Conservatives Get Ultimatum, GOP Pushed on Immigration

Roll Call ^ | June 13, 2007 | John Stanton

[3AngelaD]

Senate conservatives have been warned by Republican leaders that they must either accept a series of largely symbolic floor votes on a handful of amendments to the immigration reform legislation or see themselves shut out of the process altogether when the chamber resumes work on the bill later this year, GOP lawmakers and aides said Tuesday...

[3AngelaD]

Sure would like to read the rest of this. Anyone have a Roll Call subscription? LARGELY SYMBOLIC FLOOR VOTES...Are they truly such idiots that they would allow the bill to come back to the floor and vote for cloture under these circumstances, under any circumstances?

[Ingtar]

Are they truly such idiots that they would allow the bill to come back to the floor and vote for cloture under these circumstances, under any circumstances?

Sadly, I'm thinking the answer is "yes."

[Ouderkirk]

IF this immigration/amnesty bill passes and the GOP supported it...I am going to have to part company with the GOP. It pains me to do so, but they have left me no choice. Gotta start a national Conservative Party.

[MrEdd]

meet the ultimatum

[CindyDawg]

Who do these Republicans think they are? Democrats?

[SIDENET]

bookmark

[sourcery]

We're the ones giving the ultimatum here: You vote for cloture, you don't return to the Senate after the next election!

How Eisenhower solved illegal border crossings from Mexico

I Like Ike.

The immigration giveaway

Take the Pledge: "I pledge to never, ever vote for anyone, for any office, who votes in favor of the Mexican Invasion Surrender Bill."

[BienHoa69-70 RVN]

I must not have been paying attention. Can someone show me when and where true conservatives were part of the process that gave birth to S.1348?

[TheShadows]

see themselves shut out of the process altogether

how about seeing themselves forced out of office by the voters.

[Maynerd]

Bush and the republican leadership are suicidal. The bad news is they will be taking the rest of the country with them.

[bpjam]

How about a ‘largely symbolic’ vote on deporting the illegals who committed additinoal felonies or were known gang members?

How about a ‘largely symbolic’ vote on refusing free public services (except for life threatening emergencies) to individuals who are NOT legal citizens or naturalized citizens?

How about a ‘largely symbolic’ vote on children being removed from the schools when their illegal parents go back South of the border? Or at least have 25% of their paychecks garnished to go to the school districts to cover the education of the illegal children they brought to the US?

How about a ‘largely symbolic’ vote on stopping all future illegal immigration?

[dirtboy]

Senate conservatives have been warned by Republican leaders that they must either accept a series of largely symbolic floor votes on a handful of amendments to the immigration reform legislation or see themselves shut out of the process altogether when the chamber resumes work on the bill later this year, GOP lawmakers and aides said Tuesday...

These a-holes would rather split the party than take the common-sense approach of enforcement first.

Time to take our party back, boys and girls. And if we can't take it back, it is time to cut off the pro-illegal contingent of the party and build a coalition of the willing between conservatives and Dems who are also appalled at illegal immigration (and there are plenty - the GOP mayor of Hazelton who pushed for anti-illegal ordinances won the GOP primary AND the Dem primary with write-ins).

We will prevail. If not here, then in 2008.

[dirtboy]

Who do these Republicans think they are? Democrats?

They most certainly don't think they are Americans.

[rightwingextremist1776]

IF this immigration/amnesty bill passes and the GOP supported it...I am going to have to part company with the GOP. It pains me to do so, but they have left me no choice. Gotta start a national Conservative Party.

I'm with you! I'm feed up with these 'Rat wannabe RINO pieces of crap. Better to partner with the Libertarians then bow to these POS RINOs. Let them have their stinking to high Heaven party.

[Dante3]

Is Bush mentally ill or evil?

[sheana]

They are trying to blackmail the American public with border security and now trying to blackmail the senators who don’t agree with this bill.

Heckuva way to run the government. They all disgust me.

[TaxxMann]

I left the party one month ago.

[jpl]

Listen up, and listen good all you pretend Republican “leaders”: the conservative Senators are our true representatives, and you don’t give them ultimatums, we give you the ultimatums!

[Guenevere]

Pray for the senate conservatives who are trying to hold our nation for US!....who are trying to stop this!
They are being tempted beyond measure....to acquiesce, to comply.

Continue calling, emails, letters, fax.

For mercy sakes, now is the time to PRAY!

[gubamyster]

ping