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    Senators Webb, Tester, McCaskill are key votes

    Senators Webb, Tester, McCaskill are key votes
    By Manu Raju
    June 20, 2007
    Three centrists whose razor-thin election victories in November tipped control of the Senate to the Democrats now hold potentially decisive swing votes on the immigration measure the chamber will try to revive later this week.

    All three Democratic freshman senators — Jim Webb (Va.), Jon Tester (Mont.) and Claire McCaskill (Mo.) — voted against efforts by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to shut down debate over the measure earlier this month. The freshmen each have controversial amendments in the package that will be considered once the Senate moves to resume debate later this week. And no member is decided on how he or she will vote on the underlying bill.

    How these Democrats approach the debate is one of a host of obstacles the legislation’s supporters face as the Senate attempts to complete the immigration bill by next week. Yesterday a number of Republicans lashed out at what they said were unfair tactics by Reid to limit the Senate’s second attempt on the immigration bill to 24 amendments, but key negotiators on both sides of the aisle vowed to keep the process moving.

    The freshman Democrats’ votes not only will have major repercussions on the fate of the bill, but also for their own local political standing. Hard-line illegal immigration foes from the new members’ respective states are bombarding their offices with telephone calls to oppose proceeding to the bill, while left-leaning groups, which were critical in bolstering support for each of their candidacies in states President Bush carried in 2004, are using similar tactics.

    Webb, who may be facing the greatest backlash of the three moderates, is proposing an amendment that has been denounced by members of Virginia’s immigrant communities. The amendment would add criteria for 12 million illegal immigrants trying to qualify for “Z visasâ€

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    Yes! Call call call these senators! In addition, call Democratic Senator Pryor of Arkansas and Independent Senator Sanders of Vermont...I believe that they can be persuaded to our side, too.

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    Webb sees the amendment as an attempt to bridge the debate, and says he would vote against the bill if his amendment is not adopted.
    There you go, looks like Webb could be in the bag for the home team. I seriously doubt they're going to approve his amendment that requires Z visa applicants to have been in the country for 4 years to qualify. Kennedy nose will light up like Rudolph's Christmas nose if that were to happen. Morever, it were to happen, it would definitely turn people like Menendez and Salazar completely off. Webb's amendment should work to our advantage regardless of whether it's approved or not.

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