Originally Posted by buckminsterfullerene

But we are forgetting, we never had the support of all the democrats, however, there were 5 republicans who either promised to support the measure or had supported the measure in the past and did not vote for it this time.

Those are the people who have been saying they support the DREAM Act, but when it comes to a vote said nay.


the other four on my list where
1- LeMieux who acted as he would be a potential yes after the dreamers made national headlines with a sign on the beach asking him to support the DREAM Act,

2- Senator Hatch, who co-wrote the DREAM Act, and then walked away from it.

3- Senator McCain who was a supporter of the DREAM Act at the beggining and a co-sponsor and then became one of the leading politicians against the DREAM Act.

4- Senator Snowe (debatable). There was nothing officially mentioned about her, but there was a dreamer who had been on this forum for a while who claimed she personally talked to her and she mentioned she would support the DREAM Act, it was a nay from her.

five senators, five supporters, some who campaigned as supporters of the bill but then voted no.

when I said I will never forget, I meant it.