Wednesday Cloture Vote Set For DREAM Act Amnesty Bill [LIVE THREAD]

Numbers USA ^ | Oct. 23, 2007

[EYETRE]

Wednesday Cloture Vote Set For DREAM Act Amnesty Bill (October 23) Last night, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) filed to invoke cloture on S. 2205, Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin’s (D-Ill.) new stand-alone DREAM Act amnesty bill. The cloture vote, for which 60 YES votes are necessary to prevent a filibuster on the measure, is set for Wednesday, October 24. Reid is attempting to bring this nightmarish amnesty bill to the floor under Senate Rule XIV without it ever having been debated in committee... Click here for more background on the DREAM Act.

It is imperative that NumbersUSA members call their senators today to ask them to vote NO on cloture for S. 2205.

Call your senators today to ask them to oppose the DREAM Act: 202-224-3121.

Our Anti-Amnesty Champions

The senators listed below have made a firm commitment to vote NO on the DREAM Act amnesty under any circumstances.

Alabama: Sessions; Shelby Colorado: Allard Georgia: Chambliss; Isakson Kansas: Roberts Kentucky: Bunning; McConnell Louisiana: Vitter Mississippi: Lott Missouri: Bond North Carolina: Burr; Dole Oklahoma: Coburn; Inhofe South Carolina: DeMint South Dakota: Thune Tennessee: Alexander; Corker Wyoming: Barrasso; Enzi

The Rest of the Senate

The senators listed below have not made a firm commitment to vote NO on the DREAM Act amnesty.

SENATORS IN GREEN are consistently telling their constituents that they will vote NO on the amnesty. But they have declined to pledge a NO vote to NumbersUSA staff, meaning they still need more phone calls.

SENATORS IN RED have pledged to vote YES on the amnesty. Don't let them off easy. They need calls, too.

All phone numbers are in the 202 area code.

Alaska: Murkowski 224-6665; Stevens 224-3004 Arizona: Kyl 224-4521; McCain 224-2235 Arkansas: Lincoln 224-4843; Pryor 224-2353 California: Boxer 224-3553; Feinstein 224-3841 Colorado: 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 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 Missouri: 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 Dakota: Conrad 224-2043; Dorgan 224-2551 Ohio: Brown 224-2315; Voinovich 224-3353 Oregon: Smith 224-3753; Wyden 224-5244 Pennsylvania: Casey 224-6324; Specter 224-4254 Rhode Island: Reed 224-4642; Whitehouse 224-2921 South Carolina: Graham 224-5972 South Dakota: Johnson 224-5842 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

from numbersusa.com:

Our Anti-Amnesty Champions

The senators listed below have made a firm commitment to vote NO on the DREAM Act amnesty under any circumstances.

Alabama: Sessions; Shelby
Colorado: Allard
Georgia: Chambliss; Isakson
Kansas: Roberts
Kentucky: Bunning; McConnell
Louisiana: Vitter
Mississippi: Lott
Missouri: Bond
North Carolina: Burr; Dole
Oklahoma: Coburn; Inhofe
South Carolina: DeMint
South Dakota: Thune
Tennessee: Alexander; Corker
Wyoming: Barrasso; Enzi

The Rest of the Senate

The senators listed below have not made a firm commitment to vote NO on the DREAM Act amnesty.

SENATORS IN GREEN are consistently telling their constituents that they will vote NO on the amnesty. But they have declined to pledge a NO vote to NumbersUSA staff, meaning they still need more phone calls.

SENATORS IN RED have pledged to vote YES on the amnesty. Don't let them off easy. They need calls, too.

All phone numbers are in the 202 area code.

Alaska: Murkowski 224-6665; Stevens 224-3004
Arizona: Kyl 224-4521; McCain 224-2235
Arkansas: Lincoln 224-4843; Pryor 224-2353
California: Boxer 224-3553; Feinstein 224-3841
Colorado: 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
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
Missouri: 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 Dakota: Conrad 224-2043; Dorgan 224-2551
Ohio: Brown 224-2315; Voinovich 224-3353
Oregon: Smith 224-3753; Wyden 224-5244
Pennsylvania: Casey 224-6324; Specter 224-4254
Rhode Island: Reed 224-4642; Whitehouse 224-2921
South Carolina: Graham 224-5972
South Dakota: Johnson 224-5842
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

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96 posted on 10/24/2007 12:00:48 PM EDT by TomGuy

[TomGuy]

from numbersusa.com:

Our Anti-Amnesty Champions

[rightinthemiddle]

I notice there are 4 Not Voting that could go the wrong way, including McCain.

[rightinthemiddle]

And, thanks for posting such a good list.

[melancholy]

I actually called her office and congratulated her afterwards.

I looked for her name with Dems voting NO with Repubs on C-Span going on now.

Her name isn't there!

It tells you that she mut have changed her vote and it wasn't picked up by C-Span.

Sorry, but I think that's what happened.

[Aggie Mama]

Disgusting that KB Hutchison voted Yea. She obviously doesn’t care since she isn’t running for senator next time. I would never, ever vote for her for governor after this.

[melancholy]

See #283.

Final vote is NO.

[rightinthemiddle]

Really! Crap. I’ve got to call back!

[kabar]

Bennett, Brownback, Coleman, Collins, Craig, Hagel, Hatch, Hutchison, Lott, Lugar, Martinez, and Snowe are pro-amnesty and should suffer some consequences for their vote. Craig and Hagel will be gone for sure. We need some conservative, real Reps to challenge the others in the primaries when they run.

Interesting that the following Dems understand what the political consequences can be for being pro-amnesty: Baucus, Byrd, Conrad, Dorgan, Landrieu, McCaskill, Pryor, and Tester. I find it particularly interesting in the case of Pryor and the importance of Tyson in AK. 12 Reps voted for cloture and 8 Dems voted against it. Unbelievable. If all the Dems had voted for cloture, the Dream Act would have been put up for the vote.

[Dante3]

"If Durbin’s argument is followed, then, if a child commits a crime that the parent committed, that child should not be held responsible."

Great quote by TomGuy.

[pillut48]

Hutchison (R-TX), Yea

What the heck was she thinking?!?!
Just lost ALL remaining respect for KBH!! >:-(
(Not that there was a vast amount to begin with...)

[Baladas]

Closer they try to an election, the better.

To paraphrase Ahhhhhnnnnold, it’ll be back. Too many possible votes to buy with an election year coming up that scares the hell out of jackasses.

[Tennessee Nana]

I got this Email from Sen Jim Inhofe of OK....

Dear Secure Borders Now Supporter,

You have been an incredible ally in the fight against amnesty for illegal immigrants. However, the more we struggle against the liberals’ amnesty agenda, the more obvious it becomes they will not be deterred. Today, our struggle continues: Senate Democrats are once again promoting the DREAM Act.

According to the Center for Immigration Studies, this legislation would mean amnesty for 2.1 million illegal immigrants already in our country. And what’s worse, it’s being sneaked through under the radar to avoid any accountability.

In only three weeks, over 90,000 citizens joined together to support “Secure Borders Now,” helping defeat the comprehensive immigration reform bill. Now, as liberals continue trying to slip amnesty through the Senate, we must quickly spread the word to even more people to achieve victory.

Please go to www.SecureOurFutureNow.com to get informed, spread the word, and see the list of Senators who urgently need to hear from you on this issue.

Thank you for all you do to stand up for our security and sovereignty,

Jim Inhofe

[Lions Gate]

This is great news - thank you God!

Words cannot express my anger at the utter foolishness of bringing up this cloture vote for amnesty of illegals. Rewarding criminal behavior encourages more criminal behavior. People cannot begin their careers in America by breaking the law - and America with an $8 trillion dollar national debt cannot afford the cost. I am dismayed at the lack of understanding of this critical issue by a majority of U.S. Senators (no wonder their job performance is in the toilet).

I along with most other Americans are in favor of legal immigration for those who are willing to learn our language, culture, and invest the time and money required to become a U.S. citizen - but not for those who willfully break on our laws, spit on our country, demand benefits, and are not willing to go through proper channels to become an American citizen.

Those who voted “Aye” for this cloture vote need to be removed from office as traitors.

May this stay at the forefront to bring about Hillary Clinton’s defeat in a BIG way.

[Rockitz]

Great! Death to the dream!

If there are no jobs or other incentives, they won’t come and the ones that are here will leave. Self-deportation works and is a helluva lot cheaper for the US taxpayer.

[TomGuy]

Great! Death to the dream!

I posted this during the June 2007 battle, and it still rears its ugly head again under the guise of The Dream Act:

They need to finish off that amnesty for illegals bill and...

• wrap it in garlic,
• drive a wooden stake through its heart,
• pour salt on it,
• burn it,
• sprinkle holy water on the ashes,
• place a silver cross on the ashes,
• bury it in an unmarked grave,

and maybe it will stay dead this time.

20 posted on 06/28/2007 3:10:05 PM PDT by TomGuy

[Nickname]

Someone needs to get on that QUICK. Looks like it'll be back in the farm bill.

[Uncle Ivan]

Lincoln (D-AR), Yea

Disgusting. That woman is an embarrassment to my state.

[popdonnelly]

Where was Kennedy? Hung over? I thought this was his baby.

[popdonnelly]

“Empty Lott just never learns does he.”

A total incompetent, and one of the reasons the Republicans lost Congress.

[Maynerd]

Larry bathroom cruising Craig voted for cloture. What an a**hole.

[CatQuilt]

Coleman from MN, quite the RINO...