A procedural note about H.R. 5281 and the DREAM Act
There is a bit of confusion on the Internet that needs to be cleared up about the Democrats’ plans for the DREAM Act.
A number of readers have pointed to a weekend post at FreeRepublic.com warning that the DREAM Act is “hidden” in another bill, H.R. 5281.
Senate staff explained to me today that DREAM was passed as an amendment to HR 5281 in the House and it was sent over as a “message,” which gave it privileged status so the Senate didn’t have to vote on a motion to proceed (simply a cloture vote). My Senate staff source added that it essentially gave the Democrats an avenue to bypass a procedural hurdle in the Senate, but since the Senate failed to proceed to the 3rd amendment (the DREAM Act), it is dead and HR 5281 does not include it.
All that said, as you know from my longtime coverage of the open-borders lobby, they never give up.
I’ve been using this Bush 43-era graphic of the night of the living shamnesty with good reason for years:
So while the Senate cloture vote on Saturday killed the stand-alone DREAM Act yet again, no doubt it will be back in some form or another. As I pointed out over the weekend, Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell’s troubling remark that the illegal alien student bailout “should be dealt with next year” opens the door for a Republican version of the bill that forced retiree Utah Sen. Bob Bennett telegraphed last week.
Remember: There are soft-on-illegal-immigration radicals in both parties. Whatever election-year lip service they might pay to border enforcement, none can be trusted to do the right thing without your constant bucking up.
Vigilance.
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Be sure to send a special message of thanks to GOP Sen. Jeff Sessions for his stalwart opposition and leadership in stopping another down payment on amnesty.
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This is related to the illegal alien thing. I can not believe this, but with what is in bho and team, I guess I shouldn’t be all that surprised.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/12/16/trusted-traveler-program-lets-mexicans-skip-some-airport-security-checkpoints/
We have GOT to keep up on any bills that might have the illegal aliens amnesty in it. Thank you so much Michelle for keeping us updated on this.
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Double taps for all the squishies!
Abolutely guaranteed. The only way to demolish any future form of the DREAM act is to keep CONgess under fire, adnd rid it of lefists and thier abettors and thier way of doing business.
What I hope he meant.
Why, its almost as if bho and team actually hope and work for a crisis to occur so it can’t go to waste.
Build the d@mn wall!!!
Wishful thinking…I think.
Since when has the Constitution or rules meant anything to this administration. Look at the what all the different Czars are attempting to do while circumventing Congress. I suspect that we will see an immigration Czar before long to handle this issue administratively.
If the GOP thinks they can continue to import cheap labor for their donors at the expense of the citizens, they will. I will not vote for that again. If we continue to play the game of “the other guy is worse”, we will lose our country. Sorry, but I will not participate in that game any longer. The GOP power brokers think we will vote for “anybody but a Democrat” so they can continue to ignore securing the borders and enforcing the laws. I’m hoping GOP primary voters give the party elites some surprises in the primaries. The levers of power and the money in the GOP are all in the hands of the cheap labor express. They do not want anyone who WOULD enforce the laws and secure the border. WE have to make sure the nominee WILL by voting in the primaries. We have to talk to our friends and neighbors about this issue. It’s going to have to be a grass roots effort. I WANT to vote for a GOP candidate in Nov.’12, I WILL NOT vote for any of the amnesty supporters. If it takes crushing the GOP so a new party representing American citizens can arise, so be it.
The RNC wants another amnesty candidate. Don’t vote for one.
2012 will see further rinos lose in the primaries, and further dem loses in the generals. Let’s really work on the state elections and local elections, even the school boards, so we can break the back of marxist planning and socialist spending.
Now there’s legislating that cries out for a bill.
No, means No!
After an obvious national consensus is reached attempts to legislate against the will of the people must stop.
Yup…if CONgress won’t do what you , bho, want, just ingnore them and do it yourself. Like, really, who’s going to stop you?
hawkeye54: We the people. If Duh One oversteps his Constitutional bounds just once more, perhaps articles of impeachment can be brought against him. It would require giving some ‘cajones’ to certain members of the GOP, but hopefully some of those already supplied with said accoutrements (Michelle Bachmann, et al) will “Man up!”
These little tricks they keep pulling to try and push stuff through are getting really concerning considering the combination of two factors. A) the increasing size of bills, and B) the fact that nobody seems to want or be able to read them.
How long before DREAM or some other bill gets signed off and congress pretends to say “oops, we didn’t know that was in there”?
just when I get to the ‘Bodice Ripper’ thread, everyone has given up!
gulp!
Yeah, I can visualize the House to “Man Up” – but just like the attempt to impeach Clinton, our Senate RINOS will be the impediment, if it really came to impeaching bho.
or,
Not much difference in either. The Greek’s, and the Dem’s modus operandi is the same…stealth, with evil intent! Proving the point once again, that progressive liberals cannot win without using subterfuge, because their ideas cannot stand on their own merits.
“we didn’t know that was in there” is already the lame excuse for passing objectionable and damaging legislation. Yeah, and there usually seems to be little or no effort to repeal such legislation either.
That’s some writing talent you showed over there. Have you, um, written anything else?
another indication they are not doing their job. READ THE DAMN BILLS.
as I mentioned yesterday in the celebratory thread in regards to the defeat of the Nightmare Act, our legislators have to look in every crack, crevice and corner they can find in ever bill that comes before them and make sure the demoncrooks haven’t tried to slip in another amnesty bill, no matter how small it may appear to be. Like “its for the children, they didn’t know”
They will never quit and neither should we as conservatives…never.
#15 On December 20th, 2010 at 1:41 pm, spaceycakes said:
Nice try spacey, but like the man in the movies says, “Time Marches On”.
LOL
We spent copious amounts of time waiting for you.
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Well, it seems he’s doing just that:
so you’re saying it’s my fault?
FINE.
BTW, that food regulation bill passed last night in the wee hours in het another vampire Congress move. Was that the payoff to the libs for killing this attempt at the DREAM Act?
The “new” GOP? Same as the old GOP. We really need a second party and soon.
What do squishy Republicans stand to gain? They will dumped for the next Dem to run against them anyway. Why pander?
Another amnesty will result in Democrat majorities for decades, or until they are supplanted by the La Raza Party, why doesn’t the RNC know that? How stupid do you have to be to import voters for the opposition at the same time you alienate your own voters? Nominating any of the amnesty supporters is a losing proposition, we will not support them. If the GOP intends to surrender our sovereignty and abandon the rule of law, they will find in November 2008, that they still have their big money/cheap labor donors, but they do not have voters.
GOP-RIP
(sorry, needed updating, unfortunately, we’re still struggling against the same one party system that caters to citizens of other countries instead of citizens of this country)
Another amnesty will result in Democrat majorities for decades, or until they are supplanted by the La Raza Party, why doesn’t the RNC know that? How stupid do you have to be to import voters for the opposition at the same time you alienate your own voters? Nominating any of the amnesty supporters is a losing proposition, we will not support them. If the GOP intends to surrender our sovereignty and abandon the rule of law, they will find in November 2012, that they still have their big money/cheap labor donors, but they do not have voters.
GOP-RIP
*The best thing the GOP could do right now, with their large upcoming margin in the House, is issue a blanket statement on zero tolerance for any form of amnesty, stating they will not be a party any further to “importing people and exporting jobs”; We have 16 million people looking for work, entitlements have bankrupted the country, and on and on and on; Get on the right side of this issue GOP, or I am ready for a legitimate Tea Party run by the likes of DeMint and Sessions, then let the chips fall where they may, including secession!
Any time they try to tell us the bill has to pass quickly or we are in deep trouble, you know they are sneaking something in there that the American People DON’T WANT!! Reading the bills before signing must be REQUIRED. I can’t believe we even have to say that. For crying out loud…signing bills they don’t even read?? That is dereliction of duty, and even criminal. They are failing to do their damn jobs!!
They should only vote on bills that are 10 pages or less. There is no point in having bills that take 2 days to print. Long bills are designed to hide things that the writers don’t want the public to know till it’s too late.
John “You can’t pick lettuce for $50/hour” McCain, Lindsey “We’ll tell the bigots to shut up” Grahamn, Orin “Kennedy’s buddy” Hatch, and many others.
Unfortunately, they are still largly in control of the Republican Party.
And don’t expect Sarah Palin to stand up to any of them.
The leadership of the RNC is still trying to overlook the Tea Party and it’s candidates, recently elected and those waiting in the wings. Do so at your own peril. The American people are still mad, disgusted, fed up, and are watching every vote. Many on the DNC rolls feel the same way. Slipping through any kind of amnesty legislation is a boneheaded move.
And thus WE need to keep the Evil Eye on those of the RNC we can defeat in the next go-round. When the RNC or National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) calls for a donation respond “”Murkowski you say”".
Is anyone familiar with the self proclaimed illegal alien Pedro Ramirez? Student body President at Fresno State University in CA?
http://therealpedro.com/
MECHA member just like Sotomayor!
http://www.mayorno.com/WhoIsMecha.html
Viva the “Mythical land of Aztlan”!