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Wednesday Cloture Vote Set For DREAM Act Amnesty Bill [LIVE THREAD]
Numbers USA ^ | Oct. 23, 2007

Posted on 10/23/2007 1:22:40 PM PDT by EYETRE

Edited on 10/24/2007 9:06:36 AM PDT by Lead Moderator. [history]

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



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


TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 110th; aliens; baddream; dream; dreamact; illegalimmigration; immigrantlist; nightmare
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To: montag813

Coleman aye, another switch. Looks like the traitors will win this one.


161 posted on 10/24/2007 9:45:13 AM PDT by montag813
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To: sball

You reading my screen? LOL


162 posted on 10/24/2007 9:45:23 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: khnyny
What happens next if the majority votes yes?

The cloture vote cuts off debate (if they get 60). Then, the full Senate votes on the bill, and it only needs a simple majority (IIRC). If it gets that majority, it goes to the House.
163 posted on 10/24/2007 9:45:34 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: khnyny

They then move to vote on the Dream Act.


164 posted on 10/24/2007 9:46:27 AM PDT by Bushman2 (Truth is a battleground not a playground)
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To: Snoopers-868th

I called and thanked several of the senators for what they said about the children of REAL immigrants being left out of this...

I’m a REAL immigrant and this is a slap in the face...


165 posted on 10/24/2007 9:46:58 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: EYETRE

Specter - no.

[THUD!!!!!]


166 posted on 10/24/2007 9:47:45 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: sball

Yep, fires in the West make a great distraction, plus the open borders types just keep coming back. Not enough voters are calling and urging a no vote. I got through easily this time. That is a bad sign.


167 posted on 10/24/2007 9:48:18 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: TomGuy

Are you sure this is a cloture vote?

I think they bypassed that and went straight to an actually vote...


168 posted on 10/24/2007 9:48:23 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Tennessee Nana

cspan keeps cutting out - and I have no idea if my Senators have voted or how, if they did. Craig and Crapo?


169 posted on 10/24/2007 9:48:28 AM PDT by Nicole5 ( As intellectuals surrender, the military thinks on)
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To: Tennessee Nana

Specter NO!


170 posted on 10/24/2007 9:48:31 AM PDT by tbone56
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To: Tennessee Nana

Yes, it is. Thanks for your calls. I too have been making them. This is just so unfair and I am so sick of the sob stories. This is just an extension of anchor babies. These kids are illegals and they have NO ONE to blame except their own parents. Clinton voted Yes. Pandering.


171 posted on 10/24/2007 9:48:36 AM PDT by Snoopers-868th
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To: TomGuy
The cloture vote cuts off debate (if they get 60). Then, the full Senate votes on the bill, and it only needs a simple majority (IIRC). If it gets that majority, it goes to the House.

This is over. Bush will sign. Illegal "children" will get paid scholarships from Mexico in droves, "attend" college for two years and flunk out. Then get menial jobs and send the money back to Mexico.

this was your country.

172 posted on 10/24/2007 9:48:41 AM PDT by montag813
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To: EYETRE

Clinton - yes


173 posted on 10/24/2007 9:48:42 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: listenhillary

93% YES on a CNN poll...what part of NO AMNESTY don’t the politicians understand?


174 posted on 10/24/2007 9:48:49 AM PDT by rightinthemiddle (Without the Media, the Left and Islamofacists are Nothing.)
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To: Nicole5

Craig: Aye


175 posted on 10/24/2007 9:49:17 AM PDT by melancholy (Quiz: name one country, other than the USA, that doesn't control its borders.)
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To: All

Clinton Yes

BIG surprise


176 posted on 10/24/2007 9:49:31 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Tennessee Nana

I thought also that I heard they waived the Cloture vote.


177 posted on 10/24/2007 9:49:33 AM PDT by Snoopers-868th
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To: Tennessee Nana

Did you see this:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1915253/posts?page=95#95


178 posted on 10/24/2007 9:49:35 AM PDT by khnyny (Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed. Winston Churchill)
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To: Nicole5

Craig - Aye


179 posted on 10/24/2007 9:49:41 AM PDT by mmanager (Fred is choosing the field for battle and he likes the view.)
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To: Tennessee Nana

Positive - this is a cloture vote.


180 posted on 10/24/2007 9:49:43 AM PDT by Truth29
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