Immigration Bill Fails - For Now
June 8th, 2007 by
Editor: Scott
In a temporary victory for the people, enough of the government became afraid of steamrolling their voters - even in an effort to create some new ones. That’s right, the immigration travesty of 2007 has been beaten back, if only for a little while.
Everyone that called, faxed, emailed or visited their Senator can pause for a moment to pat themselves on the back. The bill failed to achieve cloture first 33 to 63 and then at 45 to 50 (remember 60 is required). The Senate is now moving on to other things, as the more debate that occurred - the more info about it revealed - the more the people of this great country were against it. Sen. Reid has promised to bring the bill around again “soon”. But more likely than not, this issue will be delayed enough to become a center piece of the next Presidential election. Or at least we can hope for that, as this is an issue about which American’s agree. The hard part will be bringing around the politicians.
Be sure an check in on how your reps voted:
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