Cloture On Immigration Reform
The Senate today voted 73-25 for cloture on their immigration package ending debate over it.
A bill that would toughen border security while giving millions of illegal immigrants a chance to earn U.S. citizenship cleared a test vote in the Senate on Wednesday, setting the stage for passage this week and a bruising battle with the House of Representatives.
The Senate voted 73-25 to limit further debate on the bill as a bipartisan coalition withstood several attempts by opponents to unravel the legislation. Lawmakers now expect the bill to be passed, most likely on Thursday.
"We're now down the home stretch," said Sen. John McCain, an Arizona Republican who backs the compromise. "We fought off a number of very clearly crafted amendments that would basically have destroyed the bill."
I do not think that I have to remind people of McCain's last triumph in making laws. (I am exaggerating, of course, but it does not change the fact this his being a serious part of this bill just makes me cringe.)
Needless to say, I have seen some of those on the Right start to whine about this. First of all, this bill will not be the one the presdient signs. This is heading to committee with a much stricter House bill, and one that has the money question virtually wrapped up, for step one. Yes, I did say "the first step." The MSM and the Congress is calling this "comprehensive legislation." At this stage of the game, it is, but it needs more work. We need to have the counterfeit IDs for those here illegally right now. The ability to gain this ID should be granted, but only if we do the background checks. This goes to more measures of enforcement and normalization of these people.
This bill focuses on border security. It is an attempt, albeit a bit late, to gain control of the border so we can stop this problem before it truly gets out of hand. The fencing is key to this legislation. Going after employers should also be a part of this; checking a Social Security number is not that hard. Time consuming, maybe, but not impossible. There are limited enforcement measures within the bill, but in committee there will be horse trading. It goes on in politics as easily as rain falls from the sky.
The question should be whether this bill will come out better than going in. The Senate has "Amnesty-lite" in their legislation. The House has enforcement. The Senate wanted to avoid removing Social Security benefits of non-citizens. The House is tougher on that measure. Both sides have their benefits, and the Senate seems to have more negatives. What sort of a bill will come out of committee?
We can only hope it is one that is serious about gaining control of the border, increase the level of enforcement against employers and illegal aliens, and moves us toward the idea of real and secured normalization.
The Bunny ;)
The Senate today voted 73-25 for cloture on their immigration package ending debate over it.
A bill that would toughen border security while giving millions of illegal immigrants a chance to earn U.S. citizenship cleared a test vote in the Senate on Wednesday, setting the stage for passage this week and a bruising battle with the House of Representatives.
The Senate voted 73-25 to limit further debate on the bill as a bipartisan coalition withstood several attempts by opponents to unravel the legislation. Lawmakers now expect the bill to be passed, most likely on Thursday.
"We're now down the home stretch," said Sen. John McCain, an Arizona Republican who backs the compromise. "We fought off a number of very clearly crafted amendments that would basically have destroyed the bill."
I do not think that I have to remind people of McCain's last triumph in making laws. (I am exaggerating, of course, but it does not change the fact this his being a serious part of this bill just makes me cringe.)
Needless to say, I have seen some of those on the Right start to whine about this. First of all, this bill will not be the one the presdient signs. This is heading to committee with a much stricter House bill, and one that has the money question virtually wrapped up, for step one. Yes, I did say "the first step." The MSM and the Congress is calling this "comprehensive legislation." At this stage of the game, it is, but it needs more work. We need to have the counterfeit IDs for those here illegally right now. The ability to gain this ID should be granted, but only if we do the background checks. This goes to more measures of enforcement and normalization of these people.
This bill focuses on border security. It is an attempt, albeit a bit late, to gain control of the border so we can stop this problem before it truly gets out of hand. The fencing is key to this legislation. Going after employers should also be a part of this; checking a Social Security number is not that hard. Time consuming, maybe, but not impossible. There are limited enforcement measures within the bill, but in committee there will be horse trading. It goes on in politics as easily as rain falls from the sky.
The question should be whether this bill will come out better than going in. The Senate has "Amnesty-lite" in their legislation. The House has enforcement. The Senate wanted to avoid removing Social Security benefits of non-citizens. The House is tougher on that measure. Both sides have their benefits, and the Senate seems to have more negatives. What sort of a bill will come out of committee?
We can only hope it is one that is serious about gaining control of the border, increase the level of enforcement against employers and illegal aliens, and moves us toward the idea of real and secured normalization.
The Bunny ;)
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