Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Grassroots Politics While Immigration Activists Regroup by Martha Zoller

On Thursday, the Senate “Immigration Reform” bill went on life support. The Senate voted 50-45 against limiting debate. That was the second vote that day to invoke cloture and go to an overall vote in the U.S. Senate on the bill. Sen. Harry Reid, (D.-N.V.), after the vote and the “shelving” of the bill blamed Republican opponents of the bill for its collapse, even though 11 Democrats voted against cloture. He went on to say, “There's lots of support for this bill on the outside," he said. "The problem is inside the Senate chamber."

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