I Cannot Believe Obama, Reid, and Pelos Waited Until The Last Week of Congress - Page 2

Originally Posted by 1L-Deferred

I don't blame the Republicans. They are what they are. And they aren't that different from the Democrats in that they will compromise their conscience if doing so will get them reelected. Granted, Republicans will commit far worse actions to achieve the same goal, but nevertheless, they are all politicians.

Obama promised that he would tackle immigration in his first year before being elected. I understand that in politics, things cannot simply go the way you intended due to oppositions and various political hurdles.

BUT

They should have known better to ditch CIR and just pass the easy Dream Act when they realized CIR wasn't doable. With that much Democratic majority in Congress, Dream Act would have been a piece of cake. I'm not even in Washington. I'm just a lowly graduate student. But even I KNEW that CIR was dead.

So in an effort to make it look like the Democrats really give a shit about us (with the exception of a few Dems who really do), they decided to butcher this easy bill IN THE LAST WEEK OF CONGRESS.

You know what gets held till the very end? The stuff that aren't important. Democrats have proved to us that the Dream Act is reserved for last if there's time left. We are the least of their priority. We cannot vote and they cannot see immediate return on their investment. Dream Act will pass. Whether it's 10 yrs from now or in 3 yrs, it will.

I hope all of you take good mental note of those who voted against you today. I hope you tell your communities to do the same. I'm not Hispanic, but the minority voters will have a greater influence in politics in the coming years.

Democrats failed us.

I would not be surprised if the Republicans wisened up and took up the DA and passed it as their own agenda. If the Republicans do, then they deserve every minority vote for doing justice, even if it was for political reasons.

Originally Posted by AL

You don't blame republicans, did you see the vote? there were 41 senator who voted nay and 55 who voted yay. 90% percent voted of democrats voted yay and 90% of republicans voted nay, that is a fact. So stop being "oh democrats failed us", I understand everyone's frustration on this issue but is not the only one that got derailed by a filibuster. Hell even the 911 responders bill was also derailed, you're seeing the trees and not the forest.

Originally Posted by Fifty_

I dont blame the republicans... we knew they would be against us the whole time. I thank those few brave republicans that voted in favor of the dream act. The ones I blame are the damn democrats they cant even all stick together to vote on a damn bill!!!

Originally Posted by cooltalker

I just emailed Senator Reid the following question:

"Hello, I would like to thank Senator Reid for his support for the Dream Act. However, I would like to ask him if he actually supported the Dream Act or did he bring it to the floor to gain more Latino voters for Democrats in 2012?

1) I am sure you realize that attempting to pass the Dream Act at the last minutes just made the Democrats look bad. It gave the Republicans a chance to protest that no amendments were offered.

2) Senator Durbin claimed that the senate passed a bill providing $600 billion for border enforcement. Why did you not attach the Dream Act to that bill? It wouldn't have given Republicans a chance to say that we must secure our borders first.

3) Why didn't you bring the Dream Act to the floor when you had 60 Democratic votes?

I would appreciate if Senator Reid could answer my question. Did he really support the Dream Act or did he bring it to the floor to get more Latino voters for Democrats?

No Lip service, please. Thank You."

Let's see if I get a reply.

Originally Posted by h3wlett

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