Good on ‘em. They finally decided to listen to the electorate. Cloture failed and they killed the Shamnesty bill today. The final vote was nays: 53 yeas: 46. Our phone calls, emails, and faxes made a difference. Reports are that there were so many phone calls today against the bill that it actually crashed the Senate phone system for a period of time. Of course, the usual suspects are ticked off that things didn’t work out… George Bush, Trent Lott, John McCain, Teddy “Chappaquiddick” Kennedy, and Harry Reid. Hot Air has the video of Kennedy accusing enforcement first advocates of wanting a Gestapo like environment. Reid uses the opportunity to attack talk radio:

“Talk radio has had a field day. These generators of simplicity.” — Senator Harry Reid

George Bush has said he’s disappointed with the Sentae vote. Message to George: when 80% of the electorate doesn’t want the bill maybe you’re the one who’s wrong.

THE PRESIDENT: I thank the members of the Senate and members of my administration who worked so hard on the border security and immigration reform bill. I’m sorry the Senate was unable to reach agreement on the bill this morning.

Legal immigration is one of the top concerns of the American people and Congress’s failure to act on it is a disappointment. The American people understand the status quo is unacceptable when it comes to our immigration laws. A lot of us worked hard to see if we couldn’t find a common ground — it didn’t work.

My hat’s off to those Senators that worked so hard to have the will of the people heard on this issue. A big thank you to Senators DeMint, Sessions, Inhofe, Vitter, and Cornyn.

Here’s DeMint on Reid’s nasty tactic of limiting opponents of shamnesty to ten minutes:

“This immigration bill has become a war between the American people and their government. It’s a crisis of confidence…This vote today is really not about immigration. It’s about whether we are going to listen to the American people…the allocation of time as we approach this vote is very symbolic. the supporters of this bill out of an hour’s time have allocated 10 minutes to the views of the American people.”

See, there are so many problems with this whole process. The bill was written in secret, then they did everything they could to limit amendments to the bill, and then they tried to stifle debate on the bill. Not only did they do all of this, but they did everything they could to ignore the will of the American people.

1. Dubya’s amnesty plan collapses

   Finally, president Dubya’s had his whole amnesty bill rejected in the Senate.

   Trackback by Tel-Chai Nation — 6/28/2007 @ 22:23

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1. Beware the will of the American People. These politicians will be up for re-election at some point in the future, and their constituents have long memories.

   Comment by Kris, in New England — 6/29/2007 @ 08:55

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