Live Thread: Senate Amnesty Debate (CRITICAL 2ND CLOTURE VOTE TODAY!) Woo hoo!! It's DEAD!!

The U.S. Senate with Free Republic Input | June 28, 2007 | truthkeeper

[truthkeeper]

Here we are again my friends, hopefully for the last debate thread on this particular monstrous legislation. Proceedings are supposed to begin at 9:30 a.m. EST, with the cloture vote being taken at 10:30 a.m.

On a personal note, you've all been wonderful in your passion, vigilance, and commitment to the principles on which our country was founded. If I have to be in a foxhole, I want to be in it with you guys.

[Tennessee Nana]

A Fourth of July gift to some address in AL would be great

Whether its balloons, flowers whatever..

Maybe the flowers to Mrs Sessions..I think Jeff would appreciate that ..shes his life partner..and he loves her..

And the ballons etc to him...

Or the gift of whatever to them both...

[over3Owithabrain]

Huge huge victory today for the peoples, us dumb misguided unwashed bigoted masses! You have your Coleman I have Chambliss. They both ultimately voted the right way but didn’t have their heart in it and seemed ready to betray us. I’m watching with a keen eye too...

[AliVeritas]

I have to say, I will miss Byrd when he’s gone.

[JeffAtlanta]

No, Reid lost tremendously. This is the kind of botch-job that could cost him his leadership position.

You need to stop drinking the RNC koolaid. Reid delivered almost all of democratic senators. He wasn't even that crazy about the bill and it was the Whitehouse that revived it.

[Ros42]

I'll do the pinging

Put me on your info ping list please! ;~) Thx!

[Earthdweller]

La Raza is sending out open invitations to all their cousins. Guaranteed good for at least two more years.

[cryptotech]

If they are smart they might want to stay in the “shadows”...

I am fed up with their crap at this point!

[truthkeeper]

Time will tell that you were the one holding the fuel can. Will you be back to kill another bill two years from now when we have 30 million illegals? Just curious.

Who are you, Tony Snow? I don't know why you are so intent on pooping in the punchbowl, today of all days, but I have no interest in having a dialogue with you so don't bother with me.

You see, I'm one of Lindsay's "loud people."

[Cedric]

You hafta be a bigot, too, if you want full membership in the club.

[angelcindy]

Hinchy says we have way too much freedom of speech...try n stop us hinchy!!!!

[Master of Orion]

11. Reduce legal immigration levels to pre 1965 levels.

[Earthdweller]

"Thanks for being on our side."

Nice touch. :)

[Snoopers-868th]

Have you got a home address for Sessions?

[Greg F]

I think it’s critical that both President and VP be conservative. Look at what the last conservative/liberal Republican ticket got us. Reagan/Bush led to Bush I, which led to Clinton. Then Bush II who would NEVER have been President without his Dad giving him the name recognition, organization, funding ability and so forth. A liberal VP choice is a long term disaster for the party. It’s been over 20 years of a RINO GOP because Reagan chose Bush I. The regional politics are less important than they used to be, witness Clinton/Gore.

[JeffAtlanta]

By killing the bill they keep their slave labor at a much lower cost then if they had been made legal..and a lot more of them as well.

BS - since the bill had only a sham provision for security, american businesses would have continued to have an endless supply of illegal labor.

[TaxxMann]

OH, Tony, if we build the fence and enforce the current laws, we will have FEWER illegals and we’ll still have our sovereignty.

Is that ok with you?

[Miss Didi]

‘Modest increase’ in calls crashes Senate phones

By Kelly McCormack June 28, 2007

Many Senate office phones were down Thursday morning due to a “modest increase in call volume,” according to an e-mail from the Senate assistant sergeant at arms and the chief information officer.

Opponents of the bipartisan immigration reform bill that stalled in the Senate after a 46-53 cloture vote this morning said foes of the bill had flooded Senate offices with phone calls.

“The Verizon telephone switch[board] serving the Senate is experiencing problems that are being exacerbated by this morning’s modest increase in call volume,” says the e-mail, which was sent at 9:45 a.m.

Verizon is attempting to resolve problems and the voicemail system has been temporarily disconnected from the telephone switchboard.

“Calls will still go to the voice mail system, but callers will receive the generic voice mail greeting (‘You have reached the United States Senate voice messaging service ...’) rather than the voice mail greeting of the person or office being called,” the notice continued.

It is unknown when the telephones and voicemail service will be up and running again. Senate Sergeant at Arms Terrance Gainer could not be reached for comment.

[Tennessee Nana]

A Fourth of July gift to some address in AL would be great

Whether its balloons, flowers whatever..

Maybe the flowers to Mrs Sessions..I think Jeff would appreciate that ..shes his life partner..and he loves her..

And the ballons etc to him...

Or the gift of whatever to them both...

God Bless you Sen Sessions and Mrs Sessions...

[Earthdweller]

Ba Bye! ROTFL!

[MplsSteve]

Excellent point.

I suspect that there were a few other Senators who voted NO but not for the right reasons.

They voted NO because they weren’t given a chance to grandstand on the Senate floor or weren’t given a big enough bite of pork.