lists below and determine which Democratic offices you feel you could best help impress about the gravity of their political situation.
As you will see in the lists below, several Democrats have broken with their Party and are among the top leaders on this issue in the Senate. When you call other Democrats, you may want to mention the names of the Democrats who are taking such a strong stand for the American worker and enivronment. Remember that you can call all Senators in their DC offices by using the Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121
The 100 Senators are grouped below by their likelihood of voting against the giant S. 2611 amnesty bill. The only thing that matters this week is persuading 41 Senators to vote against cloture on S. 2611.
(Cloture allows the final vote to take place. While a bill can pass with 51 votes in the final tally, the Senate can be forced to have to pass a cloture vote to even allow the final vote. The cloture vote requires 60 votes. If votes for cloture fall short, a bill is killed by virtue that the final vote has not been authorized.)
These should be sure votes to oppose final bill which will include amnesty for at least 10 million illegal aliens.
But anything can happen at the end. It is up to those of you in the states of these Senators to make sure that they absolutely are guaranteed to vote against S. 2611 later this week. Mainly, you will want to praise them for their vote FOR Vitter and for generally voting in favor of security, in favor of American workers and in favor of some stability in the quality of life of your communities. We have to keep all 33 of these if we are to hope to stop S. 2611.
Sessions (R-AL) Shelby (R-AL) Kyl (R-AZ) Allard (R-CO) Chambliss (R-GA) Isakson (R-GA) Crapo (R-ID) Grassley (R-IA) Roberts (R-KS) Bunning (R-KY) McConnell (R-KY) Vitter (R-LA) Lott (R-MS) Bond (R-MO) Talent (R-MO) Burns (R-MT) Nelson (D-NE) Ensign (R-NV) Burr (R-NC) Dole (R-NC) Coburn (R-OK) Inhofe (R-OK) Santorum (R-PA) DeMint (R-SC) Thune (R-SD) Cornyn (R-TX) Hutchison (R-TX) Bennett (R-UT) Hatch (R-UT) Allen (R-VA) Byrd (D-WV) Enzi (R-WY) Thomas (R-WY)
The following 3 are a bit shakier because they voted the wrong way on 2 or 3 of the 9 most important amendments:
Shelby (R-AL) McConnell (R-KY) Bond (R-MO)
If we can keep all 33 on our side, we still will need 8 more NO votes on cloture on S. 2611 in order to stop the bill. Those 8 must come from the lists that follow. Most Promising Possibilities:
Stabenow (D-MI) Sununu (R-NH) Domenici (R-NM) Conrad (D-ND) Dorgan (D-ND) Alexander (R-TN) Frist (R-TN)
Tougher to Snag:
Landrieu (D-LA) Smith (R-OR) Wyden (D-OR)
These will be tough to get. But if we don't get a couple of these, it is doubtful we can get the 41 votes. Without these, we would have to get NO votes out of all but one in the pools above. That is probably too much to hope for.
Collins (R-ME) Snowe (R-ME) Coleman (R-MN) Cochran (R-MS) Gregg (R- NH)
There is no solid reason why any of these Senators should be voting for a massive amnesty and doubling of importation of permanent foreign workers.
Murkowski (R-AK) Stevens (R-AK) Lincoln (D-AR) Prior (D-AR) Nelson (D-FL) Dayton (D-MN) Baucus (D-MT) Voinovich (R-OH) Johnson (D-SD) Warner (R-VA) Rockefeller (D-WV)
The Republicans in this groups have essentially promised that they will vote only the way that Sen. McCain (R-AZ) votes. And the Democrats are taking their vote cues from Sen. Kennedy (D-MA).
McCain (R-AZ) Lugar (R-IN) Brownback (R-KS) Hagel (R-NE) DeWine (R-OH) Specter (R-PA) Chafee (R-RI) Graham (R-SC) Lieberman (D-CT) Kennedy (D-MA) Kerry (D-MA)
These are Senators who have sent nearly every signal that they do not believe it likely that massive new flows of foreign workers could hurt any Americans.
Salazar (D-CO) Dodd (D-CT) Biden (D-DE) Carper (D-DE) Martinez (R-FL) Akaka (D-HI) Inouye (D-HI) Durbin (D-IL) Obama (D-IL) Mikulski (D-MD) Sarbanes (D-MD) Reid (D-NV) Lautenberg (D-NJ) Menendez (D-NJ) Bingaman (D-NM) Reed (D-RI) Jeffords (I-VT) Leahy (D-VT) Cantwell (D-WA) Murray (D-WA) Wisconsin Feingold (D-WI) Kohl (D-WI)
These 8 Senators don't present enough hope to be listed in the Pools of possibilities up above, but they show a spark of interest in protecting Americans from the floods of foreign workers. If you are in their states, do all you can to help them feel that voting NO on S. 2611 is the right thing to do politically -- even if they can't understand why it is the right thing to do for your state.
Boxer (D-CA) Feinstein (D-CA) Craig (R-ID) Bayh (D-IN) Harkin (D-IA) Levin (D-MI) Clinton (D-NY) Schumer (D-NY)
Please make as much difference today as you can.
see http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1636331/posts for the proposed amnesty for employers that is also tucked away in the bill
Thanks. I'm going to call Vitter and Landrieu. I'll remind her that mitch couldn't win against Nagin. We are getting fed up here in her home state.
Done!!!
ROFL
Done! Just called my two senators and told them I support President Bush's position on this!
ping
Done and done here in Texas.
Done, contacted Sen. Coburn and Inhofe.
I am sure that their staffers will be as pleasant with you as they were with me when I "spoke truth to power" and suggested that this bill is an abomination.
Tolerance and all that, you know!
This is treason.
Thank you. I needed the laugh.
ping
bttt
"I'll call my two Senators...Kerry and Kennedy.They're both reasonable,patriotic,upright men who will consider what *I* have to say and come to the correct decision."
Too funny...I contacted them also...guess I'll get more position statements from Kennedy...I've never gotten a response from Kerry to my 3 previous emails...I'm crushed!
Think about all the retired service people and law enforcement men and women with anti illegal organizations who our government calls "vigilantes". It's bad enough having them ignore the American citizens, on this issue, but its a slap in the face of everyone who has put their life on the line for this country, to have their government side with the invaders.
WISCONSIN
Despite national problems, state GOP sees 'outstanding' situation
(Published Monday, May 22, 2006 08:59:39 AM CDT)
By Ryan J. Foley
Associated Press
APPLETON, Wis. - An unpopular Republican president. A conservative base divided over spending and immigration. Corruption scandals in Washington and Madison.
Democrats hope that will be a recipe for a landslide in November but Republicans said this weekend they doubted any national disillusionment with the GOP would carry over to the races for governor and attorney general.
"I've read all about the doom and gloom predictions for our party nationally," state Republican Party Chairman Rick Graber said in an interview at the state GOP convention, which concluded on Sunday. "But when I look at Wisconsin, I think the political environment is outstanding."
He and other Republicans argued that polls show Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle and Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager were incumbents that could be knocked off and that Republicans had strong candidates in both races.
Statewide referendums on gay marriage and the death penalty on the Nov. 7 ballot will also work in Republicans' favor by increasing turnout, conservatives predicted.
But U.S. Rep. Tom Petri, R-Fond du Lac, laid out the challenges facing Republicans - the unpopular war in Iraq, rising gas prices, unease about the economy and a party divided over how to deal with illegal immigration.
"It's not going to be a cakewalk," he said of the elections. "We have our work cut out for us."
While some conservatives are unhappy with President Bush and the party's failure to control spending in the state and nationally, Republicans glossed over differences during the three-day convention as they endorsed U.S. Rep. Mark Green, R-Green Bay as their gubernatorial candidate.
Former prosecutor J.B. Van Hollen and Waukesha County District Attorney Paul Bucher worked the convention to win Republican backing in their bid to oust Lautenschlager, who has been hobbled by a drunken driving conviction in her state car.
Lautenschlager is also facing a strong challenge in her own party's September primary by Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk. Graber said the prospect of Republicans winning back the attorney general's office after 16 years of Democratic control energized the party.
Both races are expected to be close in a politically divided state where Republicans dominate the state Senate and Assembly but Democrats have carried the last five presidential elections.
Rick Wiley, the executive director of the state Republican Party, said Wisconsin voters were not as disillusioned with the Republicans as are voters in other states.
"I don't feel it seeping into Wisconsin," he said. "I've looked at some polling numbers and people still have faith in the system. I don't see that playing a huge role."
Still, Democrats are hoping to tap into anger with the GOP by painting Green as a rubber stamp for Bush's failed policies and trying to link him to scandals in Congress and at the Capitol.
"Mark Green has stood with President Bush, the corrupt GOP leadership, and the wealthy special interests instead of Wisconsin families every step of the way," state Democratic Chairman Joe Wineke said earlier this month.
Green's name also surfaced during the felony misconduct trial of former Assembly Speaker Scott Jensen, who was sentenced earlier this month to 15 months in prison.
Green was one of many Republicans who may have benefited from campaign work by state employees, according to testimony, a fact that has already been raised against him in television ads by a Democratic-leaning issue group.
But Republicans said the ethics issue will also work against Doyle. Green noted that a state employee has been federally indicted for allegedly steering a state travel contract to one of his campaign donors.
"Clearly on all levels of government both parties have to work to restore people's faith and confidence," Green said.
Republicans argue the election will be a referendum on Doyle's handling of pocketbook issues such as rising property taxes, tuition and health care costs.
"The average person looking at the issues will say, 'my life isn't better under Governor Doyle and it's time for a change'," said Michael Monson, former mayor of Antigo and a Langlade County delegate to the GOP convention. "This will have nothing to do with George W. Bush, Iraq or Dick Cheney."
http://www.gazetteextra.com/gopoutlook052206.asp
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