Thread: Senate Punts on DREAM Act Vote

Published December 09, 2010

FoxNews
The Senate on Thursday punted on a DREAM Act vote after Democrats failed to advance a version that passed the House Wednesday night.

Senate Democrats hope to vote on the House-passed legislation before the lame-duck session ends this month.

"We still hope to consider it before we leave," a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told Fox News.

Earlier, Reid tried to shelve a procedural vote on the legislation that would carve out a path to legalization for hundreds of thousands of foreign-born youngsters brought to this country illegally because he said it would be more appropriate to take up the version that cleared the House.

But Republicans refused to let him to do that. So Reid had the Senate vote on killing a motion to start debate on the bill.

Democrats always faced an uphill climb to muster the 60 votes needed to advance the legislation over opposition by most Republicans and a handful of their own members.

The House passed the legislation Wednesday night after Democratic leaders painstakingly lined up the votes to push it through.

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I simply do not see how ONE little man from Nevada can change the entire make-up and composure of the U.S. simply on a political whim! Our system is broken. Right now Nevada and California are a mess, so this idiot from Nevada wants to make the entire U.S. look like his state? Absurd.
I am never casting a vote for a Democrat EVER. This was the final straw.

Originally Posted by Creoleguy32

I simply do not see how ONE little man from Nevada can change the entire make-up and composure of the U.S. simply on a political whim! Our system is broken. Right now Nevada and California are a mess, so this idiot from Nevada wants to make the entire U.S. look like his state? Absurd.
I am never casting a vote for a Democrat EVER. This was the final straw.

Teddy Kennedy set the precedent.

We need to make a fuss about the fact that the Senate will vote for the House version of the DREAM act "As is" without amending it or debating it.

The Senate has to do this in order to bypass reconciliation.

Many senators would oppose it on the grounds that the process is corrupt.

START CALLING THIS LIST AND TELL THEM TO VOTE NO ON THE "DREAM ACT!" THAT IT IS NOTHING MORE THAN BACKDOOR AMNESTY! AND TO VOTE NO IF THEY ASK FOR AN ADDRESS SAY 513 OAK ST, CITY AND ZIP. E-MAIL THIS LIST TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW UNLESS YOU CAN SPEAK SPANISH! YOU ARE BEING REPLACED AMERICA BY FOREIGN INVADERS! PLEASE CALL AND DON'T STOP TILL THIS BILL IS GONE FOREVER! I CALLED EVERY NAME ON THIS LIST AND IT ONLY TOOK 2HRS.AND 25MINS. I CALLED EACH #NO. SEVERAL TIMES! THIS IS NOT A LOT OF TIME COMPARED TO THE TIME YOU'LL SPEND UNEMPLOYED BECAUSE YOU WERE REPLACED BY YOUR EMPLOYER FOR A CHEAPER LABOR COST! STREET #NO. AND NAME CAN VERY!

These are Alipac' targeted SENATE members.

CALL THIS NUMBER IN BETWEEN SENATE NUMBERS 1 866 996 5161

Senate List:
BARRASSO 202 224 6441 CASPER,WY.82602 "no"
BINGAMAN 202 224 5521 SACRAMENTO,CA.95834 "yes"
BROWN,SC. 202 224 4543 BOSTON,MA02203 "no"
BROWN,SH. 202 224 2315 CLEVELAND,OH.44114"yes"
CANTWELL 202 224 3441 SEATTLE,WA.98174
CARDIN 202 224 4524 BALTIMORE,MD.21201 "yes"
CARPER 202 224 2441 DOVER,DE.19904"yes"
CASEY 202 224 6324 SCRANTON,PA.18503"yes"
CONRAD 202 224 2043 MINOT,ND.58701
CORKER 202 224 3344 NASHVILLE,TN.37203"no"
ENSIGN 202 224 6244 RENO,NV.89501
FEINSTEIN 202 224 3841 FRESNO,CA.93721 "yes"
GILLIBRAND 202 224 4451 NEW YORK,NY 10017 "yes"
HATCH 202 224 5251 PROVO,UT84601 "no"
HUTCHISON 202 224 5922 ABILENE,TX.79602 "no"
KLOBACHAR 202 224 3244 MINNEAPOLIS,MN.55415 "yes"
KOHL 202 224 5653 MILUAKEE,WI.53203"yes"
KYL 202 224 4521 TUCSON,AZ.85704"no"
LIEBERMAN 202 224 4041 HARTFORD,CT.06103 "yes"
LUGAR 202 224 4814 EVANSVILLE,IN.47708 "yes"
MANCHIN 202 224 3954 CHARLESTON,WV.25304"yes"
McCASKILL 202 224 6154 COLUMBIA,MO.63703"no"
MENENDEZ 202 224 4744 NEWARK,NJ.07102 "yes"
NELSON,BEN 202 224 6551 OMAHA,NE.68154"no"
NELSON,BILL 202 224 5274 TAMPA,FL.33602 "yes"
SANDERS 202 224 5141 BRATTLEBORO,VT.05301"yes"
SNOWE 202 224 5344 AUGUSTA,ME.04330
STABENOW 202 224 4822 DETROIT,MI.48226
TESTER 202 224 2644 HELENA,MT.59601"no"
WEBB 202 224 4024 NORTON,VA.24273
WHITEHOUSE 202 224 2921 PROVIDENCE,RI.02903"yes"
WICKER 202 224 6253 JACKSON,MS.39201"no"
BAUCAS 202 224 2651 BOZEMAN,MT.59715"no"
BROWNBACK 202 224 6521 WICHITA,KS.67209
COLLINS 202 224 2523 LEWISTON,ME.04240
DORGAN 202 224 2551 FARGO,ND.58106
LANDRIEU 202 224 5825 BATON ROUGE,LA70801"yes"
MURKOWSKI 202 224 6665 FAIRBANKS,AK.99701
PRYOR 202 224 2353 LITTLEROCK,AR.72201"no"
DANIEL 202 224 6361 HONOLULU,HI.96850"yes"
LUGAR 202 224 4814 EVANSVILLE,IN.47708
WARNER 202 224 2023 RICHMOND,VA.23219
VOINOVICH 202 224 3353 CLEVELAND,OH.44199
BROWNBACK 202 224 6521 WICHITA,KS.67209
LANDRIEU 202 224 5825 BATON ROUGE,LA.70801
BENNETT 202 224 5444 SALTLAKE CITY,UT.84138
HAGAN 202 224 6342 GREENSBORO,NC.27408

There are way too many yes votes on this list please call, don't stop! PLEASE! There's still time!