Only 16 Senators Are Brain Dead
And those sixteen are, as follows:
Akaka (D-HI)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Dodd (D-CT)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Inouye (D-HI)
Jeffords (I-VT)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Lieberman (D-CT)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Murray (D-WA)
Obama (D-IL)
Reed (D-RI)
Sarbanes (D-MD)
Those were the sixteen who voted against the Sessions Amendment.
The Senate voted to build 370 miles of triple-layered fencing along the Mexican border Wednesday and clashed over citizenship for millions of men and women who live in the United States illegally.
Amid increasingly emotional debate over election-year immigration legislation, senators voted 83-16 to add fencing and 500 miles of vehicle barriers along the southern border. It marked the first significant victory in two days for conservatives seeking to place their stamp on the contentious measure.
The prospects were less favorable for their attempt to strip out portions of the legislation that could allow citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants and create new guest worker programs.
The Senate acted in a volatile political environment, as the White House struggled for a second day to ease the concerns of House Republicans who contend that President Bush favors amnesty for illegal immigrants.
And as you'll notice, all those who voted against the measure were Democrats. (Yeah, I'm still scratching my head over Lieberman, but there are a couple on that list--like Cantwell--that really couldn't afford this publicity this year in hotly contested elections.) These are people who obviously aren't serious at all regarding the issue of immigration reform or national security. The fence proposed is exactly the one cited by Kevin Stevens, the Border Patrol's deputy chief. This fence will serve two purposes. By addressing the urban crossings, it will make it more difficult for illegal aliens to enter the United States. It will also serve as an additional deterrent to our enemies thinking that the southern border is an easy route into the nation.
For the Democrats not to recognize that--in an election year, no less--is baffling. And it serves as a reminder to the nation which side is for national security, and which side would prefer to treat it as a joke.
Publius II
And those sixteen are, as follows:
Akaka (D-HI)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Dodd (D-CT)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Inouye (D-HI)
Jeffords (I-VT)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Lieberman (D-CT)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Murray (D-WA)
Obama (D-IL)
Reed (D-RI)
Sarbanes (D-MD)
Those were the sixteen who voted against the Sessions Amendment.
The Senate voted to build 370 miles of triple-layered fencing along the Mexican border Wednesday and clashed over citizenship for millions of men and women who live in the United States illegally.
Amid increasingly emotional debate over election-year immigration legislation, senators voted 83-16 to add fencing and 500 miles of vehicle barriers along the southern border. It marked the first significant victory in two days for conservatives seeking to place their stamp on the contentious measure.
The prospects were less favorable for their attempt to strip out portions of the legislation that could allow citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants and create new guest worker programs.
The Senate acted in a volatile political environment, as the White House struggled for a second day to ease the concerns of House Republicans who contend that President Bush favors amnesty for illegal immigrants.
And as you'll notice, all those who voted against the measure were Democrats. (Yeah, I'm still scratching my head over Lieberman, but there are a couple on that list--like Cantwell--that really couldn't afford this publicity this year in hotly contested elections.) These are people who obviously aren't serious at all regarding the issue of immigration reform or national security. The fence proposed is exactly the one cited by Kevin Stevens, the Border Patrol's deputy chief. This fence will serve two purposes. By addressing the urban crossings, it will make it more difficult for illegal aliens to enter the United States. It will also serve as an additional deterrent to our enemies thinking that the southern border is an easy route into the nation.
For the Democrats not to recognize that--in an election year, no less--is baffling. And it serves as a reminder to the nation which side is for national security, and which side would prefer to treat it as a joke.
Publius II
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