The problem will be solved when the US is finally rid of all those illegal
bastards and bitches
"fatbrit" wrote in message
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>> Take your meds bitch:
>>
>>
>> Article Link:
>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060407/pl_nm/usa_immigration_dc
>>
>> WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A compromise bipartisan plan to overhaul the
>> nation's immigration law failed on Friday on its first test vote in a
>> sharply divided U.S. Senate.
>>
>> Just a day after leaders from both parties agreed to the plan and
>> predicted it would be widely embraced, new bickering shelved the
>> measure amid complaints it would give amnesty to immigrants who
>> illegally entered the country.
>>
>> Backers of the bill fell 22 votes short of the 60 needed in the
>> 100-member Senate to overcome procedural hurdles and move the bill
>> forward.
>>
>> The Senate action complicates and could ultimately doom efforts to
>> pass
>> comprehensive reform legislation in this election year. The deal had
>> been struck in the face of opposition by some Republicans who said a
>> plan to give some of the 11 million illegal immigrants a path to U.S.
>> citizenship was amnesty and would reward them for breaking U.S.
>> immigration laws.
>>
>> Both sides blamed each other for the stalemate.
>>
>> "A lot of people are asking what happened between the optimism of
>> yesterday morning ... and this morning where it looks like everything
>> has been obstructed, stonewalled," said Senate Majority Bill Frist, a
>> Tennessee Republican.
>>
>> "This is no place for stonewalling or obstruction," said Senate
>> Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada. "Yet that's where we are."
>>
>> Lawmakers planned to leave Friday for a two-week break and it was
>> unclear when the Senate would return to the legislation.
>>
>> "fatbrit" wrote in message
>> news:34$365999$3415248$1144344742@britishexpats.com...
>> >> Meh! GeekBoy has a bee in his bonnet, so he may need some
>> >> antihistamines too...
>> > It would be easy to profile him. And we'd probably be right, too.
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> So, GeekBoy, do you think it's a good thing that the Senate has delayed
> finding a solution to this problem? I suppose one could argue that after
> ignoring the problem for 20 years, a few more weeks won't make much
> difference. But I fail to understand your glee over such a matter.
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