Posted on 12/18/2010 9:22:36 AM PST by gandalftb
Senate Republicans blocked a measure Saturday that would have offered provisional legal status to some adults who came to America illegally as children.
Democratic backers of the legislation fell short of the 60 votes to move the DREAM Act legislation forward. Democratic Sens. Mark Pryor of Arkansas, Jon Tester of Montana, Max Baucus of Montana, Kay Hagan of North Carolina, and Ben Nelson of Nebraska voted against bringing the bill to the floor; Republican Sens. Richard Lugar, Lisa Murkowski, and Robert Bennett voted for it. The vote was 55-41.
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DADT or something similar can easily be changed/fixed/reimplemented.
DREAM act, however, would be far more difficult and problematic to attempt to fix. I’m ok w/ no permanent damage - so far. We still have START to stop.
The Nightmare cloture vote was huge. I’m very disappointed about DADT if the actual votes mirrors the cloture vote.
So, what does a queer illegal who wants to enlist do now?
Just look at this crap! Democratic senators don't vote to support yet GOP BLOCKS! What the heck is this stuff?????? The Media must be destroyed...
Noted.
I agree. This one needed to go down. I’m much relieved.
HOW MANY DEMOCRATS VOTED NO???? Pure propaganda BS from MSNBC the Imitation News Network...
Glad to hear that regarding DADT. Can this possibly be addressed at the beginning of the next Congress (i.e., amended, repealed, etc.)? Will it be a priority?? I certainly hope so.
Still giddy over the Nightmare cloture vote. I was nervous as heck during that vote.
Way to go you who place a vote just because of an "R" after the name!
Well, at least one of these liberal hacks won't be back I do believe.
The DREAM is dead. This is such freaking good news, because there was so much more included in the bill that the media wasn’t talking about. It sounded like such a “compassionate” bill but when you get into the details you realize how far reaching/extreme it really is.
Quite true. Opening the borders to 100 million new Democrat voters at this time would mean the end of the US Constitution as we know it.
So shouldn't the headline scream.... "GOP TRIES FRANTICALLY TO SUPPORT DREAM ACT BUT DEMOCRATS COULDN'T MUSTER SUPPORT....
Same stooges, different skit
Dude,
Excellent question. lol!
Their two viewers would vote communist anyway.
Has the actual DADT vote occurred yet?
Only legal resident non-citizens are allowed to enlist. One of the reasons the DREAM Act was so nefarious is that it would have allowed illegals to enlist.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans have blocked a bill to grant hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants brought to the United States as children a chance to gain legal status if they enroll in college or join the military.
Does anyone know how Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill voted on the Dream Act?
http://lugar.senate.gov/contact/contactform.cfm
Mot likely it won't matter. I suspect this turd is going to retire. He's not inline at all with the general public in Indiana; his votes seem to indicate he doesn't plan on answering for it later. I'm more than a little irritated with that puke right now.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans have blocked a bill to grant hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants brought to the United States as children a chance to gain legal status if they enroll in college or join the military.
They already go to school and join the military
Associated Propaganda (AP)
They already go to school. They may not join the military unless they are legal residents. If they attempt to enroll as illegals and lie, they are prosecuted for fraud.
The Good Lord continues to watch over our country.
I hope DADT will eventually fail. I’m concerned enlisted folks will be quitting in droves. I would.
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I assume this means it’s dead and nothing will be done in the next few days or the next congress, as the GOP won’t be initiating any “dream act”.
I guess it doesn’t surprise anyone that the MSM coverage refused to mention the part of the act that would allow these “new citizens” to sponsor their family members. So letting in this suppose 1 - 2 million is really closer to 8 - 10 million of more - mommy, daddy, brothers, sisters, granny and grampa. Every illegal kid in the country old enough for college or the military would enroll so the rest of the family would have a path to citizenship and a right to stay in the country for as long as that took. All the have to do is get a government grant and go to college for two years. They wouldn’t even have to graduate. What a joke. It’s clear if was a backdoor way for amnesty for at least 6-8 million illegals here now.
The MSM continues as the greatest threat to the America of our forefathers, as it uses it’s power day after day to brainwash and program America. Listen to people speaking if they even bother to talk about politics, they regurgitate what they hear on CNN, NBC, CBS, ABC,MSNBC.
It’s all so freaking sad that people listen to the crap the MSM spews and accept it, make decisions based on it and spread it to other people.
It’s not over yet.
Obama has put ICE on ice. Deportations will be gutted by executive or DOJ/DHS fiats.
DOJ will continue to harrass states that enforce immigration laws.
Obama and DHS, much like the EPA & FCC, will change the law via changes in department regulations and standards. Not to mention states which try to have their own mini-versions of the Dream Act.
Congress must still be vigilant....WE MUST STILL BE VIGILANT.
THE BATTLE FOR DUNE CONTINUES....
He says that he/she is a Democrat voter.
But do not fool yourself, the homosexual’s desire to serve in the military is not their issue. This is a Trojan Horse for them to implement to the rest of their agenda.
For a hint, go back to the 18 year vote campaign. Theame slogans will be applied to the homosexuals.
The destruction of the family unit via the destruction of marriage is their goal.
She voted YES.
He says that he/she is a Democrat voter.
But do not fool yourself, the homosexual’s desire to serve in the military is not their issue. This is a Trojan Horse for them to implement to the rest of their agenda.
For a hint, go back to the 18 year vote campaign. Theame slogans will be applied to the homosexuals.
The destruction of the family unit via the destruction of marriage is their goal.
Having spent much time with Marines that were also Mexican citizens, I have no problem fast tracking them to American citizenship. You can't be more American than to be willing to die for America.
Keep the bill simple and recognize deserving people only.
Frightening!
How did Joe Manchin vote?
Don’t we already have a law that ‘fast tracks’ the citizenship of legal permanent residents serving in the military? Did this bill address that issue at all?
Rove stooge, Dana Perino, calls Murkowski a “strong conservative.”
Connect the dots ...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2642067/posts
Great idea. Let's go for it full bore and expose these communist elites who want to destroy our Sacred Republic!
New tagline...
Given that DADT will weaken the military that the Feds may send against us one day; given that the military has not been used effectively or for legitimate defense purposes (IMO - flame away!) for over a half century; given that fewer straight men and more gay men will now die in our overseas follies; given that the DREAM nightmare would have made reversal of any of the Marxist, anti-American crap we now face an impossibility over time: I am much in favor, if only one could pass, that it be DADT, not the nightmare.
Let the transvestites and transexuals join the women in running our ships, flying our planes, and conducting our ground ops with bizarre ROEs for a while. This will get reversed one day when the folly of it becomes apparent. The DREAM act would have caused irreparable harm.
Still, any RINOs who supported this nonsense should have short careers, as should all the Dems.
why do they want to stay here anyway, the jobs are moving to Mexico?
Murkpwski is the perfect example of what is wrong with our system. She lost the primary, got her corrupt insider Pork loving buddies to help her in the write in campaign, and now that she is re-elected for six years, goes back to her corrupt ways.
I hope every dime of federal $ that feed her fat porky ass in Alaska are eliminated. The woman has no class, no honesty, and no decency
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