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Today by a 64-35 margin, the Senate voted for cloture to bring S. 1639 (the “re-numbered so you think we worked on it” Amnesty bill formerly known as S. 1348) to the floor for debate. There are rumors flying about back room deals trading amendments for cloture votes - which explains the shift from the previous vote a few weeks ago.

The cloture votes are the people’s best chance to stop this bill as it only takes 41 “no” votes instead of 51. There will be another cloture vote to end the debate which will be the last good shot at killing this bill in the Senate again.

All told there were 9 Democratic Senators that voted with the people along with 26 Republicans. Also Sen. Johnson, Dem from SD is still recovering from Brain Surgery. (His “not voting” counts as another “no”) All three Presidential hopefuls - Clinton, Obama & McKain - voted to move Amnesty forward.

• S. 1639 Cloture Vote

Now if this upsets you - and it should - please do something MEANINGFUL about it. Call, email, fax, visit, or egg your Senator. Ok maybe not that last one. I have been getting a flurry of emails about illegals and immigration from an upset populace to an upset populace. I share your frustration, but this is not a battle for the public discourse. The people agree: no amnesty, secure the borders, and stop giving illegals rights & goodies that citizens don’t get.

Politicians aren’t afraid of you sending issue emails to each other. They are afraid of informed vocal voters. Forwarding an email is easy. Someone that takes the time to visit a Senator’s local office — that is the kind of person that remembers what a politician did, not just what his commercials say he did. Someone like that not only votes, but influences their friends to vote with them. That is what scares them.