Reid for Plan To Put House-Passed DREAM Act Bill on Senate Floor Next Week - Page 2
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Originally Posted by CB124
What does this 59-40 vote mean? We only came 1 vote away?
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Originally Posted by adrian55
A lot of you guys who are freaking out need to go and read how the US government works go before asking any questions. We are claiming that we deserve the Dream act because of our scholar achievements so by you guys just asking lame questions demerits our cause. Come on guys do some research.
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Originally Posted by 1L-Deferred
Cut your shit assholina. Not everybody here knows the House procedures and that's a legitimate question.
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For everyone that is confused about the 59-40 vote today, here is an explanation of Reid's strategy and what today's vote was all about.
- MicEvHill.Com
Now that we all understand, we must focus on the 'On the Fence' Senators. So, continue calling and faxing their offices.
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Thursday, December 9, pulled a procedural rabbit out of his hat to prevent what would almost certainly have been a losing vote from occurring on the DREAM Act. The Majority Leader acted shortly after 11:15 am EST, when he moved to table his previously made motion that the Senate proceed to consideration of S. 3992, the Senate version of the DREAM Act. The Senate agreed to his motion by a vote of 59-40, thereby preventing the Senate from conducting a previously scheduled cloture vote in relation to the DREAM Act. The action on Thursday in the Senate is considerd a victory for supporters of the DREAM Act. It enables them to avoid a potentially momentum-killing losing vote on the Senate bill, gives them as much as a week to continue to pound potential swing vote Senators, and could set up a situation where Republicans in the Senate have no refuge in procedure and have to cast a yes or no vote on the DREAM Act on the bill's merits. The next action on the DREAM Act in the Senate is likely to take place next week or later. Following the vote on the motion to table, Majority Leader Reid and Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) reasserted their commitment to bringing the DREAM Act before the Senate for a vote, saying, "the Senate will move to the House-passed version of the bill later this month. In the mean time, we will work with House leaders and the Administration to ensure that the DREAM Act will be law by the end of the year. “The DREAM Act is not a symbolic vote. We owe it to the young men and women whose lives will be affected by this bill, and to the country which needs their service in the military and their skills in building our economy, to honestly address this issue. Members on both sides of the aisle need to ask themselves if we can afford to say to these talented young men and women there is no place in America for you.” |
Now that we all understand, we must focus on the 'On the Fence' Senators. So, continue calling and faxing their offices.
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I would bring back the original Senate version to get more votes.
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Originally Posted by QuePasa87
Trying to make any changes in our favor would surely do more harm than good at this point. Be realistic.
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Make it 20 year conditional?
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How about stripping other parts off like sponsorships to family members?
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How about stripping other parts off like sponsorships to family members?
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