Thread: Cloture vote

39 to 60 on cloture!

Hooray!!!!

I am not so sure Pine. Apparently the have reached an "Agreement", Durbin and Kennedy were smiling this makes me very nervous!

I was watching CSPAN, what agreement?

I HEAR THE FAKE DOCUMENT MILLS CRANKING UP ALREADY!

WASHINGTON - In a last stab at compromise, Senate Republicans and Democrats reported progress Thursday toward agreement on legislation opening the way to legal status and eventual citizenship for many of the 11 million immigrants now in the U.S. illegally.


"There's been tremendous progress overnight," said Sen. Harry Reid (news, bio, voting record) of Nevada, the Democratic leader, while Majority Leader Bill Frist also expressed optimism that a long-sought compromise might be at hand.


There was no immediate reaction from President Bush, who has made immigration legislation a key priority.


The developments occurred after Frist unveiled a new bill late Wednesday night on the subject as the Senate headed into a test vote on the most sweeping immigration bill in two decades.


In general, the legislation would provide for enhanced border security, regulate the flow of future immigrants into the United States and settle the legal fate of the estimated 11 million men, women and children already in the country.


It was the fate of the illegal immigrant population that proved hardest to legislate, and it has left the Senate on the verge of gridlock for days.


(snip)


Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., as well as other key senators met before the vote to review terms of a proposed compromise.


In general, it would require illegal immigrants who have been in the United States between two years and five years to return to their home country briefly, then re-enter as temporary workers. They could then begin a process of seeking citizenship.


Illegal immigrants here longer than five years would not be required to return home; those in the country less than two years would be required to leave without assurances of returning, and take their place in line with others seeking entry papers.


news.yahoo.com ...http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/immigration; ... NlYwN0bQ--

Here's the list of how they voted this morning. I'm urging everyone to call ALL the Senators who voted yes and tell them what happens to traitors at the ballot box.

Call ALL the Senators that voted no and tell them "NO COMPROMISE!"

You can find their phone numbers here:

http://www.senate.gov/general/contac...nators_cfm.cfm
Grouped By Vote Position

YEAs ---39

Akaka (D-HI) Baucus (D-MT) Bayh (D-IN) Biden (D-DE)
Bingaman (D-NM) Boxer (D-CA) Cantwell (D-WA)
Carper (D-DE) Clinton (D-NY) Dayton (D-MN) Dodd (D-CT)
Durbin (D-IL) Feingold (D-WI) Feinstein (D-CA) Harkin (D-IA)
Inouye (D-HI) Jeffords (I-VT) Johnson (D-SD) Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerry (D-MA) Kohl (D-WI) Landrieu (D-LA) Lautenberg(D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT) Levin (D-MI) Lieberman (D-CT) Lincoln (D-AR) Menendez (D-NJ) Mikulski (D-MD) Murray (D-WA) Obama (D-IL)
Pryor (D-AR) Reed (D-RI) Reid (D-NV) Salazar (D-CO)
Sarbanes (D-MD) Schumer (D-NY) Stabenow (D-MI) Wyden (D-OR)


NAYs ---60

Alexander (R-TN) Allard (R-CO) Allen (R-VA) Bennett (R-UT)
Bond (R-MO) Brownback (R-KS) Bunning (R-KY) Burns (R-MT)
Burr (R-NC) Byrd (D-WV) Chafee (R-RI) Chambliss (R-GA)
Coburn (R-OK) Cochran (R-MS) Coleman (R-MN) Collins (R-ME)
Conrad (D-ND) Cornyn (R-TX) Craig (R-ID) Crapo (R-ID) DeMint (R-SC) DeWine (R-OH) Dole (R-NC) Domenici (R-NM)
Dorgan (D-ND) Ensign (R-NV) Enzi (R-WY) Frist (R-TN)
Graham (R-SC) Grassley (R-IA) Gregg (R-NH) Hagel (R-NE)
Hatch (R-UT) Hutchison (R-TX) Inhofe (R-OK) Isakson (R-GA)
Kyl (R-AZ) Lott (R-MS) Lugar (R-IN) Martinez (R-FL)
McCain (R-AZ) McConnell (R-KY) Murkowski (R-AK) Nelson (D-FL)
Nelson (D-NE) Roberts (R-KS) Santorum (R-PA) Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL) Smith (R-OR) Snowe (R-ME) Specter (R-PA)
Stevens (R-AK) Sununu (R-NH) Talent (R-MO) Thomas (R-WY)
Thune (R-SD) Vitter (R-LA) Voinovich (R-OH) Warner (R-VA)

Not Voting - 1

Rockefeller (D-WV)

Originally Posted by Virginiamama

I HEAR THE FAKE DOCUMENT MILLS CRANKING UP ALREADY

It's already happening, VirginiaMama, read my post from yesterday: http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-21395.html

Senate Democrats voting against closing off debate (5):
Byrd (D-WV)
Conrad (D-ND)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Nelson (D-FL)
Nelson (D-NE)

Senator Rockefellar (D-WV) didn't vote.

Please forgive me - have been surfing too much today.

What exactly were they voting on today? WAs it the in-state tuition or what?