Cloture Vote Means Nothing
Author: Michael Kraft
By Bryan at Hotair.com
The “comprehensive immigration” shamnesty is closer to passing through the Senate thanks to 16 Republicans who switched their votes from nay to yea since the last cloture vote. That doesn’t mean it’s the law of the land, or even that it’s out of the Senate yet, but it’s a good indicator that the Senate is listening not to the 75% of Americans who oppose the bill, but to the 25% who support it.
And it’s a good indicator that those 16 senators who switched sides got some promise or incentive to do so. Why else would they vote to move forward on a bill that 3 in 4 Americans oppose?
Why else would they vote to move forward on a bill that, thus far, the House seems likely to kill?
What is going on behind the scenes to move so many democratically elected officials to vote against the express wishes of the voters who put them in office?
The Senate has a couple more votes on the bill set for later in the week; some of the senators who voted for cloture today will try the trick of voting against the bill itself in a couple of days, knowing that they’re pulling a John Kerry “I voted for it before voting against it” move.
Some of them even know that some of us are on to the trick, but they don’t care: We’re a tiny slice of the electorate, and by the time they’re up for re-election there will be other issues at play that they believe will insulate them from our wrath. And they may be right about that. Whatever the ultimate fate of the bill turns out to be, by playing this bill in the way that they have, Republicans and Democrats, from Sen.
Sam Brownback who wants to be president to Sen. Jim Webb who ran on an anti-illegal immigration platform only to vote in favor of cloture today, have severely undermined basic faith in democracy.
We no longer have any reason to believe that a majority of our senators are acting in basic good faith.
They’re voting against the will of the public, and they’re smearing the public that opposes their vote.
The public has no reason to trust them anymore; they won’t enforce the laws on the books, they’re voting against the majority, and they’re supporting lawbreakers against the law-abiding. And for what? If life weren’t so good and comfortable in the US today, we might be at a genuine revolutionary moment.
But it’s not over. The House, all of which is up for re-election next year, will have to be more sensitive to the public will on this.
That’s our chance, maybe our last chance, to kill this bill for good. What the Senate and president support, the House may kill out of its own political self-interest. If they hear from us……
…..Update: There’s a second cloture vote on Thursday.
The second, and final, cloture vote is coming Thursday (that will be to end debate and proceed to a final vote on the bill itself), and only five votes need to shift from Yes to No to stop it. That seems like a good bet, with good candidates for switching including Brownback, Bond, Ben Nelson, Ensign, Burr, and Gregg. If they thought they’d gotten a lot of calls and faxes before,…
Calls and faxes are fine but they don’t seem to be doing any good. We need to get the senators’ attention a little more sharply this time. We’re cooking up an ad to that effect.
If your senator voted YEA to support the legalization of 12 million illegal immigrants in your community, you should let them know you will not be sold out.
75% of the country is against this bill, so ask your senator why he is voting for it and whos interests he is working for.
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Cloture Vote Means Nothing
By Bryan at Hotair.com
The “comprehensive immigration” shamnesty is closer to passing through the Senate thanks to 16 Republicans who switched their votes from nay to yea since the last cloture vote. That doesn’t mean it’s the law of the land, or even that it’s out of the Senate yet, but it’s a good indicator that [...]
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I’ve been phoning, faxing, calling, and made a personal visit to the Chicago offices of Senators Durbin and Obama for a month.
What more can I do?
A couple commenters on Townhall mentioned a recall or vote of no confidence for Obama. I did a quick search and Illinois does not have a recall provision for Senators.
Can anyone point me to any resources to pull together the opposition to this bill in Illinois?
I am extremely opposed to illegal immigrants being granted amnesty in the United States.
My ancestors came into this country the legal way and did not expect every one to speak to them in Italian. They worked two jobs and did not receive handouts from the government. My tax dollars should not go to a bunch of illegal, ungrateful, coniving people. Send them back to Mexico where they belong.
The bigger picture here is why would the Senate and the President of the US seem to be totally disconnected from their base in the issue of “illegal” immigration. I believe the answer lies in the future with the North American Union Treaty (N.A.U.) and the coming Amero Dollar. These were signed into existence by Executive Order by the current Bush.
The only thing that makes sense is that we (US) in order to get Mexico on board had to agree to take in millions of “illegals” in order to keep Mexico on board. This is scheduled to take effect 2010.
The 12 lane highway thru Texas to Canada from Mexico has been let. Homeland Security Chief, Michael Chertoff says that the border will not be under control till the year 2012!
They (Congress and President) do not want to secure our border because they know it would hamper the N.A.U. This is their agenda and they will stall till 2010 on this issue (immigration).
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