Amnesty To Return This Week
June 19th, 2007 by 
Kevin
On Tuesday, the Senate will continue working on the Energy bill, with the hopes of completing it so they can continue on the immigration amnesty bill by Wednesday. As RedState has noted, the timing is rather suspect as this sets them up for a vote possibly as early as Friday, which is when one of the leading opponents of this bill is going to be attending a fundraiser with President Bush. Plus this once again puts the bill up against a holiday deadline, which allows Sen. Reid to threaten to extend deliberations into their holiday time at home, which was part of the game plan last time around. And while it is said that history repeats itself, it appears absolutely asinine that it repeats itself so quickly.
Of course, it\’s repeating itself in more ways than one. One of the events that many Senators cited as one of the reasons they voted against cloture the last time around for this immigration bill was that they wrote it behind closed doors and bypassed the committee process that most bills have to pass.
So what are this time around??? Why they are replacing the old bill (which itself was a replacement of an old bill) with the new bill, which they wrote behind closed doors, so that it doesn\’t have to go through the committee process.
Why pretty stupid huh? But surely they learned from last time, at the very least they\’ll allow Senators to read it and then improve it with amendments right? Especially since that was another reason many Senators rejected it?
Nope, this time they are using never before invoked Senate procedures to keep the amendments allowed to a bare minimum. And the list of \”approved\” amendments is so secretive that most Senators haven\’t even seen it, even though racist groups like La Raza have.
Ok, so we know our Senators are bunch of clueless, out-of-touch jackasses, now onto new business. Surely they would address the fact that the public absolutely hates this bill because of all the horrible stuff in it, such as amnesty for illegals.
Well I wouldn\’t put your money on it. Remember the same people re-writing it are the same people that came up with the last piece of shit. And remember, that the same people are the ones that planned to remove all the amendment in conference. And remember, these are the same people who are dancing on President Bush\’s strings, which are all labeled amnesty.
It remains to be seen for sure what form this \”new\” bill takes, assuming it isn\’t just the \”old\” bill without the amendments that were passed last time. And it remains to be seen if there is actually 60 votes for cloture but apparently Senate leaders thinks there is.
However, alot can change if they feel public pressure, especially those Senators who are up for re-election. A great example of this is what just happened in the House. Rep. Tancredo put forth an amendment to withhold federal emergency services funding from \”sanctuary cities\”. It\’s an amendment he\’s proposed seven times before and it\’s always been defeated. But the House, which is perpetually up for re-election has read the public mood and passed it, shocking critics and supporters alike. It\’s time to knock some sense into our Senators…which means pick up your phones and start calling.
Coleman’s office 202-224-5641
Numbers of other key senators:
Richard Burr (R-NC) (202) 224-3154
Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) (202) 224-3521
John Cornyn (R-TX) (202) 224-2934
John Ensign (R-NV) (202) 224-6244
Johnny Isakson (R-GA) (202) 224-3643
Jon Kyl (R-AZ) (202) 224-4521
Trent Lott (R-MS) (202) 224-6253
Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (202) 224-2541
John Warner (R-VA) (202) 224-2023
Other numbers are below the fold…
AK Senator Lisa A. Murkowski 202-224-6665
AK Senator Ted Stevens 202-224-3004
AL Senator Jeff Sessions 202-224-4124
AL Senator Richard C. Shelby 202-224-5744
AZ Senator Jon L. Kyl 202-224-4521
AZ Senator John McCain 202-224-2235
CO Senator Wayne A. Allard 202-224-5941
FL Senator Mel Martinez 202-224-3041
GA Senator Saxby Chambliss 202-224-3521
GA Senator Johnny Isakson 202-224-3643
IA Senator Charles E. Grassley 202-224-3744
ID Senator Larry Craig 202-224-2752
ID Senator Michael D. Crapo 202-224-6142
IN Senator Richard G. Lugar 202-224-4814
KS Senator Sam Brownback 202-224-6521
KS Senator Pat Roberts 202-224-4774
KY Senator Jim Bunning 202-224-4343
KY Senator Mitch McConnell 202-224-2541
LA Senator David Vitter 202-224-4623
ME Senator Susan M. Collins 202-224-2523
ME Senator Olympia J. Snowe 202-224-5344
MN Senator Norm Coleman 202-224-5641
MO Senator Christopher S. Bond 202-224-5721
MS Senator Thad Cochran 202-224-5054
MS Senator Trent Lott 202-224-6253
NC Senator Richard Burr 202-224-3154
NC Senator Elizabeth Dole 202-224-6342
NE Senator Chuck Hagel 202-224-4224
NH Senator Judd Gregg 202-224-3324
NH Senator John E. Sununu 202-224-2841
NM Senator Pete V. Domenici 202-224-6621
NV Senator John Ensign 202-224-6244
OH Senator George V. Voinovich 202-224-3353
OK Senator Thomas A. Coburn 202-224-5754
OK Senator James M. Inhofe 202-224-4721
OR Senator Gordon H. Smith 202-224-3753
PA Senator Arlen Specter 202-224-4254
SC Senator Jim DeMint 202-224-6121
SC Senator Lindsey O. Graham 202-224-5972
SD Senator John Thune 202-224-2321
TN Senator Lamar Alexander 202-224-4944
TN Senator Bob Corker 202-224-3344
TX Senator John Cornyn 202-224-2934
TX Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison 202-224-5922
UT Senator Robert F. Bennett 202-224-5444
UT Senator Orrin G. Hatch 202-224-5251
VA Senator John Warner 202-224-2023
WY Senator Michael B. Enzi 202-224-3424
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