Posted on 05/21/2007 3:52:35 PM PDT by Spiff
On behalf of the more than one million registered Arizona Republicans who care very deeply about this state and have a tremendous love for our great nation, I am very disappointed in this new legislation about to be introduced in the U.S. Senate next week. The bill would allow all 12 million plus illegal aliens to remain in this country indefinitely and provides them, as well as their immediate families, a path to citizenship. This is amnesty, as they will be working and living in the United States, while those who have applied legally for Visas are still awaiting entry.
Furthermore, the bill does not require certification that our borders are secure. Instead, enforcement “triggers” such as building 370 miles of fence along a 2,000-mile border and increasing our Border Agents from 14,000 to 18,000 are to be certified. There are no requirements that theses triggers be shown to be effective before the granting of sweeping amnesty. If Senator Kennedy and his Democratic friends were serious about securing the border, they would have agreed to real standards for border security in the bill.
Over the past several days, the Arizona Republican Party has had hundreds of calls and e-mails from activists, voters of all partisan persuasion, precinct committeemen and women, and even chairs of legislative districts and county committees questioning the judgment of our elected officials in Washington, D.C.
We here in Arizona are living each day on the front lines of the immigration debate because it’s our children who are subjected to the drugs first coming across the border and appearing in our schools. It’s our hospitals here in Arizona that treat the millions who have crossed the desert to get here illegally and our Arizona taxpayers who must foot the bill. It’s our Arizona communities that have become the battlegrounds for the thousands of gang members who traffic in people, drugs, weapons and stolen vehicles.
To Congress we say: This proposed law with 790 pages of new bureaucracy and window-dressing will not solve the immigration problem. This legislation is an over complicated answer to problems it’ll never adequately address and will do more to encourage illegal immigration than to discourage it. Instead, prove your commitment to securing our borders by finishing the fence, adding border security technology, letting Border Patrol do their jobs and authorizing more National Guard to assist the Border Patrol.
Pullen is repudiating BOTH Republican Senators from his state - specifically McCain who has been a driving force behind this amnesty atrocity.
Pullen
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Ping ‘em please.
May I add that the wording “very disappointed” is putting it very mildly. I would say “outraged” is the more appropriate description. The time for polite talk is over. The “in your face” arrogance exhibited by the majority of these anti-American lunatics should be enough to make the American people scream in outrage. Next step in the agenda is to send them all home and clean house.
This bill will ensure what is already very likely. It will ensure that the US will eventually be a hispanic country with a hispanic culture. If I wanted my grandkids to live in a hispanic country i’d have moved to Mexico decades ago (of course they wouldn’t have let me in).
PING for a GOP reaction.
No one in Washington should be kicking around any ideas on immigration reform until the border is secure, period.
Fix the leak at the source before mopping up the spillage.
Yep, Pullen sounds like a keeper. Kyl may be as hopeless now as McCain is, but that might not be possible.
I live far closer to the Canadian border than the Mexican one, I do know Pullen’s right in that a border can be secured. Too bad Pullen can’t replace the RNC chairman, he’s leading the GOP off a cliff.
What if the criminal aliens, crooks, terrorists and narco-gangsters don’t want amnesty? Why should they? Wouldn’t they have to pay taxes? How can you force criminals to become citizens? Why would you? If these people really wanted to be real citizens they wouldn’t use phony ID’s.
NO AMNESTY for Employers or Employees!
It appears that a grassroots movement to stop this legislation may be working. Yesterday, I expressed disappointment on behalf of the Arizona Republican Party at the Senate legislation addressing Comprehensive Immigration reform. Minutes ago, the U.S. Senate delayed further action until at least next month. What happened in the last 24 hours? Your calls, letters, emails and faxes! What seemed to be at first our potentially darkest moments has the potential to become one of our finest hours!
According to the latest press reports, there are now just 20 US Senators committed to supporting the immigration bill and there are nearing 40 US Senators “already opposed or having serious concerns” to the bill. If that 40 gets to 50, then the calls of our Republican Party faithful will have worked and you can take a bow because the people in Washington will have listened to our collective voices.
I have said since being honored to serve you as chairman that Arizona Republicans work hard and dream big. That has certainly been the case these past few days. Thousands of phone calls. Thousands of faxes. Thousands of emails. Our grassroots mobilized because they believed so strongly in something that they could not sit back and accept a bad solution. There can be no amnesty from the will of the American people, nor can there be amnesty for those who knowingly break the law.
Please, continue to call all Senators from across the country. For your convenience, I have supplied the numbers for all United States Senators at the bottom of this e-mail. I truly believe that your voices have made a difference these past several days, and will continue to be the difference as this debate moves forward.
In your service,
RANDY
U.S. SENATE CONTACT NUMBERS
First-Last-Party-Address-Telephone--FAX AK Ted Stevens R 522 Hart Senate Office Building 202-224-3004; 202-224-2354 AK Lisa Murkowski R 709 Hart Senate Office Building 202-224-6665; 202-224-5301 AL Richard Shelby R 110 Hart Senate Office Building 202-224-5744; 202-224-3416 AL Jeff Sessions R 335 Russell Senate Office Building 202-224-4124; 202-224-3149 AR Blanche Lincoln D 355 Dirksen Senate Office Building 202-224-4843; 202-228-1371 AR Mark Pryor D 257 Dirksen Senate Office Building 202-224-2353; 202-228-0908 AZ John McCain R 241 Russell Senate Office Building 202-224-2235; 202-228-2862 AZ Jon Kyl R 730 Hart Senate Office Building 202-224-4521; 202-224-2207 CA Dianne Feinstein D 331 Hart Senate Office Building 202-224-3841; 202-228-3954 CA Barbara Boxer D 112 Hart Senate Office Building 202-224-3553; 415-956-6701 CO Wayne Allard R 521 Dirksen Senate Office Building 202-224-5941; 202-224-6471 CO Ken Salazar R 702 Hart Senate Office Building 202-224-5852 ;202-228-5036 CT Christopher Dodd D 448 Russell Senate Office Building 202-224-2823 ;202-224-1083 CT Joseph Lieberman D 706 Hart Senate Office Building 202-224-4041; 202-224-9750 DE Joseph Biden D 201 Russell Senate Office Building 202-224-5042; 202-224-0139 DE Thomas Carper D 513 Hart Senate Office Building 202-224-2441; 202-228-2190 FL Bill Nelson D 716 Hart Senate Office Building 202-224-5274; 202-228-2183 FL Mel Martinez R 317 Hart Senate Office Building 202-224-3041; 202-228-5171 GA Saxby Chambliss R 416 Russell Senate Office Building 202-224-3521; 202-224-0103 GA Johnny Isakson R 120 Russell Senate Office Building 202-224-3643; 202-228-0724 HI Daniel Inouye D 722 Hart Senate Office Building 202-224-3934; 202-224-6747 HI Daniel Akaka D 141 Hart Senate Office Building 202-224-6361 ;202-224-2126 IA Chuck Grassley R 135 Hart Senate Office Building 202-224-3744 ;202-224-6020 IA Tom Harkin D 731 Hart Senate Office Building 202-224-3254 ;202-224-9369 ID Larry Craig R 520 Hart Senate Office Building 202-224-2752 ;202-228-1067 ID Mike Crapo R 239 Dirksen Senate Office Building 202-224-6142; 202-228-1375 IL Richard Durbin D 332 Dirksen Senate Office Building 202-224-2152; 202-228-0400 IL Barack Obama D 713 Hart Senate Office Building 202-224-2854 ;202-228-1372 IN Richard Lugar R 306 Hart Senate Office Building 202-224-4814; 202-228-0360 IN Evan Bayh D 463 Russell Senate Office Building 202-224-5623; 202-228-1377 KS Sam Brownback R 303 Hart Senate Office Building 202-224-6521; 202-228-1265 KS Pat Roberts R 109 Hart Senate Office Building 202-224-4774 ;202-224-3514 KY Mitch McConnell R 361A Russell Senate Office Building 202-224-2541; 202-224-2499 KY Jim Bunning R 316 Hart Senate Office Building 202-224-4343 ;202-228-1373 LA Mary Landrieu D 724 Hart Senate Office Building 202-224-5824 ;202-224-9735 LA David Vitter R 516 Hart Senate Office Building 202-224-4623 ;202-228-5061 MA Edward Kennedy D 317 Russell Senate Office Building 202-224-4543; 202-224-2417 MA John Kerry D 304 Russell Senate Office Building 202-224-2742; 202-224-8525 MD Barbara Mikulski D 503 Hart Senate Office Building 202-224-4654 ;202-224-8858 MD Benjamin Cardin D B40B Dirksen Senate Office Building 202-224-4524 ;202-224-1651 ME Olympia Snowe R 154 Russell Senate Office Building 202-224-5344; 202-224-1946 ME Susan Collins R 461 Dirksen Senate Office Building 202-224-2523; 202-224-2693 MI Carl Levin D 269 Russell Senate Office Building 202-224-6221; 202-224-1388 MI Debbie Stabenow D 133 Hart Senate Office Building 202-224-4822 ;202-228-0325 MN Norm Coleman R 320 Hart Senate Office Building 202-224-5641; 202-224-1152 MN Amy Klobuchar D C4 Russell Senate Office Building 202-224-3244; 202-228-2186 MO Christopher Bond R 274 Russell Senate Office Building 202-224-5721; 02-224-8149 MO Claire McCaskill D 825A Hart Senate Office Building 202-224-6154; 202-228-1518 MS Thad Cochran R 113 Dirksen Senate Office Building 202-224-5054; 202-224-9450 MS Trent Lott R 487 Russell Senate Office Building 202-224-6253; 202-224-2262 MT Max Baucus D 511 Hart Senate Office Building 202-224-2651; 202-224-0515 MT Jon Tester D B40E Dirksen Senate Office Building 202-224-2644; 202-228-6363 NC Elizabeth Dole R 555 Dirksen Senate Office Building 202-224-6342; 202-224-1100 NC Richard Burr R 217 Russell Senate Office Building 202-224-3154;202-228-2981 ND Kent Conrad D 530 Hart Senate Office Building 202-224-2043 ;202-224-7776 ND Byron Dorgan D 322 Hart Senate Office Building 202-224-2551; 202-224-1193 NE Charles Hagel R 248 Russell Senate Office Building 202-224-4224 ;202-224-5213 NE Benjamine Nelson D 720 Hart Senate Office Building 202-224-6551; 202-228-0012 NH Judd Gregg R 393 Russell Senate Office Building 202-224-3324; 202-224-4952 NH John Sununu R 111 Russell Senate Office Building 202-224-2841 ;202-228-4131 NJ Frank Lautenberg D 324 Hart Senate Office Building 202-224-3224; 202-225-4054 NJ Robert Menendez D 502 Hart Senate Office Building 202-224-4744 ;202-228-2197 NM Pete Domenici R 328 Hart Senate Office Building 202-224-6621; 202-228-3261 NM Jeff Bingaman D 703 Hart Senate Office Building 202-224-5521; 202-224-2852 NV Harry Reid D 528 Hart Senate Office Building 202-224-3542 ;202-224-7327 NV John Ensign R 356 Russell Senate Office Building 202-224-6244 ;202-228-2193 NY Charles Schumer D 313 Hart Senate Office Building 202-224-6542; 202-228-3027 NY Hillary Clinton D 476 Russell Senate Office Building 202-224-4451; 202-228-0282 OH George Voinovich R 524 Hart Senate Office Building 202-224-3353 ;202-228-1382 OH Sherrod Brown D C5 Russell Senate Office Building 202-224-2315;202-224-6519 OK Jim Inhofe R 453 Russell Senate Office Building 202-224-4721 ;202-228-0380 OK Tom Coburn R 172 Russell Senate Office Building 202-224-5754 ;202-224-6008 OR Ron Wyden D 230 Dirksen Senate Office Building 202-224-5244; 202-228-2717 OR Gordon Smith R 404 Russell Senate Office Building 202-224-3753; 202-228-3997 PA Arlen Specter R 711 Hart Senate Office Building 202-224-4254 ;202-228-1229 PA Bob Casey D B40C Dirksen Senate Office Building 202-224-6324; 202-228-0604 RI Jack Reed D 728 Hart Senate Office Building 202-224-4642; 202-224-4680 RI Sheldon Whitehouse D B40D Dirksen Senate Office Building 202-224-2921 ;202-228-6362 SC Lindsey Graham R 290 Russell Senate Office Building 202-224-5972; 202-224-3808 SC Jim DeMint R 340 Russell Senate Office Building 202-224-6121 ;202-228-5143 SD Tim Johnson D 136 Hart Senate Office Building 202-224-5842 ;202-228-5765 SD John Thune R 383 Russell Senate Office Building 202-224-2321 ;202-228-5429 TN Lamar Alexander R 302 Dirksen Senate Office Building 202-224-4944; 202-228-3398 TN Bob Corker R B40A Dirksen Senate Office Building 202-224-3344 ;202-228-1264 TX Kay Hutchison R 284 Russell Senate Office Building 202-224-5922 ;202-224-0776 TX John Cornyn R 517 Hart Senate Office Building 202-224-2934 ;202-228-2856 UT Orrin Hatch R 104 Hart Senate Office Building 202-224-5251; 202-224-6331 UT Robert Bennett R 431 Dirksen Senate Office Building 202-224-5444 ;202-228-1168 VA John Warner R 225 Russell Senate Office Building 202-224-2023; 202-224-6295 VA James Webb D C1 Russell Senate Office Building 202-224-4024; 202-224-5432 VT Patrick Leahy D 433 Russell Senate Office Building 202-224-4242; 202-224-3479 VT Sanders Bernard I C2 Russell Senate Office Building 202-224-5141; 202-228-0776 WA Patty Murray D 173 Russell Senate Office Building 202-224-2621; 202-224-0238 WA Maria Cantwell D 717 Hart Senate Office Building 202-224-3441; 202-228-0514 WI Herb Kohl D 330 Hart Senate Office Building 202-224-5653;202-224-9787 WI Russell Feingold D 506 Hart Senate Office Building 202-224-5323 ;202-224-2725 WV Robert Byrd D 311 Hart Senate Office Building 202-224-3954 ;202-228-0002 WV John Rockefeller D 531 Hart Senate Office Building 202-224-6472 ;202-224-7665 WY Craig Thomas R 307 Dirksen Senate Office Building 202-224-6441 ;202-224-1724 WY Mike Enzi R 379A Russell Senate Office Building 202-224-3424;202-228-0359
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BUMP to #6 - contact links. It pays to keep phoning and writing. It has worked before and will work now if enough of us do it.
BUMP to #11 - phone numbers of Senators. Calling and calling them can make a difference.
Nice.
I’m in GA and when I called the state GOP they expressed support for Saxby Chambliss, hence, this legislation.
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