Thread: Email from the National Immigration Law Center RE:Dream vote

isn't this the third defeat? dont we have a mercy rule in congress? three times and we STOP BEATING THE DEAD HORSE!

Originally Posted by dragons5

isn't this the third defeat? dont we have a mercy rule in congress? three times and we STOP BEATING THE DEAD HORSE!

5th, but who is counting?

On the other hand, the DREAM Act suffered a major blow, perhaps the decisive one, when the White House came out in opposition just minutes before the vote. The reasons given for opposition were specious and small minded? a long way from the President who once expressed compassion and understanding for the plight of immigrants who have left their homelands, often with their children in tow, and made the sometimes dangerous journey to the U.S. in search of a better life here. He now appears to have abandoned any sympathy for those children.

I heard Bush was against the "Dream Act" because he wants a "comprehensive immigration bill". In other words he would rather make sure 30 million get amnesty all at once rather than piece by piece, a couple million at a time. Might have known it was nothing like loyality to America or Americans!!

Originally Posted by dragons5

isn't this the third defeat? dont we have a mercy rule in congress? three times and we STOP BEATING THE DEAD HORSE!

You can take a short breather, dragon5.

I don't think they will try to resurrect it again this month.

Anyone want to start a pool on how many times an amnesty bill will come to the floor in either chamber of Congress before the Christmas recess?

I'll take the number "2". But I may well be low.

Originally Posted by MinutemanCDC_SC

Originally Posted by dragons5

isn't this the third defeat? dont we have a mercy rule in congress? three times and we STOP BEATING THE DEAD HORSE!

You can take a short breather, dragon5.

I don't think they will try to resurrect it again this month.

Anyone want to start a pool on how many times an amnesty bill will come to the floor in either chamber of Congress before the Christmas recess?

I'll take the number "2". But I may well be low.

Dreamact - 1
total amnesty bills - 3