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Action Alert


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September 22, 2010

Tomorrow, Thursday, September 23rd, the House will vote on another Lame-Duck session resolution offered by Rep. Tom Price (R-GA).

Price’s second attempt to prevent stealth legislation from getting through a lame-duck will be slightly different than his resolution the last time around.

The new resolution states:

That the House of Representatives pledges not to assemble on or between November 2, 2010, and January 3, 2011, except in the case of an unforeseen, sudden emergency requiring immediate action from Congress, and that the consideration of any of the following matters does not constitute an unforeseen, sudden emergency:

[including]



Any legislation pertaining to the Immigration and Nationality Act.


TAKE ACTION!

Anti-English provisions could easily be added to a bill that proposes changes to the Immigration and Nationality Act during a lame-duck, so we want to make sure that doesn’t happen!

Limiting a lame duck session will decrease the risk of Congress attempting to jam through stealth legislation.

TAKE ACTION!

Call and email your representative now and tell them to support the Price "Limit the lame-duck resolution" by voting YES TOMORROW!

Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121








The Price Resolution will limit the House's options of legislation to consider during a lame-duck session.

Some lawmakers who return for this session will not be in the next because there will be no electoral consequences for their votes, so a Lame Duck session is very risky and increases the likelihood of stealth legislation getting through.

Passing Price’s resolution will eliminate the risk of Congress jamming through a controversial immigration bill that may include Puerto Rican statehood, the DREAM Act, or any anti-English changes to the Immigration and Nationality Act.


The Price Resolution is scheduled for a floor vote tomorrow and I ask that you vote YES!










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Just read the ACT, interesting part is this:

Sec. 103. [8 U.S.C. 1103] (a) (1) The Attorney General shall be charged with the administration and enforcement of this Act and all other laws relating to the immigration and naturalization of aliens, except insofar as this Act or such laws relate to the powers, functions, and duties conferred upon the President, the Secretary of State, the officers of the Department of State, or diplomatic or consular officers: Provided, however, That determination and ruling by the Attorney General with respect to all questions of law shall be controlling .

(2) He shall have control, direction, and supervision of all employees and of all the files and records of the Service.

(3) He shall establish such regulations; prescribe such forms of bond, reports, entries, and other papers; issue such instructions; and perform such other acts as he deems necessary for carrying out his authority under the provisions of this Act.

(4) He may require or authorize any employee of the Service or the Department of Justice to perform or exercise any of the powers, privileges, or duties conferred or imposed by this Act or regulations issued thereunder upon any other employee of the Service.

(5) He shall have the power and duty to control and guard the boundaries and borders of the United States against the illegal entry of aliens and shall, in his discretion, appoint for that purpose such number of employees of the Service as to him shall appear necessary and proper.

so, does this now mean that the AG will be incharge of DHS-BP?

Sure looks that way Ken

Holder in charge of the borders ?


What a nightmare

If you are a Numbersusa member...your board is loaded.



From: Roy Beck, President, NumbersUSA
Date: Wednesday 22SEP2010 7:30 p.m. EDT




VOTE SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW ON BANNING
LAME-DUCK SESSION FROM CERTAIN BILLS,
INCLUDING AMNESTIES

Friends,

I have some more phone calls you could make to fight any more amnesty efforts this year.

Capitol Switchboard -- 202-224-3121

Are you up for it?

The phoning will be easy, but it is slightly complicated to explain to you what is happening. Here goes:

1. The pro-amnesty losers in yesterday's Senate vote are telling their supporters that they will do their best to bring an amnesty back up for a vote during the lame-duck session after the November elections.

Senate Democratic leaders have said that they hope that Senators who have lost their elections and who are retiring will be more courageous (meaning willing to go against the wishes of their constitutents) and vote FOR an amnesty after the election (and before the new Congress takes control).

2. Tomorrow, Rep. Tom Price of Georgia (one of the House Republican leaders) plans to offer a resolution on the floor of the House that would, in a sense, have the House promise not to take up controversial issues in any lame-duck session.

3. What kind of resolution is this?

This is really just a "sense of Congress" resolution that would have no binding effect or force of law.

But it WOULD put a Representative on record so that you could hold him/her responsible for breaking a pledge.

We have been suggesting since summer that you pin down your current Member of the U.S. House and insist that he/she pledge not to vote for any amnesty that might come up during a lame-duck session, even if he/she generally supports legalizing illegal aliens.

Now, while an incumbent is asking to be re-elected, is the time to extract this pledge.

What does the resolution state?

It is very partisan, with a litany of abuses of power attributed to the Democratic leadership over the last two years. But it pledges that the only thing that will be done in a lame-duck session would be dealing with emergencies.

It specifically forbids changing immigration law.

How will this play out tomorrow?

Rep. Price tried this resolution on Aug. 10. The Speaker Pro Tempore ruled it out of order. That required a vote on whether to sustain the ruling. By a vote of 236-163, the House backed the ruling that kept the resolution from getting a real vote.

If this comes up tomorrow, I expect something similar will happen.

WHAT YOU CAN DO

Phone your own Representative. But also considering phoning the Democratic Representatives in your state.

Capitol Switchboard -- 202-224-3121

Tell them that voters in November need to know whether they might come back in lame-duck session and pass an amnesty and that you want them to pledge that they won't support such an action.

To show good faith on that pledge, you will tell the Representatives who you call, they need to vote first to allow Price's "Lame-Duck Resolution" and then to vote for it.

Thanks.





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