maxparrish
05-25-2006, 07:30 PM
After weeks of strident opposition from the public, the House has gotten the message - vote for amnesty and you're toast in 2006. Even Chris Shays, considered the most liberal Republican in the Senate has turned 180 to oppose the Senate bill - in 18 community meetings he said it was THE ISSUE.
Free Conservatives, 7 days ago I sensed a change - we are making a difference. Everyone is pissed and the Senate nobility is going to get their bill lynched - only danger is from a few GOPer's like Pence who is pushing ideas that outsmart his own good intentions (a guest worker program).
'Path to citizenship' faces House foes
By Charles Hurt
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
May 25, 2006
Liberal House Republicans are taking an increasingly tough stance on immigration reform and are more determined than ever to delete the portions of the Senate bill that grant citizenship rights to more than 10 million illegal aliens.
"I don't want to see a bill come to the floor of the House that gives them a path to citizenship," said Rep. Christopher Shays of Connecticut, one of the most liberal Republicans in Congress.
This is a change from three weeks ago, before Mr. Shays attended 18 community meetings in his district, where the questions invariably turned to immigration. At the first meeting, he told a group of constituents that he supported providing a path to citizenship to illegals. Not anymore.
"There were real questions about that," Mr. Shays said yesterday. "There is not much tolerance for allowing people to become citizens who came here illegally."
It's the same reaction many House Republicans in moderate and liberal districts have had after hearing from angry constituents in recent weeks, said Rep. Thomas M. Davis III, the former chairman of the House Republican Campaign Committee who can cite encyclopedic knowledge of congressional districts off the top of his head.
"It is the hottest issue out there," he said, referring to public reaction nationwide, including his own moderate district in Northern Virginia. "Everywhere I go, even the ethnic groups, everybody is talking about this."
It was with much uneasiness, Mr. Davis said, that he voted for the House's tough border-security bill last year. But since then, he said, he has been stunned by the overwhelming public support for the House approach to immigration reform.
Voters have no faith that the federal government will secure the borders and begin enforcing immigration laws, Mr. Davis said, and they are outraged over the Senate's citizenship proposal....
READ IT....UNREAL FOLKS.
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20060525-122142-3915r.htm
Free Conservatives, 7 days ago I sensed a change - we are making a difference. Everyone is pissed and the Senate nobility is going to get their bill lynched - only danger is from a few GOPer's like Pence who is pushing ideas that outsmart his own good intentions (a guest worker program).
'Path to citizenship' faces House foes
By Charles Hurt
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
May 25, 2006
Liberal House Republicans are taking an increasingly tough stance on immigration reform and are more determined than ever to delete the portions of the Senate bill that grant citizenship rights to more than 10 million illegal aliens.
"I don't want to see a bill come to the floor of the House that gives them a path to citizenship," said Rep. Christopher Shays of Connecticut, one of the most liberal Republicans in Congress.
This is a change from three weeks ago, before Mr. Shays attended 18 community meetings in his district, where the questions invariably turned to immigration. At the first meeting, he told a group of constituents that he supported providing a path to citizenship to illegals. Not anymore.
"There were real questions about that," Mr. Shays said yesterday. "There is not much tolerance for allowing people to become citizens who came here illegally."
It's the same reaction many House Republicans in moderate and liberal districts have had after hearing from angry constituents in recent weeks, said Rep. Thomas M. Davis III, the former chairman of the House Republican Campaign Committee who can cite encyclopedic knowledge of congressional districts off the top of his head.
"It is the hottest issue out there," he said, referring to public reaction nationwide, including his own moderate district in Northern Virginia. "Everywhere I go, even the ethnic groups, everybody is talking about this."
It was with much uneasiness, Mr. Davis said, that he voted for the House's tough border-security bill last year. But since then, he said, he has been stunned by the overwhelming public support for the House approach to immigration reform.
Voters have no faith that the federal government will secure the borders and begin enforcing immigration laws, Mr. Davis said, and they are outraged over the Senate's citizenship proposal....
READ IT....UNREAL FOLKS.
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20060525-122142-3915r.htm