Posted on 06/28/2007 9:59:06 AM PDT by upchuck
Just a few excerpts from this article:
WASHINGTON -- The Senate fell 14 votes short of the 60 needed to end debate on immigration overhaul, dealing a near-fatal blow to the landmark bill and one that could very well dash President Bush's hopes of ever achieving this goal before leaving the White House.
The 46-53 roll call evolved into a blowout as a strong majority of Republicans sought cover and lined up against the administration once the outcome became apparent. Having invested substantial time in the effort, Senate Majority Leader Hary Reid (D., Nev.) was prepared to pull the bill in favor of beginning debate on a defense authorization measure for the new fiscal year that begins Oct. 1.
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"A decent respect for the views of the American people says stop here now, let's go back to the drawing board," warned Sen. Jeff Sessions (R., Ala.), and Sen. Jim DeMint (R., S.C.) said the debate betrayed "a crisis of confidence" in the government.
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But Sen. Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) accused his colleagues of taking advantage of voters by holding out the false promise, he said, of something better and dashing the hopes for a politically difficult compromise.
"It is a problem America has to deal with it and we want someone else to do it because we are afraid…This is about our jobs," he said with contempt. "The American people have a low opinion of us because we can't seem to do the things we have to do because we are too worried about us and not them."
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And, Lindsey... well, what can I say? Except that I'm really, really looking forward to Tuesday, November 11, 2008 when I'll get my chance to answer this traitorous bastard.
Truthfully, it is a setback. If the next president is a dem and the dems make bigger inroads in the Senate & House (and that’s a real possibility), an even worse bill will likely arise, and odds of it passing are stronger.
The opposition should start making the case for what it wants, not just what it is against.
Sen. Sessions is to Shamnesty what Sen. Phil Gramm was to Hillarycare.
Yes, SETBACK, not death. They can still bring it back up again for another cloture vote any time during the rest of this Congress. It is not dead, it is hibernating.
Just said on the radio public reaction was so strong it crashed the capitol phone system!!
...my tagline can apply to American politics too!!(voting)
Can’t wait for the official “vote” list.
Doogle
What do they have on Lindsey Graham? He’s committing suicide with an election coming up. He have a primary challenger yet?
Senator Kennedy just stated that the Minority killed the bill. Wait a minute, the vote was 53 to 46........to me, the majority is what killed the bill. Or am I reading this wrong?
“He have a primary challenger yet?”
None that I know of. Hoping.
Very well said!!
Yahoo is headlining this as "Bush's Immigration Bill" now that it is a lost cause. Yesterday, it was a bold bipartisan initiative.
Specter says “It’s a bump in the road, and we’re going to continue traveling that road.”
Travel it down to Tijuana, ya freakin traitor!!
do I have to point out what your first mistake was?
Let me add...
It could be that his antics the last few weeks and the fact that he’s very much damaged goods here in SC may spur someone to step forward and challenge him.
Based on conversations I had with both conservatives and liberals, Lindsey is dead meat. But we need a challenger.
"...It is a problem America has to deal with it and we want someone else to do it because we are afraid..."
Just BUILD the damn fence.
Golly, the minority sure is strong!
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Doing work Liberals won’t do.
...he will now..*grins*..he is politically DEAD
Where have you been?
I'll repeat what we want... slowly....
ENFORCE.....PRESENT.....IMMIGRATION......LAWS.
If we can't enforce existing law, no new laws will have any credibility or effect.
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