They Failed In Their DREAM, Republicans Blocked Amnesty

Hey folks,

Not a great day yesterday for the Democrats. The DREAM act vote failed 52-44. You know, this was yet another bill that would have granted amnesty to illegal aliens who came to this country before the age of 16 and who have lived here at least five years. This was the Senate's first attempt to grant amnesty to millions of illegal aliens again since the defeat of the Kennedy-McCain-Kyl bill in June of this year. This will not be the last I assure you.

Screaming Dean said this.

“Senator Reid and the Democrats in Congress deserve a lot of credit for working toward solutions for border security and immigration reform. Republicans ought to be ashamed of themselves for continuing to stand in the way of both. Children who came to our country with their families in hope of a better life, often in their infancy and through no fault of their own, and who call America home deserve a shot at the American Dream. These kids want to serve in the military and go to college, hoping to succeed and give back to our country. What could be more American? Republicans' actions today, denying immigrant children an education after they denied 10 million American children health care, do not represent the values our country was founded on.”

YES folks, it ALL about children. The LWL’s FAVORITE pawn. They LOVE children. {Sigh} They love to use them. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said this.

“By blocking action on the Dream Act, Senate Republicans prevented a critical first step to address our nation's broken immigration system.

Our immigration system needs to honor the promise of America and recognize the enormous contributions that immigrants make to our nation. But it must do so in a way that makes our nation safer, protects all workers, and respects the rule of law.”

What, no mention of the children? Only one problem though. The DREAM Act did NONE of these things. It did not make our Country safer. It did not protect workers. It did not respect the rule of law. The DREAM is not dead though. Your voices were heard again, but as this indicates, they are NOT letting this go. Just be ready for round three.

Then you have the SCHIP Universal Healthcare , that will not go away either. Again, “all about the children.” No, it’s all about power and control in YOUR lives. Your most basic needs Healthcare.

Meanwhile, fires are burning in California. Homes being destroyed, people dying. Pelosi had this to say about that.

“The thoughts and prayers of our entire nation today are with California: with the firefighters risking life and limb to protect others, and with the many who have lost so much.

California's Office of Emergency Services is one of the best in the nation and I commend them for their continued efforts to act quickly to protect the people in the area and contain the fires.

I am pleased that President Bush today signed the request of the Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, supported by the California congressional delegation, declaring a major federal disaster in Southern California. I pledge to the residents of the counties affected that the Congress will continue to work in a bipartisan manner to make sure their short-term and long-term needs are met. I urge displaced residents to contact FEMA to apply for the federal individual assistance that has been made available for temporary housing or to replace belongings.

As the President prepares to visit the area tomorrow and view the extensive damage, Congress commits to working with him to provide necessary federal resources to contain the fires, provide for the safety of the people, and help them rebuild their homes and their lives.”

Some politicians are TRYING to do the right thing and want to be with their people in this devastating time of need. However, some are not, because some, the LWL, are USING this as a opportunity to get their agenda’s passed. House Minority Whip Roy Blunt said this.

“The scope, scale and severity of the fires raging in southern California are of a magnitude few of us have ever seen. What's important right now is that members from the area be given the chance to return to their districts to aid their constituents in any way they can -- whether through casework, disaster relief efforts, or simply lending a hand to a neighbor in need.

Unfortunately, the speaker announced plans today to hold an important, and contentious, vote on SCHIP while these members are confronting serious issues at home -- disenfranchising, in effect, a large segment of the most populous state in the union, and throwing into doubt the integrity of the vote.

In light of these circumstances, I would urge the speaker to reconsider her strategy and delay the vote on her SCHIP bill until a time when the interests of millions of Americans in southern California can be accurately represented. Maybe in that time Democrats will also actually consider making a copy of the bill available to Republicans.”

Do not think for one second that ANY of their agenda is going away, until YOU vote them out of power in 08. All these things that they keep trying to do and FAILING at doing, will come back with at warp speed, and WILL become reality, if they stay in power, and the next President is one of them. It really is, just that simple.

We won again. They failed again. But we must be ready for the most important election of our time.
Peter

Sources:
Office of the Speaker of the House
Office of Screaming Dean
Office of the House Minority Whip