Rare Tactic May Allow Immigration Votes

[Terri]

By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS
Associated Press
June 19, 2007

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Only in the arcane world of the U.S. Senate could a quirky gambit known as a ''clay pigeon'' make the difference between passage of an important immigration measure and its death at the hands of opponents.

Democratic leaders hope the complex maneuver -- which makes use of the Senate's labyrinthine rules to insist on votes on amendments -- will frustrate conservatives' attempts to derail the embattled immigration bill, instead putting it on a fast track to passage next week.

Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said he would revive the bill to legalize as many as 12 million unlawful immigrants late this week. To do so, though, he needs backing from 60 senators, and a way to guarantee votes on a tentative list of 22 Republican and Democratic amendments whose consideration is seen as vital to satisfying key waverers.

More

[thomas]

When this terrible bill is passed, yes when, we need to demand, DEMAND, a list of who voted for and against this bill. I for one will not support any senator or congressman who votes to support his bill, republican or democrat, ever, in any election. We all need to make this perfectly clear to our elected officials, I did.
The Old Chief

[STEELMAN]

Senator Reid, you're about to hear the lions ROAR like you've never heard them before. The Grassroots conservatives have been on the prowl ever since to tried to ram this piece of garbage down the throats of the American people and we are going to ram it right back in your face until you get the picture!

We don't care how long it takes! Lions don't eat baloney senator...we want the real thing or nothing!