DREAM vote next week! - Page 7

Call!!!

“Hi I am calling to ask that Senator _______ vote for the DREAM Act. This bill will allow for undocumented youth to fix their status by serving this country in the uniformed services in addition to allowing for them to return the investment our country has made in them. Please have the member support the dream act.”

Republicans:
Sen. Hatch of Utah Tel: (202) 224-5251
Sen. Bunning of Kentucky (202) 224-4343
Sen. Bennet of Utah (202) 224-5444
Sen. Gregg of New Hampshire (202) 224-3324
Sen. Bailey-Hutchison of Texas (202) 224-5922
Sen. McCain of Arizona (202) 224-2235
Sen. Voinovich of Ohio (202) 224-3353
Sen. Snowe of Maine (202) 224-5344
Sen. Collins of Maine (202) 224-2523
Sen. LeMeiux of Florida (202) 224-3041
Sen. Brownback of Kansas (202) 224-6521

Call-in script for Democrats:

“Hi I am calling to ask that Senator _______ vote in favor of the DREAM Act. This bill will allow for thousands of undocumented youth to fix their status by getting a two year college degree or joining the military. This is an investment in our countries future. Support the DREAM Act.”

Democrats:
Sen. Hagan of North Carolina (202) 224-6342
Sen. Pryor of Arkansas (202) 224-2353
Sen. Landrieu of Louisiana (202) 224-5824
Sen. Conrad of North Dakota (202) 224-2043
Sen. Dorgan of North Dakota (202) 224-2551
Sen. Nelson of Florida (202) 224-5274
Sen. Baucus of Montana (202) 224-2651
Sen. Tester of Montana (202) 224-2644
Sen. Feinstein of California (202) 224-3841

Guys, if you have not been making calls, THIS IS THE TIME to do it. Our LIFE depends on this and I hope you've grown mature enough to realize this.

However, I would not waste a minute of sleep thinking about next Tuesday. If you have been following the DA/CIR scene for a long time like many of us, we have been lied to/disappointed by these assholes we call Politicians over and over and over and over.

Reid is fighting a tough battle in his state for the upcoming re-election. As someone pointed out on this forum, there is a very good chance that Reid KNOWS that he doesn't have the votes to get this attached to the Defense Bill. There is a good chance that Reid is doing this just so he can say "Hey my fellow pro-immigration voters! I've tried to pass the DA but the Republicans just did not want to pass it. Vote for me this November and I will keep trying!"

But all that aside, PLEASE, keep calling and calling and calling!

Oh my!!! I really Hope this time is our time, Life gets harder and harder as I get older. All We Want is to be able to finish our degrees and get a job with them. We don't want anything for free, we don't want food stamps every week, we just want to go to school and get a Good job.

I have just joined in today. I have tried calling the senators to leave a message, but whenever I do, I start crying. Is there a way for me to email instead?? Thank you all.

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday he wants to attach an amendment to an upcoming defense policy bill that would help young people in the country illegally become legal U.S. residents.

The Nevada Democrat said at a Capitol news conference that the legislation known as the DREAM Act is long overdue. But he wouldn’t say whether he has the votes for the amendment. The act allows young people who attend college or join the military to become legal U.S. residents.

The young people must have come to the country when they were under 16 years of age and have been in the country five years. They have to serve in the military at least two years and complete two years of college.

Democrats have also promised gay rights groups an end to the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. That is in the bill that Reid said he’ll try to take up next week.

Republicans oppose both measures.

Asked whether he had the votes for the DREAM Act, Reid responded: “I sure hope so.”

President Barack Obama has been under fire in the immigrant and Hispanic communities because Congress has failed to move an immigration reform bill despite his promise to address the issue in his first year in the Oval Office.

Some critics say Democrats’ end-of-the-year push on immigration reform is a political move. Reid is facing a tough re-election challenge from tea party favorite Sharron Angle, who supports tougher immigration laws. Hispanics make up a quarter of Nevada’s population.

A spokesman for the Nevada Republican Party declared Reid’s announcement a campaign stunt.

“Nevada voters will overwhelmingly reject these desperate political parlor games that could only come from a 28-year establishment Democrat seeking a fifth term in the U.S. Senate,” Jahan Wilcox said in a statement.

Reid blamed Republicans for the inability to pass a sweeping immigration reform bill.

“I’ve tried to. I’ve tried so very, very hard, but those Republicans we’ve had in the last Congress (who backed immigration reform) have left us,” he said.

Minutes before Reid announced his plans, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky, described the defense policy bill as “needlessly controversial” because of the inclusion of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” measure and plans to add the DREAM Act.

Source.

If you cry, that is fine just get yourself together. please call, as it is more effective. this is your future we are talking about, and ours too.

Next Tuesday could be a historic day for the DREAMers! - The stage is set.

SHUT UP!!!!

so if it gets successfully attached then when will they vote on the defense bill?

I swear that the more times you do it the less likely you are to cry. Also, if you wanna e-mail them and fax them go ahead. To e-mail go to each senator's name and click under Web Form, but as it's been pointed out this is less effective than calling.