BREAKING: DREAM ACT FAILS TO ADVANCE IN SENATE
Posted by Jim Hoft on Saturday, December 18, 2010, 10:46 AM
The DREAM Act Amnesty Bill failed to advance in the US Senate this morning.
The Politico reported:
The weeks of rallies, hunger strikes and sit-ins and the thousands of phone calls placed to Senate offices didn’t pay off for immigration activists.
The decade-old DREAM Act once again failed to break a filibuster in the Senate on Saturday morning, effectively killing the bill this year and shutting the door on what perhaps was the last chance for pro-immigration reform legislation until at least the 2012 election.
Senate Democrats came up five votes short of the 60 needed to advance the House-passed bill, which would provide a path to citizenship for up to illegal immigrants brought to the country as children if they attend college or join the military for two years. The vote was a mostly party-line 55-41 vote, though a handful of Democrats — perhaps fearful of their 2012 election outlook — also voted against the DREAM Act.
UPDATE: Democrats on CSPAN promise to ram through their DREAM Act amnesty bill in the near future.
They’re whining and playing the immigrant card. What thugs.
UPDATE: Roll Call here.
Republican Senators Lugar (IN), Bennet (UT) and Murkowski (AL) supported democrats on the legislation.
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Missy8s commented:
One down two to go.
Missy8s commented:
DADT repeal just passed.
Our military has just been turned Euro-peon.
BuddyG commented:
MERRY Christmas
ar05075 commented:
What wonderful news.
Andrew commented:
Claire voted Yes on Dream Act, and I’m guessing yes to weakening the Military. Cash out Claire in 2012!
cal rifkin commented:
Break out the champaign! They’ll be back…don’t ya just love that name ” dream act “? – it could have so many alternate meanings.
bg commented:
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clap, clap, clap..
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finncrisp commented:
Two Christmas presents! Claire is still in Obama’s conga line and not afraid to show it. This means she will go down in 2012! Let us get out there and make sure the word gets out.
Secondly, the Dream act is DEAD! We can’t be happier. Merry Christmas…
donh commented:
Overall I think Republicans have saved their party and this country by doing a fairly goog job blocking this outrageous criminal lame duck session. Some kind of DADT policy can always be reinstated in the future, and its not like gays aren’t already heavily enrolled in armed services. Its a token gesture to trade that passage for pulling the omnibus and dream act.
money gets votes commented:
#4 I agree! Get rid of her–traitor!!I am so so sic of these illegals! We should demand they shut down immigration! NOW. NO More immigrants!Until we get accountability on the ones who are here NOW!!!! No more freebies! No more anchor babies clogging up our ER rooms, $3K for each kid….taking our retirees jobs, our summer youth jobs..jobs FOR AMERICANS FIRST!! Our soldiers…!!!! Jobs for Americans!! GO home ALL disloyalty’s go BACK to your hot deserts…poverty stricken lands until YOU learn to respect AMERICA! And I don’t care if you don’t like XMAS!! We are Christian Nation FIRST and always will be!!! Merry Xmas!! I support Australians Laws (Aussies first) Canadians first and Americans first for JOBS!!!!!!!!
YES WE CON! YES WE CON! commented:
U$A: THIRD WORLD RISING – http://www.BorderInvasionPics.com
Mad Hatter commented:
Scott Brown, Susan Collins, Olympia Snow, Mark Kirk, Lisa Murkowski voted to repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.
This will open up Pandora’s Box on our Military.
Sensitivity Training will probably be part of boot camp.
“Saying something that’s offensive to someone’s lifestyle will become “unbecoming of an Officer” and might make its way into the Military Code of Conduct.
If one of our soldiers says the word fag, and a gay boy is “offended” they call for either a Court Martial, or have him sent to the Brig.
Somewhere down the road, this will open to the door for Transvestites to serve, and they’ll demand separate living quarters.
Scott Brown and Olympia Snowe are up for reelection in 2012.
Susan Collins co-sponsored this Pandora’s Box, she’s up for reelection in 2014.
We’re stuck with Murkowski and Mark Kirk, I mean Mark Jerk until 2016.
HANOI JOHN KERRY commented:
We will continue our tireless work FOR THE CHILDREN.
And try to STOP THE HATE at http://www.AmericanPatrol.com
Jim commented:
Merry Christmas!!!!
donh commented:
Feliz Navidad !… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMtuVP8Mj4o
Mad Hatter commented:
Thank God the so called Dream Act fell on it’s face. But…….. wait for it…..
This afternoon when Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was asked by Fox News’ Bret Baier if the DREAM Act was going to pass in tomorrow’s special session he said; “It will be defeated in the senate and should be dealt with next year.”
http://www.examiner.com/county-political-buzz-in-san-diego/dream-act-has-a-date-with-destiny-saturday
“and should be dealt with next year”. Just wonderful…
You can see our work is not over with yet.
Oh yeah, and Mitch McConnell is up for reelection in 2014.
RedBeard commented:
Wonderful news. The Nightmare Act is dead.
Well, for now. Never, ever, abandon vigilance.
money gets votes commented:
Shut down INS! NOW!Shut them down!!!!!! Save the budget millions! Also TAX all the American dollars being sent back home being earned here and WIRED back to their native countries TAX free!!!!! Over $280B!!! Stop banks from wiring $$$$ out of America! TAX FREE money from ALL illegals!!!!!! oh…Merry Christmas!!! I’m sic of Obama taking the word GOD reference out of everything–??? This is our history not Kenya! or Indonesia!
greenfairie commented:
Yes!
Oldsailor commented:
Repeal of DADT could be a big deal but I doubt it. Am I for repeal? No. However, most people making a big deal out of it are older. This generation has been desensitized to the lifestyle by constant in your face moments in movies and TV. When I was in (82-87) we had our share of gay people. There were whispers but doing the job always trumped lifestyle choices. My neighbor is a scout sniper and his unit has a Corpseman that is gay. They nicknamed him precious after the dog in Silence of the Lambs. They love him just as much as the Serial Killer in the movie loved his dog. It’s not about who he is but what he does. Israel has had openly gay soldiers. They are some of the finest soldiers in the world. This is not a big deal.
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