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Steve Elliott
President
Grassfire.org Alliance
"How grassroots responds these next 36 hours will likely
determine the fate of the 'Amnesty Bill'"-- Steve
The Senate is committed to formally bringing back the Bush-Kennedy
amnesty bill possibly as early as this Friday--meaning we may
have precious time remaining to make our voices heard!
Here's what our insiders are telling us...
The Amnesty Gang (including Bush, Kennedy, McCain, Kyl, and Reid)
will introduce a new bill as a "substitute" of the last failed
bill. This allows them to bring the bill to the Senate floor
without going through committee -- just like the first
Bush-Kennedy amnesty bill.
This is where it gets shadowy. Harry Reid will employ what is
being called the "clay pigeon" procedure whereby all the
amendments are lumped together as one to limit the ability
of opposition to resist the bill!
What does all this mean?
It means that you and I and the rest of the citizens of our
nation have been sold out by an arrogant Senate that has
completely lost touch with the American people. Just listen
to the bristling arrogance of Senate Minority leader (and
Amnesty Senator from Mississippi) Trent Lott, who spoke to
reporters yesterday. "I've had my phones jammed for three weeks.
Yesterday I had three people answering them continuously all day.
To think that you're going to intimidate a senator or any
senator into voting one way or the other by gorging your phones
with phone calls -- most of whom don't even know where Gulfport,
Mississippi, is -- is not an effective tactic. But it's their
right to do that."
That's right, Trent, it is our right, and you are feeling it!
In simple terms, the ONLY barrier left for the Senate
to pass this bill is YOU. That is why I'm calling for an even
greater grassroots uprising than before.
Whether they formally bring the amnesty bill back on Friday,
or Monday really doesn't matter. What matters is that they
are bringing amnesty back, and it is up to grassroots America
to stop them cold!
Here is the paragraph that stuck out to me. "I've had my phones jammed for three weeks.
Yesterday I had three people answering them continuously all day.
To think that you're going to intimidate a senator or any
senator into voting one way or the other by gorging your phones
with phone calls -- most of whom don't even know where Gulfport,
Mississippi, is -- is not an effective tactic. But it's their
right to do that."
This is what I thought was interesting. Isn’t listening to your constituents your job. If they want something changed shouldn’t you do your best to change it? I thought that we elected our congressmen and they worked for us. Senator Lott seems to have forgotten that. If he isn’t going to listen to the people who are calling him then who does he listen too? I am not from Mississippi but I have a Senator that must feel the same way in my state because he still is on the amnesty side even though he is getting calls from all of us too. Good luck to all of you in Mississippi, it sounds like you have a big job on your hands. |
