That's okay. We'll revisit this issue again after we have a Democrat as President in 2008.

Here's a thought, maybe they could try enforcing the laws they already have on the books until then? Maybe they could do something about the backlog at immigration services that takes years to get through?

We'll revisit this issue again after we have a Democrat as President in 2008.

Why?  Bush was pushing hard for it.  Do you think a democrat would push harder?  Bush did not kill it, the senate did.  ANd it was a coalition of very liberal and very conservative senators that did it (for different reasons).  Politics makes strange bedfellows.

Kind of a strange response considering it was the current Republican president that was pushing so hard for this. Are you saying the Dems deliberately killed the bill just because the current president is a Republican? If so, they're pretty stupid and childish don't you think?

The simple fact is that bill in question was not the solution to the problem. Enforcement of current laws, a streamlining of the immigration process, and real border security are the answers. Anything that allows for amnesty for illegals and puts them ahead of those who obeyed the immigration laws is not going to sit well with the American public and those senators know it.

Case in point is the recent arrest of a man in Virginia. He is an illegal who has been caught and deported not once but twice was back yet again and killed someone while driving drunk. The fact that he had been deported twice in the past and was back yet again demonstrates a serious problem with our border security.

No, what I'm saying is that Bush seems to be a lame duck President with low approval and little influence on the hill.

So maybe Bush's endorsement was the bill's death knell?

Reply By: LocamamaPosted: Thursday, June 07, 2007 That's okay. We'll revisit this issue again after we have a Democrat as President in 2008.

you really want your taxes raised that bad huh? well when a Republican wins just send me another 6% of all your money and pretend a Democrat is in office..

quote]Here's a thought, maybe they could try enforcing the laws they already have on the books until then? Maybe they could do something about the backlog at immigration services that takes years to get through?

now that is a novel Idea, something no President  from either party has done.

Reply By: Island DogPosted: Friday, June 08, 2007 That's okay. We'll revisit this issue again after we have a Democrat as President in 2008. What a democratic President going to do differently? Offer complete welfare assistance?

and free medical, subsidized housing, point credits on their SATS because they can spell their names right.

Reply By: MasonMPosted: Friday, June 08, 2007 That's okay. We'll revisit this issue again after we have a Democrat as President in 2008. Kind of a strange response considering it was the current Republican president that was pushing so hard for this. Are you saying the Dems deliberately killed the bill just because the current president is a Republican? If so, they're pretty stupid and childish don't you think? The simple fact is that bill in question was not the solution to the problem. Enforcement of current laws, a streamlining of the immigration process, and real border security are the answers. Anything that allows for amnesty for illegals and puts them ahead of those who obeyed the immigration laws is not going to sit well with the American public and those senators know it. Case in point is the recent arrest of a man in Virginia. He is an illegal who has been caught and deported not once but twice was back yet again and killed someone while driving drunk. The fact that he had been deported twice in the past and was back yet again demonstrates a serious problem with our border security.

you tell her mason, the way amy is talking about this you would think this was a Democtatic bill defeated by Republicans, but this is what I have come to expect from democrats, even clear thinking ones.

The tax and spend Republicans have done an awful good job of running up our budget deficit. Unfortunately, both parties have quite an appetite for pork.

yes they do, But Bush restored the economy and has raised the amount of income to the government by giving tax cuts. The dems will raise taxes and destroy the economy in doing so.