On Fox News Sunday, White House spokesman Tony Snow said, “Our sense is that if Majority Leader Harry Reid brings it back up, which he should, and permits a full debate, …we’re not only going to get a bill, but we’re going to get a better bill.”
Really? Knowing that border security and enforcement is the main concern of the public, let’s recap just a few of the amendments that were defeated in two weeks of debate: the Coleman amendment to end the policy of “sanctuary cities,” defeated 48-to-49; the McConnell amendment to require a photo ID for voting in order to combat voter fraud, defeated 41-to-52; the Cornyn amendment to deny amnesty to gang members and illegal aliens with criminal records, defeated 46-to-51; the Vitter amendment to guarantee a secure, biometric check in/check out visa system be in place prior to any guest worker program going into effect, defeated 48-to-49; and the Coburn-DeMint amendment to guarantee full border security prior to amnesty, defeated 42-to-54.
Maybe President Bush is going to go to Capitol Hill tomorrow and urge senators to reconsider their votes on these important border security amendments. That would be a debate worth having. I suspect Harry Reid decided to cut off the debate last week because all these votes against commonsense border security issues was getting a little embarrassing. As Rasmussen Reports noted, border security could rally the overwhelming majority of Americans and unite the conservative base against Ted Kennedy and the pro-amnesty liberals in the Senate. But without these amendments, it’s hard to imagine how we will “get a better bill,” and the insistence of Washington’s political elites on forcing something through that the public clearly does not want will only infuriate the grass roots even more.
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Very well said.