[TigersEye]

No small credit to Just Piper, who was exhorting the troops here (all through the night) to stay on the phone calls to the wavering Republican senators! My hat's off to Just Piper!

Rush Limbaugh said the Senate smackdown of McCain/Kennedy was probably due to the pressure we (grassroots activists) put on them.

So we've got that going for us.

[JustPiper]

Well, you made me cry! I humbly thank you Tiger for in eight years here that is by far the nicest compliment I've ever gotten!

Your ping was at the top of my list and I was so excited to come home and find the following:

A Victory!

Tell me phone calls do not matter!

WASHINGTON - The Senate sidetracked sweeping immigration legislation Friday amid partisan recriminations, leaving in doubt prospects for passage of a measure that offered the hope of citizenship to millions of men, women and children living in the United States illegally.

The bill gained only 38 votes on a key procedural test, far short of the 60 needed to advance.

The vote marked a turnabout from Thursday, when the Senate's two leaders had both hailed a last-minute compromise as a breakthrough in the campaign to enact the most far-reaching changes in immigration law in two decades.

But Republicans soon accused Democrats of trying to squelch their amendments, while Democrats accused the GOP of trying to kill their own bill by filibuster.

Read more of the whining Dems!

Senate Vote Shelves Immigration Bill