Our Anti-Amnesty Champions

Numbers USA ^ | September 18, 2007

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The following Senators have made a firm commitment to vote NO on SA 2237, the DREAM Act amnesty amendment Go to Congressional Action Center Go to Senate Vote Day Action Center

Alabama: Sessions
Arizona: Kyl
Georgia: Chambliss; Isakson
Kansas: Roberts
Kentucky: Bunning
Louisiana: Vitter
North Carolina: Burr
Oklahoma: Inhofe
Tennesee: Corker

The following senators have not made a firm commitment to vote NO on SA 2237 (all phone numbers in the 202 area code):

Alabama: Shelby – 224-5744
Alaska: Murkowski – 224-6665; Stevens 224-3004
Arizona: McCain 224-2235
Arkansas: Lincoln 224-4843; Pryor 224-2353
California: Boxer 224-3553; Feinstein 224-3841
Colorado: Allard 224-5941; Salazar 224-5852
Connecticut: Dodd 224-2823; Lieberman 224-4041
Delaware: Biden 224-5042; Carper 224-2441
Florida: Martinez 224-3041; Nelson (Bill) 224-5274
Hawaii: Akaka 224-6361; Inouye 224-3934
Idaho: Craig 224-2752; Crapo 224-6142
Illinois: Durbin 224-2152; Obama 224-2854
Indiana: Bayh 224-5623; Lugar 224-4814
Iowa: Grassley 224-3744; Harkin 224-3254
Kansas: Brownback 224-6521
Kentucky: McConnell 224-2541
Louisiana: Landrieu 224-5824
Maine: Collins 224-2523; Snowe 224-5344
Maryland: Cardin 224-4524; Mikulski 224-4654
Massachusetts: Kennedy 224-4543; Kerry 224-2742
Michigan: Levin 224-6221; Stabenow 224-4822
Minnesota: Coleman 224-5641; Klobuchar 224-3244
Mississippi: Cochran 224-5054; Lott 224-6253
Missouri: Bond 224-5721; McCaskill 224-6154
Montana: Baucus 224-2651; Tester 224-2644
Nebraska: Hagel 224-4224; Nelson (Ben) 224-6551
Nevada: Ensign 224-6244; Reid 224-3542
New Hampshire: Gregg 224-3324; Sununu 224-2841
New Jersey: Lautenberg 224-3224; Menendez 224-4744
New Mexico: Bingaman 224-5521; Domenici 224-6621
New York: Clinton 224-4451; Schumer 224-6542
North Carolina: Dole 224-6342
North Dakota: Conrad 224-2043; Dorgan 2551
Ohio: Brown 224-2315; Voinovich 224-3353
Oklahoma: Coburn 224-5754
Oregon: Smith 224-3753; Wyden 224-5244
Pennsylvania: Casey 224-6324; Specter 224-4254
Rhode Island: Reed 224-4642; Whitehouse 224-2921
South Carolina: DeMint 224-6121; Graham 224-5972
South Dakota: Johnson 224-5842; Thune 224-2321
Tennessee: Alexander 224-4944
Texas: Cornyn 224-2934; Hutchison 224-5922
Utah: Bennett 224-5444; Hatch 224-5251
Vermont: Leahy 224-4242; Sanders 224-5141
Virginia: Warner 224-2023; Webb 224-4024
Washington: Cantwell 224-3441; Murray 224-2621
West Virginia: Byrd 224-3954; Rockefeller 224-6472
Wisconsin: Feingold 224-5323; Kohl 224-5653
Wyoming: Enzi 224-3424; Barrasso 224-6441

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If your people are listed, please call them.

[Politicalmom]

FReepmail to be added to the Congress Watch Ping List.

All might be free if they valued freedom, and defended it as they should.-Samuel Adams

[Politicalmom]

Oops. Sorry, didn’t paste the LIST. *Bangs head on desk*

[Politicalmom]

Congress Watch Ping!!

[snowrip]

Done.

When asked if I wanted to leave a message for my Senators, I left the same one for both: “If the senator thinks her constituents have forgotten about the DREAM act, she is welcome to bet her job on it... because that is what she WILL lose if she supports amnesty.”

[CPT Clay]

Jennifer in Hagel’s office sounds absolutely delicious.

[chesley]

Did it for Shelby before I saw this. Sessions is solid as a rock.

The next election is important. Let’s do the best we can in the primaries, but remember, Vote R in the general election, even if you have to hold your nose. Which I will have to if Rudy gets it.

[CPT Clay]

Finally got through to Cornyns office and he does not support any of these ammendments.

[CPT Clay]

Coburn’s office sain he is in the process of going puplic with his opposition.

[justDave]

He’s a very good man and will do the right thing.

[gubamyster]

ping

[AuntB]

All anyone like the monster below has to do is ‘pick a name’ any name, get a dreamact or agjob and instantly legal!

Be sure to note in the story that this one didn’t get one interpreter at our expense, but TWO!

Man gets life in 1991 killing

He won’t have chance for parole; judge refers to his criminal history

RUTH LIAO
Statesman Journal

September 18, 2007

A man will serve a life sentence without parole for beating to death a 67-year-old Salem woman in 1991, a Marion County judge ruled Monday.

A jury found Bonafacio Merino-Apolinar, 37, guilty of beating, asphyxiating and raping Janet Unruh.

Unruh had caught Merino-Apolinar stealing from her home in a group care center at Labish Village on Dover Avenue NE before she was found dead Aug. 25, 1991.

In court, Marion County Circuit Judge Dennis Graves condemned Merino-Apolinar’s long criminal history and repeated offenses.

“The overwhelming evidence in this case screams that you have no regard for the law,” Graves said.

Merino-Apolinar entered the U.S. illegally three times and was convicted of criminal harassment, first-degree sex abuse and dealing cocaine before he was arrested in 2005 for aggravated murder in Unruh’s death.

“You have never taken responsibility for your criminal conduct until today, and instead have blamed others or denied you were responsible, as you did in this case,” Graves said.

After Unruh’s death, Merino-Apolinar returned to Mexico, but came back to Oregon illegally and was convicted of criminal harassment in 1992, Graves said.

Testimony during that conviction showed Merino-Apolinar physically abused his wife, refused to allow her to leave their home and didn’t give her any money to help raise their three children, Graves said.

In 1995, Merino-Apolinar was convicted of sexually abusing a 7-year-old girl. He was ordered to complete sex offender treatment but failed to comply with court orders and was arrested in January 1997 for failing to appear in court.

In March 1997, Merino-Apolinar was convicted of delivering cocaine and served 28 months in prison.

Merino-Apolinar was deported in 2000, but returned again illegally under the name Juan Valentin Rivera using false identification cards in Oregon, California and Alaska.

Oregon State Police investigator Karen Hays, who worked in the crime lab, reviewed cold case files before she retired in 2000 and linked Merino-Apolinar to the killing using improved DNA analysis.

Merino-Apolinar was arrested on five counts of aggravated murder in 2005 in Monterey County, Calif.

“It’s a long time coming,” said Unruh’s daughter Barbara Loucks, who lives in Medford. “I’m glad it’s over — it’ll never be over, but at least he’s been caught. He’s not out on the streets any more.”

Prosecutor Bryan Orrio read a formal statement written by Loucks during sentencing, which described Unruh as a woman who loved her children, but never lived to see her grandchildren or great-grandchildren. Unruh learned to ride horses at an early age with her father, before she learned how to walk, and met her husband while riding, Orrio said.

The murder trial began Aug. 20 and at first required two interpreters — one to interpret a Mexican dialect known as Trique to Spanish, and one to translate Spanish to English.

But as the trial progressed, Merino-Apolinar indicated he could understand Spanish and English.

On Monday, Merino-Apolinar read from a crinkled yellow paper to the court.

“It’s not easy to bear a burden for 16 years. I’ve always had it on my mind and could never forget,” Merino-Apolinar said.

Merino-Apolinar first came to Oregon illegally in 1989. He said he had relatives in Brooks and worked in strawberry fields.

On the night of the killing, Merino-Apolinar said, he was drunk and stupid and never thought he’d regret his acts for the rest of his life. Merino-Apolinar also suffers from chronic renal failure and was provided medical treatment while in custody.

Merino-Apolinar asked that his children not suffer for his crimes.

“Although I’m going into the shadows, I feel free because I will be paying for my crimes,” he said.

rliao@StatesmanJournal.com

http://159.54.226.83/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070918/NEWS/709180322/1001

[Guenevere]

Thanks!

[oldm60grunt]

There is another Dream candidate listed in the Dalton Daily Citizen today (rape, child molestation, illegal, etc).

[Dante3]

Kyle is voting NO?

[Dante3]

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[azhenfud]

Senator Dole has made no commitment? That’s unusual given the fact she stood the gap for Patriots during the Senatorial Amnesty Parade sprint.

It’s a guess, but I believe she will thumbs down all attempts to affix any such obscene riders to the Defense funding bill...

She won my support with her bold stance against an arrogant “see you at the signing” Bush during the last round of assaults. I’ve come to believe she HEARS North Carolinians....thinking she will likewise on this one..

[lilylangtree]

Just called my two senators and left a message (high call volume apparently) requesting that they vote “No!” Unfortunately, both are demoncRATS, both are women, both are from the west side of the state and both are HUGE clintoon fans.

[SoCalPol]

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Ouch!

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Thank you. This comes up for a vote this week.

That's close to what I told who ever answered the phone for Landrieu's office. :)

[NoAmnesty]

Durbin is talking about it right now on the Senate floor.

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A man answered Landreiu’s phone. Knowing he was a dim, cooled any ardor I might have gotten from his voice. :)

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That you. I’ll turn it on.

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I can’t vote for rudy.

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Our politicians have proven they don’t care what happens to us.

[NoAmnesty]

What a bunch of BS! My heart bleeds for this POS.....

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He’s turning my stomach.

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You’re welcome.

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Maybe when it comes down to the wire, she’ll vote NO!

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The puss buckets who call themselves Americans representatives better vote this thing down again.

OT: Thank God his time is up.

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Just called my two senators and left a message (high call volume apparently) requesting that they vote “No!” Unfortunately, both are demoncRATS, both are women, both are from the west side of the state and both are HUGE clintoon fans.

*sigh*

[skeeter]

Just called my two senators and left a message (high call volume apparently) requesting that they vote “No!” Unfortunately, both are demoncRATS, both are women, both are from the west side of the state and both are HUGE clintoon fans.

I'm guessing you're not from Kansas.

[chesley]

I pretty much feel that way, too. And I won’t vote for him in the primaries, no matter how ‘electable’ he seems. But if, despite the efforts of those who feel like you and I, he gets the nod, well, there’s bad (Rudy) and there’s worse (Hellary, or any Dem).

I could stand on principle and stay home or vote 3rd party, but my principles say, if harm must be done, make sure it is a little as possible.

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I could stand on principle and stay home

I can't vote for a man who believes in gun control, gay marriage, abortion on demand, marches with nambla, approves of sanctuary cities and a host of other issues.

if harm must be done, make sure it is a little as possible.

Not from my own party. They're supposed to be better than the dims.

[Dante3]

Let’s keep calling and e-mailing. It made a difference last time and I hope it will again. Every call counts.

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I agree and I’ll be calling again tomorrow. We have to stop it.

[Dante3]

I will also send emails. I notice MSM is doing their best to focus on other issues, such as OJ’s book. I have no problem with them reporting on it, but they should also cover this more - something that is this damaging to our country - and Hillary’s scandals.

[AmericanInTokyo]

I wouldnt necessarily look at it so much as a conspiratorial MSM kind of thing, but rather, the fundamental rule of supply and demand.

The AMERICAN PEOPLE by and large, want more OJ news (and Britney and Paris Hilton) rather than they want engaged news about how to SAVE THEIR REPUBLIC. It is as simple (and as sad) as THAT.

[VOA]

Our Anti-Amnesty Champions

just my personal angle:

Our PRO-LEGAL-US-CITIZENSHIP Champions

Real patriots that REFUSED to reduce the value of US Citizenship to
the equivalent of "paying a traffic ticket".
(The analogy that the otherwise-nice Tony Snow used to explain
the "penalty" ILLEGALS would pay to be fast-tracked to US Citizenship)

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We think alike on this. So have I.

I also sent Vitter a thank you email.

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Our PRO-LEGAL-US-CITIZENSHIP Champions

Great name.

I listened to some of it on tv today, it made so angry to hear some of them selling out our country.

[Dante3]

Good idea. We should thank those who oppose the treasonous Dream Act.

[momf]

[When asked if I wanted to leave a message for my Senators, I left the same one for both: “If the senator thinks her constituents have forgotten about the DREAM act, she is welcome to bet her job on it... because that is what she WILL lose if she supports amnesty.”]

I like your remarks...I’m going to call mine, again, tomorrow and be a copycat!! My remarks today didn’t seem to make much of an impact with the Senate Sitters from Texas. Think we will need Trump to come tell them “You’re FIRED!”

[Dante3]

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[momf]

What Cornyns office help say and what he does may be two different horses...last time they were adamant that he would vote “No”; this time, they wouldn’t commit to anything on his leanings...so???

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[Gritty]

Current Anti-Amnesty Champions list from NUMBERS USA;

Alabama: Sessions; Shelby
Arizona: Kyl
Georgia: Chambliss; Isakson
Kansas: Roberts
Kentucky: Bunning; McConnell
Louisiana: Vitter
Mississippi: Lott
North Carolina: Burr; Dole
Oklahoma: Inhofe
South Carolina: DeMint; Graham
Tennesee: Alexander; Corker
Wyoming: Enzi

[Dante3]

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[Dante3]

What about Byrd? He was anti amnesty.