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Fri Jun-15-07 04:55 PM
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| Here are the Democrats who voted for Tancredo's bill today. |
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Fri Jun-15-07 05:04 PM
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| 1. Is it normal for a sponsor of a bill *not* voting? |
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Fri Jun-15-07 05:07 PM
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| 3. I wondered about that too. |
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I'd guess he's off campaigning for Pres or something; (edit to add) and didn't think it would pass, so figured his time was better spent doing whatever he was doiong today. The News article said it had failed in seven prior tries.
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Fri Jun-15-07 05:04 PM
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| 2. WOW! All of those DLC cultivated "dems" Lining up behind repukes |
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what a fucking SHOCK I tell you!
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Fri Jun-15-07 05:13 PM
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| 4. Blue dogs and New Dems. Yes, indeed. |
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Fri Jun-15-07 05:22 PM
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| 7. While that looks about right, Oregons Dems were interesting. |
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The two DLC split as did the two progressives. The DLC and Progressive from the more rural southern parts voted yes. The Portland area DLC and Progressive voted no.
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Fri Jun-15-07 06:14 PM
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| 10. I knew just looking at the names who the repukes in dem clothing were |
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Thank you for the link. Nothing will change until the DLC is sapped of $$$. And that will never happen.
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Fri Jun-15-07 05:13 PM
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| 5. Am I reading this the right way? Tancredo didn't vote for his bill? |
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Fri Jun-15-07 05:18 PM
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| 6. Fuckers. Choosing nativism over humanity in this way is unforgivable. |
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Edited on Fri Jun-15-07 05:19 PM by jefferson_dem
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Fri Jun-15-07 05:32 PM
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| 8. The U.S. cannot support all of humanity. We should |
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look after our citizens first and enforce our laws, including immigration laws. Why should any country favor illegal aliens over its citizens, native or naturalized?
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Fri Jun-15-07 05:34 PM
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| 9. Do you know what that bill includes? |
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I think depriving others of needed care is a crime. Instead whole cities could be punished.
I don't know how the GOP succeeded so well, but they did.
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Fri Jun-15-07 06:41 PM
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| 11. They succeeded so well because |
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Edited on Fri Jun-15-07 06:41 PM by yadayadayada
they have citizens behind them and those citizens are speaking up. Good for those 50 Democrats.
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Fri Jun-15-07 08:10 PM
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| 14. not so much, sadly. n/t |
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