Thread: GOP loses bid to block suit against AZ law (Vote Record)

GOP loses bid to block suit against AZ law

By The Associated Press
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 at 4:12 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats have turned back a move by Republicans to block the Justice Department from pursuing its lawsuit to overturn Arizona's controversial immigration law.

The bid by South Carolina Republican Jim DeMint to nix the lawsuit came out on the losing end of a 55-43 vote. Five Democrats voted against the lawsuit while two Republicans voted not to kill it.

The law requires officers, while enforcing other laws, to check a person's immigration status if there's a reasonable suspicion the person is in the country illegally.

The administration argues that the law is unconstitutional because immigration is a federal responsibility. Some claim the law will result in racial profiling.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010 ... st-az-law/

Still way to many traitors in the Senate

I hope that changes

btw , Who were the repubs that voted against it ?

Wild guess

Lindsey Graham and Juan McCain?

No. Mike Johann and George Voinovich. Why?

how they voted

FIVE DEMS VOTING YES- Baucus (MT), Lincoln (AR), Nelson (NE), Pryor (AR), Tester (MT)


Not Voting - Bayh (D-IN), Vitter (R-LA)

NAYs ---55
Akaka (D-HI)

Begich (D-AK), Bennet (D-CO), Bingaman (D-NM), Boxer (D-CA), Brown (D-OH), Burris (D-IL)

Cantwell (D-WA), Cardin (D-MD), Carper (D-DE), Casey (D-PA), Conrad (D-ND)

Dodd (D-CT), Dorgan (D-ND), Durbin (D-IL)

Feingold (D-WI), Feinstein (D-CA), Franken (D-MN)

Gillibrand (D-NY), Goodwin (D-WV)

Hagan (D-NC), Harkin (D-IA)

Inouye (D-HI),

Johanns (R-NE), Johnson (D-SD)

Kaufman (D-DE), Kerry (D-MA), Klobuchar (D-MN), Kohl (D-WI)

Landrieu (D-LA), Lautenberg (D-NJ), Leahy (D-VT), Levin (D-MI), Lieberman (ID-CT)

McCaskill (D-MO), Menendez (D-NJ), Merkley (D-OR), Mikulski (D-MD), Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-FL)

Reed (D-RI), Reid (D-NV), Rockefeller (D-WV)

Sanders (I-VT), Schumer (D-NY), Shaheen (D-NH), Specter (D-PA), Stabenow (D-MI),

Udall (D-CO), Udall (D-NM)

Voinovich (R-OH)

Warner (D-VA), Webb (D-VA), Whitehouse (D-RI), Wyden (D-OR)


http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/r ... vote=00214

Regardless of the negetive out come of a few battles, it puts this war in the spotlight. A majority of US citizens support Arizona.

Originally Posted by cjnoho

Regardless of the negetive out come of a few battles, it puts this war in the spotlight. A majority of US citizens support Arizona.

And the MSM has to REPORT it.

I think it is in America's best interests that they do.

The MSM will distort the truth and numbers ORDERED by the White House.

Originally Posted by TakingBackSoCal

Originally Posted by cjnoho

Regardless of the negetive out come of a few battles, it puts this war in the spotlight. A majority of US citizens support Arizona.

And the MSM has to REPORT it.

I think it is in America's best interests that they do.

The MSM will distort the truth and numbers ORDERED by the White House.

There could be a wide variety of interpretation as to WHY this amendment was voted down.

Jul 21, 2010

Senate strikes GOP attempt to block immigration lawsuit

06:42 PM

By Lauren Victoria Burke, AP

The Senate has voted down an amendment that would have prohibited the Justice Department from spending money to pursue its lawsuit against Arizona's controversial immigration law.

Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., tried to attach the measure to legislation moving through Congress that would extend unemployment benefits for out-of-work Americans. The Senate voted 43-55 against the proposal.

"Our federal government should be doing its job to secure our borders rather than trying to bully and intimidate the people of Arizona," DeMint said.

The state law requires police to question the immigration status of suspects when there is "reasonable suspicion" they are in the country illegally. The Justice Department sued Arizona earlier this month over the law.

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, a Republican, created a fund in June that lets supporters donate to pay for legal fees for the law's defense.

The Senate shut down several other Republican amendments to the unemployment bill, including another by DeMint to repeal the estate tax and a proposal by Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown to offset the cost of the extended benefits with economic stimulus money.
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Where were the three AZ Dems who publically came out and criticised the DOJ when they came out and sued AZ? Are they now sitting on their hands. They already blamed the White House as "not helping" their re-election bids. A yes vote may have worked in their favor.

I phoned Senator Boxers office.

I was told that only the white house should make the decision to enforce federal laws.

I asked if they watched Obummers innaguration?

Where swore to uphold the laws of the land and there was a deep silence.