That could be fatal for the bill, as any attempt to bring it back to the Senate floor later this year or early next year would mean it would land square in the political maelstrom of congressional and presidential elections in 2008.
No bill=no funding for the fence for two to three more years. That was the whole purpose of this puppet show...Look like you are doing something but really do nothing. Brilliant. Funny thing is, most people will cheer when the bill is dead.
they have ALREADY got the funds and the authorization for the WALL (or fence, whatever) and El Presidente Jorge Boosh STILL refuses to build it.
So killing this bill will not impact the Wall at all. It aint getting built anyhow, thanks to Amigo Jorge Boosh...
What killing this bill WILL do is prevent a bunch of ILLEGAL, CRIMINAL, ALIENS from instantly become legal residents of this country, and thus eligible for all the Welfare State ENTITLEMENTS that the worst Democratic administrations (and unfortunately the admin of Jorge Boosh) were able to concoct...
THAT is what is at stake here. Boosh has already blown up any hope of a Wall-Fence.
“Look like you are doing something but really do nothing. Brilliant.”
Whether the fence gets built or not is of little consequence at the moment.
The debate in this country regarding needed changes in the immigration system and enforcement of the laws is far from over. It needs to be debated and decided fairly, not avoided by instantly legalizing illegal aliens via some midnight bill.
The defeat of this bill is of paramount importance. If this passes, there is no going back.