On September 26, 2007 I wrote this post, Is the DREAM Act Dead?
Well. It wasn’t:
Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) filed to invoke cloture on S. 2205, Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin’s (D-Ill.) new stand-alone DREAM Act amnesty bill. The cloture vote, for which 60 YES votes are necessary to prevent a filibuster on the measure, is set for Wednesday, October 24. Reid is attempting to bring this nightmarish amnesty bill to the floor under Senate Rule XIV without it ever having been debated in committee.
Thankfully, the DREAM Act was rejected today. Again.
Though I doubt it’s actually really dead this time either. Those Dems are bound and determined to ram this act down our throats, despite the fact that most Americans do not support the amnesty that this act promises.
I was exceptionally disappointed to see that our Senior Senator from Tex, Kay Baily Hutchinson, decided to vote with the open borders Democrats.
I just sent her office this note:
Sen. Hutchinson —
I just read your statement concerning your support for the DREAM Act, and see that you voted with the Democrats on cloture.
As a Republican living in Texas (and writer of the most prominent conservative blog in Austin, TX), I cannot tell you how disappointed I am in your vote.
Perhaps you feel that your recent announcement not to return to the Senate would shield you from the consequences of this vote.
It looks like this vote might be nothing more than your attempt to earn Hispanic votes in your likely run for Governor of Texas.
With illegal immigration being the most pressing state issue facing Texas, I’m sorry to say that I would not be able to support your run for Governor.
Regards,
Robbie Cooper
Her office almost always replies to letters from her constituents, so I’ll be interested to read what she has to say.
Sen. Hutchinson posted this Statement on the DREAM Act today on her Senate web site:
I support the goal of encouraging college education for children whose parents brought them into America illegally, but it is unfair to reward the children of undocumented workers and favor them over the children of legal residents. Today I voted to bring this issue to the floor of the Senate for debate, with the commitment that there is still the opportunity to change the Durbin bill and gain bipartisan consensus.
Though the motion to proceed failed, I will continue to work for fair and comprehensive border security and immigration reform.
FYI – Her statement is at http://hutchison.senate.gov/pr102407a.html.
Thanks Ross.
That link is broken, too.
I read her statement on her senate website. I am really disappointed in a senator I really have respected. Are there no politicians in Congress who are not more concerned with their own personal agenda than that of the country? I’m beginning to wonder who to trust.
Here’s the thing we all need to do..DON’T vote for her ever again. If she runs for gov. do not vote for her. Vote 3rd party if you have to. We have to hold strong on this and do not vote for her. She should not be rewarded for this horrible vote. She does not deserve to be governor if this is how she will act. We can’t stand another do nothing gov. Do NOT vote for this woman again and send a message to all the others, that this is what happens when you go against the will of the people…
Thank you for voting. All those that don’t support this act I pray to God that he will open your eyes.