It's aliiiive! (Immigration Bill)

Michelle Malkin ^ | June 11, 2007 | Michelle Malkin

[PJ-Comix]

The corpse of S. 1348 is twitching. Remember: I pronounced it "down but not quite dead" after the cloture vote last Thursday. Now, Bush-Reid-Kennedy will be working overtime the next few days to prop it back up on the Senate floor, reports the NYTimes:

Senate Democrats opened the door to reviving the stalled immigration measure on Sunday, calling on Republicans to resolve their internal divisions and produce an agreement on how to move the legislation forward.

With Bush administration officials and Republican authors of the overhaul saying they had not given up on the bill, the spokesman for Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the majority leader, said Mr. Reid would be willing to try again if Republicans agreed to a defined number of amendments and a time limit on debate.

“If and when Republicans can agree on a limited number of amendments and agree on the need to get this bill passed, Senator Reid is committed to finding room on the Senate schedule as soon as possible,” said Jim Manley, the spokesman, who said President Bush needed to play a role as well. “The hope is that he can apply enough pressure to provide the votes we need to get the bill out of the Senate.”

Mr. Bush is scheduled to visit the Capitol on Tuesday for a lunch with Senate Republicans. That meeting will come just days after the immigration proposal, one of his chief domestic priorities, was derailed when an effort to bring a two-week debate to a close came up far short of the votes needed.

On Sunday, Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez said the administration was “more determined than ever” to push the measure, which has drawn strong opposition from conservatives.

The "Grand Bargainers" will be toiling behind closed doors again. As I've warned many times, if they can't get what they want in one "comprehenshive" package, they will do what they've done for years under the radar--break off their favorite enforcement-undermining provisions and pass amnesty piecemeal.

Don't forget the amnesty hotline number--1-800-417-7666--if you'd like to get through to your senators and help drive a stake through this monstrously bad bill once and for all.

[PJ-Comix]

They just don't give up. Hopefully enough GOP senators who supported this shamnesty bill before won't want to get burned again by supporting it this time around.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Just say NO to Amnesty!! Keep calling!! It’s NOT OVER!!

U.S. Senate switchboard: (202) 224-3121

U.S. House switchboard: (202) 225-3121

White House comments: (202) 456-1111

Find your House Rep.: http://www.house.gov/writerep

Find your US Senators: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

[angkor]

Has any President in history tried to pass a bill four times in the face of overwhelming opposition by the public and even moreso by his own party?

George Bush is indeed creating his very own historic "legacy".

[Diogenesis]

The Senate PIMPS have already taken money by contractors
etc. to ram this bill through. They must perform
for their johns.

Having already SOLD America (illegal, but ignored),
the Senate PIMPS MUST continue, or the contractors
will either want their money back, or will get
even other ways.

[TLI]

or the contractors will either want their money back, or will get even other ways.

Hope so. It would be interesting to see who the puppet masters really are.

[GOPJ]

Just say NO to Amnesty!! Keep calling!!

U.S. Senate switchboard: (202) 224-3121

U.S. House switchboard: (202) 225-3121

White House comments: (202) 456-1111

Thanks for the numbers...

[Vigilanteman]

I can’t help but wonder if he’s competing with Jimmy Carter to earn the honor of being the worst president in, at least, our lifetimes.

[2ndDivisionVet]

You’re welcome. Please ask everyone you know to call until this thing is well and truly dead!!

[TLI]

George Bush is indeed creating his very own historic "legacy".

The Legacy of the Hidden Agenda.

The Legacy of Reversal of "from consent of the governed."

The Legacy of Eradication of "By the People."

[sirchtruth]

“The hope is that he can apply enough pressure to provide the votes we need to get the bill out of the Senate.”

Go ahead rinos and fense sitters make our day!

I fear for any polition voting for this thing and keeping their job as a repubublican!

[TLI]

pass a bill four times in the face of overwhelming opposition by the public and even moreso by his own party?

$hit in the game. Someone has him by the short ones and he has to deliver "or else."

[George W. Bush]

I just called my RINO senator and told him again how much I hate him, how we will humiliate him if he ever sets foot in the county again, how we look forward to humiliating him with a massive defeat if he dares to file for re-election in '08, how much we're supporting the Republican who has filed to defeat him already.

Yes, I'm talking about The Hagelmonster himself.

It feels good. Do it to your congressRINO too. And suck some money out these pro-amnesty people by using their 800 number.

[stevio]

Bump.

[angkor]

Not just the contractor trade groups, but also K Street lobbyists and other heavyweight trade groups representing meatpacking, fast food, restaurants, florists, home building, and every other employer of low-skill and semi-skill labor in the U.S. They want to keep their supply of unedcated, unskilled, non-English speaking peasant labor.

But they are very much allied with other K Street "advocates" and unions (aka, even more lobbyists) who need new members and victims .... errrr ... "clients" (e.g., American Immigration Lawyers Assoc.).

These leeches all expect Congress to deliver what they demand in exchange for election votes and PAC money and God knows what else.

As reported last week:

Interest groups pushing for the bill said Democrats were supposed to deliver 35 votes and Republicans were supposed to deliver 25. "From our point of view we did our job, and from our point of view the Republicans didn't," said Frank Sharry, executive director of the National Immigration Forum, which wants a bill that offers a path to citizenship to illegal aliens.

Bush seeks immigration action
The Washington Times
June 9, 2007
Stephen Dinan

[PJ-Comix]

Will the WaPo have another phoney article about how support for a resurrected shamesty bill is rising again?

[Kimberly GG]

“Someone has him by the short ones and he has to deliver “or else.”

And if we are going to be effective in DEFEATING him, Americans need to know who that someone IS and their agenda.

WHO? The bipartisan, globalist OPEN BORDERS LOBBY.

WHY? The creation of a NORTH AMERICAN UNION.

BUILDING A NORTH AMERICAN COMMUNITY
http://canada.usembassy.gov/content/can_usa/northamericancommunity_TF_final.pdf

[angkor]

I just called my RINO senator and told him again how much I hate him

I'm curious, how did his staffers respond to your Monday morning greeting?

I like your injunction to keep Hagel out of your county on pain of humiliation. Very inventive.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Does Lindsey Graham wear kneepads? Does Hillary have cellulite?

[PJ-Comix]

Is someone going to run in the primary against Lindsey Graham next year? That needs to happen.

[freekitty]

“I can’t help but wonder if he’s competing with Jimmy Carter to earn the honor of being the worst president in, at least, our lifetimes.”

That’s going to be his legacy. Just as bad as Jimma Carter. How stupid can you get?