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| Bipartisan Effort To NOT Build Fence With Mexico |
| 2006-12-26 |
| Counting on the support of the new Democratic majority in Congress, Democratic lawmakers and their Republican allies are working on measures that could place millions of illegal immigrants on a more direct path to citizenship than would a bill that the Senate passed in the spring. The lawmakers are considering abandoning a requirement in the Senate bill that would compel several million illegal immigrants to leave the United States before becoming eligible to apply for citizenship. The lawmakers are also considering denying financing for 700 miles of fencing along the border with Mexico, a law championed by Republicans that passed with significant Democratic support. Details of the bill, which would be introduced early next year, are being drafted. The lawmakers, who hope for bipartisan support, will almost certainly face pressure to compromise on the issues from some Republicans and conservative Democrats. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #5 I'm with you, OP. The emergency closet does not live by water and canned goods alone. PT is going fairly well; next time I see the doctor I'm going to stop asking him when I can go back on rescue squad duty and ask when I can go to the range. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-12-26 22:28 |
| #4 Personally, I'm going to stock up on guns and ammunition, something else I think the current set of donkeys (and donkeys in Repug clothing) want to attack. We'll end up having to have a civil war to eliminate the problem, and I want to be able to do my part. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2006-12-26 22:24 |
| #3 Maybe Bush kept Rumsfeld until after the election hoping enough Donks would get into Congress to allow this to happen. That way Republicans let the Donks take the blame for something they all want but which is instinctively feared by the eloctorate. Maybe all these people who think Bush is an idiot don't appreciate how subtle the man really is. Either way, you better brush up on your Spanish. |
| Posted by: treo 2006-12-26 14:39 |
| #2 The Commonwealth of Mexico won't need a fence. We're going to get all the problems anyway, let's just trade one set for another. At least we can get the good stuff for all that this is costing us now. |
| Posted by: Slins Ebbineng5484 2006-12-26 09:10 |
| #1 No probs. They'll all vote Republican. |
| Posted by: Karl Rove 2006-12-26 02:26 |