Pay Attention Dear Readers As The Senate Continues To Play Games With The Immigration Reform Issue.
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It seems as though the RINOs are loose again in the Senate. On Tuesday, I opined about the failure of the Isakson Amendment in the immigration reform fight that has erupted in Congress:
The Senate defeated, 55 to 40, a proposal by Senator Johnny Isakson, Republican of Georgia, that lawmakers demand that border-security measures be in place before beginning a guest-worker program of the kind envisioned by President Bush.
Now I was extremely upset at the proposal's defeat. We cannot put the cart before the horse on this issue. We must have the security at the border in place before we can even consider normalization of any and all illegals in the United States. We understand that these people came here for many reasons. Whether it is to better their lives through a job and an education, or simply an escape from their previous home; be it poor or despotic. We understand that completely. However, we also have laws, and people need to abide by them.
Those involved in the Isakson defeat include these eighteen senators who voted against it, and the following four who did not vote:
(Those with an "*" next to their name denotes someone up for reelection this year)
Bennett (UT)
Brownback (R-KS)
Chafee (RI)*
Coleman (MN)
Collins (ME)
Craig (ID)
DeWine (OH)*
Graham (SC)
Hagel (NE)
Lugar (IN)*
Martinez (FL)
Murkowski (AK)
Shelby (AL)
Snow (ME)*
Specter (PA)
Stevens (AK)
Voinovich (OH)
Warner (VA)
Cochran (R-MS)
Gregg (R-NH)
Lott (R-MS)*
McCain (R-AZ)
Luckily for this barrel of monkeys, they did not replay their stupidity when it came to the Kyl/Cornyn Amendment (that no one with a criminal record would be allowed to come to America, or stay) and the Sessions Amendment (which was the first big move towards building the double and triple fencing needed for the southern border). I say luckily because today, that luck was not there.
Mary Katherine Ham picked up on the next moves today in the Senate.
Seriously, if you could see me now, I'm very Yosemite Sam. Very stampy and tantrumy and incoherent.
Just a few minutes ago, on the floor of the United States Senate, senators debated an amendment to the McCain immigration bill.
This is not, by itself, profanity-inducing.
But here's the substance of the debate-- Should ILLEGAL immigrants, once made legal by the McCain legislation, be entitled to receive the Social Security benefits they have paid into the system while ILLEGALLY using FRAUDULENT Social Security numbers STOLEN from actual, legal citizens of the United States of America.
The fact that this is even up for debate is just beyond insane. Everyone knows we will never have enough Social Security funds to serve, you know, actual citizens.
All of our readers know the absolute disdain we have for Senator McCain. This man is either completely off his rocker (still perpetually in search of his "missing strawberries" or he is clearly amongst the most deceitful of RINOs. Thomas and I agree it might be a bit of both. Power does corrupt, and it is clear to us that it has corrupted the senator from Arizona.
When Senator Ensign (God Bless this man) offered up a proposal to kill this part of the McCain package, the Senate responded by killing it. (Personally, next to the DNC, I have never seen a larger group of absolute morons.) This drives me beyond the idea of being disgusted. We are trying to end the problems we allowed to snowball since 1986 when we granted amnesty to illegal aliens in the US. These people seem to think that they can play games with this. As residents of the state of Arizona, we see the problem of illegal immigration daily. Allowing them access to our Social Security system is an extremely foolish idea. As it has not been reformed itself, Mary Katherine Ham is correct in pointing out that we do not even have enough right now to handle our citizens, let alone a butt-load of lawbreakers.
This is how the amendment reads:
To reduce document fraud, prevent identity theft, and preserve the integrity of the Social Security system, by ensuring that persons who receive an adjustment of status under this bill are not able to receive Social Security benefits as a result of unlawful activity.
And now here is the roll-call vote of the seemingly brain-dead GOP:
Brownback (R-KS)
Chafee (R-RI)
DeWine (R-OH)
Graham (R-SC)
Hagel (R-NE)
Lugar (R-IN)
Martinez (R-FL)
McCain (R-AZ)
Specter (R-PA)
Stevens (R-AK)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Mary Katherine Ham compares her anger right now to that of Yosemite Sam. I have already conveyed my anger, and believe me when I say it was not easy to omit a couple of four-letter words in my rants to these yo-yo's offices. CALL YOUR SENATORS and tell them to QUIT PLAYING GAMES with our national security and border security ... (202) 224-3121
The Bunny ;)
UPDATE: 2:20 p.m. Arizona Time
Mary Katherine Ham is reporting that the Inhofe Amendment is coming up for debate. While this is not a part of the national security side of the issue, it does relate to our immigration reform. The Inhoffe Amendment would make English the official language of the United States.
Honestly, I have no problem with this amendment because it needs to be said. We are America, and we do probably 90%-95% of day-to-day business in English. I find it appalling that we are forced to deal with bilingual or multilingual communication. Not just in dealing with people, but has anyone had to call a government office recently? We did, and we were pretty upset to hear Spanish before English on the phone. Voting ballots, DMV instructions, etc., written in Spanish and English.
Please do not misunderstand my position. I have no problem with someone knowing and using their own language. But I would prefer it be within the home. If you come to America you should take time to learn at least the rudimentary aspects of our language. If we were to move to another country, we would do no less; we would not expect everyone we run into to speak English. I know that there are provisions in other amendment proposals that would make people coming to this nation need to learn English.
When my family came over here (in the late 1800s) it was forbidden to speak our native German and Italian outside of the home. As my mother has told me on numerous occasions, my great-great grandfather made it a point that because the family lived in America, it would speak the language of the land. It is called assimilation. (Not this sort of assimilation, but rather this type, and this kind of assimilation.) It is by adhering to the new society you live, and shows respect for the land you reside in.
And according to the last update, they are still debating the thing. I hope this one does not go down the way the Ensign proposal did.
The Bunny ;)
UPDATE: 2:39 p.m. Arizona Time
The Inhofe Amendment passed by a vote of 63-34. It designates that English is the official language of the United States of America. In addition to making it the official language, it would also require those here or coming here to pass an English equivalency test.
(Updated --->Scroll Down!)
It seems as though the RINOs are loose again in the Senate. On Tuesday, I opined about the failure of the Isakson Amendment in the immigration reform fight that has erupted in Congress:
The Senate defeated, 55 to 40, a proposal by Senator Johnny Isakson, Republican of Georgia, that lawmakers demand that border-security measures be in place before beginning a guest-worker program of the kind envisioned by President Bush.
Now I was extremely upset at the proposal's defeat. We cannot put the cart before the horse on this issue. We must have the security at the border in place before we can even consider normalization of any and all illegals in the United States. We understand that these people came here for many reasons. Whether it is to better their lives through a job and an education, or simply an escape from their previous home; be it poor or despotic. We understand that completely. However, we also have laws, and people need to abide by them.
Those involved in the Isakson defeat include these eighteen senators who voted against it, and the following four who did not vote:
(Those with an "*" next to their name denotes someone up for reelection this year)
Bennett (UT)
Brownback (R-KS)
Chafee (RI)*
Coleman (MN)
Collins (ME)
Craig (ID)
DeWine (OH)*
Graham (SC)
Hagel (NE)
Lugar (IN)*
Martinez (FL)
Murkowski (AK)
Shelby (AL)
Snow (ME)*
Specter (PA)
Stevens (AK)
Voinovich (OH)
Warner (VA)
Cochran (R-MS)
Gregg (R-NH)
Lott (R-MS)*
McCain (R-AZ)
Luckily for this barrel of monkeys, they did not replay their stupidity when it came to the Kyl/Cornyn Amendment (that no one with a criminal record would be allowed to come to America, or stay) and the Sessions Amendment (which was the first big move towards building the double and triple fencing needed for the southern border). I say luckily because today, that luck was not there.
Mary Katherine Ham picked up on the next moves today in the Senate.
Seriously, if you could see me now, I'm very Yosemite Sam. Very stampy and tantrumy and incoherent.
Just a few minutes ago, on the floor of the United States Senate, senators debated an amendment to the McCain immigration bill.
This is not, by itself, profanity-inducing.
But here's the substance of the debate-- Should ILLEGAL immigrants, once made legal by the McCain legislation, be entitled to receive the Social Security benefits they have paid into the system while ILLEGALLY using FRAUDULENT Social Security numbers STOLEN from actual, legal citizens of the United States of America.
The fact that this is even up for debate is just beyond insane. Everyone knows we will never have enough Social Security funds to serve, you know, actual citizens.
All of our readers know the absolute disdain we have for Senator McCain. This man is either completely off his rocker (still perpetually in search of his "missing strawberries" or he is clearly amongst the most deceitful of RINOs. Thomas and I agree it might be a bit of both. Power does corrupt, and it is clear to us that it has corrupted the senator from Arizona.
When Senator Ensign (God Bless this man) offered up a proposal to kill this part of the McCain package, the Senate responded by killing it. (Personally, next to the DNC, I have never seen a larger group of absolute morons.) This drives me beyond the idea of being disgusted. We are trying to end the problems we allowed to snowball since 1986 when we granted amnesty to illegal aliens in the US. These people seem to think that they can play games with this. As residents of the state of Arizona, we see the problem of illegal immigration daily. Allowing them access to our Social Security system is an extremely foolish idea. As it has not been reformed itself, Mary Katherine Ham is correct in pointing out that we do not even have enough right now to handle our citizens, let alone a butt-load of lawbreakers.
This is how the amendment reads:
To reduce document fraud, prevent identity theft, and preserve the integrity of the Social Security system, by ensuring that persons who receive an adjustment of status under this bill are not able to receive Social Security benefits as a result of unlawful activity.
And now here is the roll-call vote of the seemingly brain-dead GOP:
Brownback (R-KS)
Chafee (R-RI)
DeWine (R-OH)
Graham (R-SC)
Hagel (R-NE)
Lugar (R-IN)
Martinez (R-FL)
McCain (R-AZ)
Specter (R-PA)
Stevens (R-AK)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Mary Katherine Ham compares her anger right now to that of Yosemite Sam. I have already conveyed my anger, and believe me when I say it was not easy to omit a couple of four-letter words in my rants to these yo-yo's offices. CALL YOUR SENATORS and tell them to QUIT PLAYING GAMES with our national security and border security ... (202) 224-3121
The Bunny ;)
UPDATE: 2:20 p.m. Arizona Time
Mary Katherine Ham is reporting that the Inhofe Amendment is coming up for debate. While this is not a part of the national security side of the issue, it does relate to our immigration reform. The Inhoffe Amendment would make English the official language of the United States.
Honestly, I have no problem with this amendment because it needs to be said. We are America, and we do probably 90%-95% of day-to-day business in English. I find it appalling that we are forced to deal with bilingual or multilingual communication. Not just in dealing with people, but has anyone had to call a government office recently? We did, and we were pretty upset to hear Spanish before English on the phone. Voting ballots, DMV instructions, etc., written in Spanish and English.
Please do not misunderstand my position. I have no problem with someone knowing and using their own language. But I would prefer it be within the home. If you come to America you should take time to learn at least the rudimentary aspects of our language. If we were to move to another country, we would do no less; we would not expect everyone we run into to speak English. I know that there are provisions in other amendment proposals that would make people coming to this nation need to learn English.
When my family came over here (in the late 1800s) it was forbidden to speak our native German and Italian outside of the home. As my mother has told me on numerous occasions, my great-great grandfather made it a point that because the family lived in America, it would speak the language of the land. It is called assimilation. (Not this sort of assimilation, but rather this type, and this kind of assimilation.) It is by adhering to the new society you live, and shows respect for the land you reside in.
And according to the last update, they are still debating the thing. I hope this one does not go down the way the Ensign proposal did.
The Bunny ;)
UPDATE: 2:39 p.m. Arizona Time
The Inhofe Amendment passed by a vote of 63-34. It designates that English is the official language of the United States of America. In addition to making it the official language, it would also require those here or coming here to pass an English equivalency test.
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