Immigration bill goes down in flames--'A tremendous blow to bush'

[Philosoraptor]

"A tremendous blow to president bush'

[BlackHawk706867]

1. Thank God for that! eom ww

[sampsonblk]

23. Ditto

Now we can get back to the reality of the day: Bush is a criminal and something has to be done about it.

[Norquist Nemesis]

2. Final tally?

Lou Dobbs can now breathe. LOL!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

3. And, bloviate.

[0007]

6. ....one can only hold a bong tote for so long.

[Philosoraptor]

7. 46-53

[Norquist Nemesis]

12. whoa...down big time!

It might actually be fun to watch TV today and through the weekend. Bush political theatre extraordinare!!! (He might even call all of them poopyheads LOL!)

:popcorn:

[napi21]

8. Apparently they only got 53 votes of the 60 needed. Per CNN

report 2 mins. ago.

[Norquist Nemesis]

15. Must be a dyslexic producer

From what I see on the vote, those 53 were No votes.

[stirlingsliver]

26. Actually, They Got Only 46

The final vote was 46 for cloture and 53 against cloture.

60 votes were needed to invoke cloture -- that is, to end debate and procede to a vote on the bill itself.

So the people supporting the bill only got 46 (out of 60 needed).

[sinkingfeeling]

4. Sad, that no one wishes to address this situation. It doesn't affect me personally, as

I don't find 'illegals' a problem at all. Now it's just the status quo.

[Doctor_J]

5. In every cloud there is a silver lining

Better send Smirk on vacation for a month.

[Bullet1987]

9. NO...it's a tremendous blow to corporate America who was supporting this...

PRO-LABOR ALL THE WAY BABY!!!

[yardwork]

14. Yes. I am pro-immigration but anti-human trafficking.

This bill amounted to little more than slavery. I'm glad it went down, although I disagree completely with most of the people who opposed it.

[pampango]

31. The great irony is that the "tremendous blow" to corporate

America was delivered by the repubs who voted against the bill 36-12, while the Dems voted for the bill (for corporate America?) 33-15.

[dancingme]

10. Trent Lott can blame talk radio

once again!

[VP505]

11. "A tremendous blow to president bush'

:hurts: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity:

[City Lights]

16. Considering that "blow" is one of his favorite pastimes, this should

please him. :evilgrin:

[npincus]

17. and we know Republicans HATE tremendous blows

ao why don't they impeach him already?

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

13. A tremendous blow to 12 million poor people.

But, what the hell, they don't vote so they don't count.

[yardwork]

18. It wasn't a good bill for human rights. Let's fight for a better bill.

Si se puede.

[Virginia Dare]

19. Just like that stuff that went up his nose in the 70's....

:rofl:

[greguganus]

20. Can someone please post how each one voted? Thank you. n/t

[senseandsensibility]

21. I know many DUers support

but I don't because it doesn't do anything to employers. It's a huge french kiss to chimp's base, and we can do better. So if it really is failing, I'm glad both on the merits of the bill and because it's a defeat for the worst "president" of all time.

[yardwork]

22. Yes. The bill was comparable to the Medicare give-away to pharma

We can do better.

[SlipperySlope]

30. It was a bad bill all around.

[Jim Warren]

24. "I'll see you at the bill signing" NOT! nt

[Philosoraptor]

25. ........

[senseandsensibility]

27. Where did the quote in your OP

come from? I hope we hear more of this.

[Philosoraptor]

28. The lady on the t.v. machine said it.

[senseandsensibility]

29. LOL

Then it must be true.