called both my congressmen this afternoon...back off immigration..

I think it is pretty much dead, daVinci. Bush couldn't deliver his own
party, so the Dems are going to move on.

Did you get any substantive response from your contacts?

yes, andrea...now she's spreading her acerbic and bigoted attitudes
here.

that's her, isn't she?

she got bored without us.

well Oceans...wish it was dead..but the word is that Bush will go for
the big play with a few of his GOP buds..

We'll see....

Anybody have a room or cottage I can rent far away from Washington?

Oceans

As I sit here and read the reasons the senate can not get the 15 (yes
only 15) votes to pass this bill forward, I realize how stupid and petty
they are!
The only way anyone could think that this is good is if they just want
to stall until it is too late to have anything done.
The majority are unmovable unless they ship all 12 million back
permanently!! Not good for those that support total amnesty.
They could easily get 15 votes except for stupid little petty arguments
like these:

Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee, At the end of the day, I've got to be able
to sit down and know myself that we are going to secure our border," A
lot of them said that!

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, to require all illegal immigrant
household heads to return to their countries of origin before obtaining
legal status. Under the legislation, only those seeking green cards -
permanent legal residency - would be required to return home first.
Ridiculous!!

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., he thinks they need stiffer than the
$70,000 in fines and also ban employers from participating in a new
temporary worker program if they repeatedly break the law by hiring
illegal workers.
Also, Graham said the bipartisan negotiators also are looking at harsher
penalties for immigrants who overstay their visas or re-enter the
country illegally. "If you had mandatory jail time" for such offenses,
he said, "I think it would create a deterrent."

One bright spot?
"I don't think he changed any minds," conceded Sen. Mel Martinez,
R-Fla., a supporter of the legislation. But Martinez added that the
president's appearance had helped nudge "people on the fence" to be more
favorably inclined.

The administration pushed back against Republican critics of the bill
later Tuesday. In a letter to nine conservative senators who bitterly
oppose the measure, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said
the administration has committed manpower and money to improving border
security and enforcement, and needs the immigration bill to step up its
efforts.

"Failure to act on this legislation will deny the country the safety and
security provided by these enhanced enforcement measures," Chertoff
wrote.

Stall, stall, stall, nothing more!!!
5 years from now and another 12 million illegal immigrants, many of
their children voting to allow open unrestrained immigration and you can
thank these people!!! Funny thing about there requests is the money
required to enforce their wishes of tighter border security first, can
not and will not be freed up until the bill is in place!!! Go figure,
stall, stall, stall!!

devinci,
your boys aint listening to you. I have 50% and Ill bet my dollar Dole
will not be reelected!!

Alphabetical by Senator Name Akaka (D-HI), Yea
Alexander (R-TN), Yea
Allard (R-CO), Nay
Baucus (D-MT), Nay
Bayh (D-IN), Yea
Bennett (R-UT), Yea
Biden (D-DE), Not Voting
Bingaman (D-NM), Yea
Bond (R-MO), Yea
Boxer (D-CA), Yea
Brown (D-OH), Yea
Brownback (R-KS), Yea
Bunning (R-KY), Nay
Burr (R-NC), Yea
Byrd (D-WV), Nay
Cantwell (D-WA), Yea
Cardin (D-MD), Yea
Carper (D-DE), Yea
Casey (D-PA), Yea
Chambliss (R-GA), Yea
Clinton (D-NY), Not Voting
Coburn (R-OK), Nay
Cochran (R-MS), Yea
Coleman (R-MN), Yea
Collins (R-ME), Yea
Conrad (D-ND), Yea
Corker (R-TN), Nay
Cornyn (R-TX), Nay
Craig (R-ID), Yea
Crapo (R-ID), Nay
DeMint (R-SC), Nay
Dodd (D-CT), Not Voting
Dole (R-NC), Nay
Domenici (R-NM), Yea
Dorgan (D-ND), Nay
Durbin (D-IL), Yea
Ensign (R-NV), Yea
Enzi (R-WY), Nay
Feingold (D-WI), Yea
Feinstein (D-CA), Yea
Graham (R-SC), Yea
Grassley (R-IA), Yea
Gregg (R-NH), Yea
Hagel (R-NE), Yea
Harkin (D-IA), Yea
Hatch (R-UT), Yea
Hutchison (R-TX), Nay
Inhofe (R-OK), Nay
Inouye (D-HI), Yea
Isakson (R-GA), Yea
Johnson (D-SD), Not Voting
Kennedy (D-MA), Yea
Kerry (D-MA), Not Voting
Klobuchar (D-MN), Yea
Kohl (D-WI), Yea
Kyl (R-AZ), Yea
Landrieu (D-LA), Yea
Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea
Leahy (D-VT), Yea
Levin (D-MI), Yea
Lieberman (ID-CT), Yea
Lincoln (D-AR), Yea
Lott (R-MS), Yea
Lugar (R-IN), Yea
Martinez (R-FL), Yea
McCain (R-AZ), Not Voting
McCaskill (D-MO), Yea
McConnell (R-KY), Yea
Menendez (D-NJ), Yea
Mikulski (D-MD), Yea
Murkowski (R-AK), Yea
Murray (D-WA), Yea
Nelson (D-FL), Not Voting
Nelson (D-NE), Yea
Obama (D-IL), Not Voting
Pryor (D-AR), Yea
Reed (D-RI), Yea
Reid (D-NV), Yea
Roberts (R-KS), Nay
Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea
Salazar (D-CO), Yea
Sanders (I-VT), Nay
Schumer (D-NY), Yea
Sessions (R-AL), Nay
Shelby (R-AL), Nay
Smith (R-OR), Yea
Snowe (R-ME), Yea
Specter (R-PA), Yea
Stabenow (D-MI), Yea
Stevens (R-AK), Yea
Sununu (R-NH), Nay
Tester (D-MT), Nay
Thomas (R-WY), Nay
Thune (R-SD), Nay
Vitter (R-LA), Nay
Voinovich (R-OH), Yea
Warner (R-VA), Yea
Webb (D-VA), Yea
Whitehouse (D-RI), Yea
Wyden (D-OR), Yea

sometimes I wish I lived in Minn again..
politics in wisconsin suck...

Is't it roughly 20 miles Bill?
Come on home pal! Oh, wait! I forgot
that I live across the river too.

Im going to fire Dole!!!LMAO



Did you notice Hillarys vote???

For that matter,, all the pres. cand.!!!
Cowards!!!!

Ill trade bill,
1-dole
for 1- fiengold!!!