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To: AZRepublican
It could well pass if it is allowed to come to vote. But any senator, such as Kyl or Hatch can put a hold on the bill and refuse to release it until amnesty is removed.

Hold on it? One senator cannot stop any legislation from being passed. They can put holds on nominations requiring Senate confirmation, but not legislation. That is not the way the Senate works. An individual senator can fillibuster legislation, but if you have 60 votes, you can invoke cloture and vote on the bill.

18 posted on 02/25/2007 6:24:09 AM PST by kabar
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To: kabar

Any senator can hold a bill, Hillary has done it, as well as most republicans. Best of all, they can do it anonymously!


20 posted on 02/25/2007 6:28:25 AM PST by AZRepublican ("The degree in which a measure is necessary can never be a test of the legal right to adopt it.")
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To: kabar

Incidently, remember a few years ago Leahy begging a single republican senator to release his hold on the Leahy-Grassley FBI Reform Act?

Just took one senator to stop it cold in its tracks. A republican will do the same with the Kennedy bill.


24 posted on 02/25/2007 6:33:35 AM PST by AZRepublican ("The degree in which a measure is necessary can never be a test of the legal right to adopt it.")
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