Thread: CLINTON AMEND FAILS

May 18: Clinton amendment (SA 4072
[on behalf of herself, Boxer, Obama, Salazar and Schumer])

Summary: Reimburses state and local governments for the costs associated with immigration reform. Includes costs related providing health and education services to amnestied individuals and temporary workers, and for the cost of incarcerating criminal aliens. Takes 50 percent of the fees collected from the temporary worker programs and deposits them into a State Impact Assistance Account (potentially billions of dollars). Uses 70 percent of the funds for health and education costs and 25 percent of the funds for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program. Requires states to pass on 70 percent of the funds to local governments within 180 days. Makes the total amount of the Account dependent on the fees collected.

43-52 FAILED

Sounded like an attempted end around to get back to a de facto universal healthcare system. The issue is not to figure out how to pay for illegals' healthcare, but rather how to get the bastards out of our system in the first place. Whether it's federal dollars or state dollars, the taxpayer still writes the check.

CG you are a wise person. We must all remember to read between the lines -- and whenever possible we must read the actual bills and amendments themselves. Many times something seems good on the surface, but it may actually be a wolf in sheep's clothing.

If it smells to the high heavens,

look for Hillary and Chuckie boy!


From a former New Yorker

breezy,