Cloture Vote TODAY -- Defeated 45-50

CLOTURE VOTE FAILS 45-50
THIS ROUND OF AMNESTY DEFEATED!
(BUT FIGHT NOT OVER YET)

ROLL CALL VOTE CLICK HERE
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I want to personally thank every grassroots American who took an active stand against this amnesty bill. What caused this defeat? Clearly it was the grassroots pressure.

One mllion contacts with the Senate
Since the announcement of this bill a few weeks ago, Grassfire team members sent over 700,000 petitions and faxes to the Senate. When we add in the estimated phone calls, contacts by our team members alone to the Senate far exceeded 1 million! And that's just one organzation. Add in the work of so many other organizations and we know the Senate was deluged.

"Where's The Fence?" Ads Worked!
Our "Where's The Fence?" ad campaign also had an impact. Of the 11 Senators we targeted in seven states, 10 voted "Nay" on cloture. Of course, our ads were one component of an overall strategy that Grassfire developed with other grasroots organizations to focus pressure on key senators.

In summary, we have never seen a grassroots response like this -- it was truly unprecedented. Without grassroots pressure, the Senate would have passed this bill weeks ago.

Bush-Kennedy Not Dead Yet...
If you listened to the floor speeches after the vote on C-Span, then you know that the battle is not over. The will bring amnesty back -- sooner rather than later. But for tonight, I want to thank you for everything you did to take a stand against this amnesty bill.On behalf of our entire team, and on behalf of the entire nation, thank you for taking a stand! Thank you for ordering faxes and for all your other heroic efforts to stop the amnesty bill.

See How Your Senators Voted Below(Click Here For More Breakdowns)

Alabama:	Sessions (R-AL), Nay	Shelby (R-AL), Nay
Alaska:	Murkowski (R-AK), Nay	Stevens (R-AK), Nay
Arizona:	Kyl (R-AZ), Nay	McCain (R-AZ), Yea
Arkansas:	Lincoln (D-AR), Yea	Pryor (D-AR), Nay
California:	Boxer (D-CA), Nay	Feinstein (D-CA), Yea
Colorado:	Allard (R-CO), Nay	Salazar (D-CO), Yea
Connecticut:	Dodd (D-CT), Yea	Lieberman (ID-CT), Yea
Delaware:	Biden (D-DE), Yea	Carper (D-DE), Yea
Florida:	Martinez (R-FL), Yea	Nelson (D-FL), Yea
Georgia:	Chambliss (R-GA), Nay	Isakson (R-GA), Nay
Hawaii:	Akaka (D-HI), Yea	Inouye (D-HI), Yea
Idaho:	Craig (R-ID), Nay	Crapo (R-ID), Nay
Illinois:	Durbin (D-IL), Yea	Obama (D-IL), Yea
Indiana:	Bayh (D-IN), Yea	Lugar (R-IN), Yea
Iowa:	Grassley (R-IA), Nay	Harkin (D-IA), Yea
Kansas:	Brownback (R-KS), Not Voting	Roberts (R-KS), Nay
Kentucky:	Bunning (R-KY), Nay	McConnell (R-KY), Nay
Louisiana:	Landrieu (D-LA), Nay	Vitter (R-LA), Nay
Maine:	Collins (R-ME), Nay	Snowe (R-ME), Nay
Maryland:	Cardin (D-MD), Yea	Mikulski (D-MD), Yea
Massachusetts:	Kennedy (D-MA), Yea	Kerry (D-MA), Yea
Michigan:	Levin (D-MI), Yea	Stabenow (D-MI), Yea
Minnesota:	Coleman (R-MN), Nay	Klobuchar (D-MN), Yea
Mississippi:	Cochran (R-MS), Nay	Lott (R-MS), Nay
Missouri:	Bond (R-MO), Nay	McCaskill (D-MO), Nay
Montana:	Baucus (D-MT), Nay	Tester (D-MT), Nay
Nebraska:	Hagel (R-NE), Yea	Nelson (D-NE), Yea
Nevada:	Ensign (R-NV), Nay	Reid (D-NV), Yea
New Hampshire:	Gregg (R-NH), Nay	Sununu (R-NH), Nay
New Jersey:	Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea	Menendez (D-NJ), Yea
New Mexico:	Bingaman (D-NM), Nay	Domenici (R-NM), Nay
New York:	Clinton (D-NY), Yea	Schumer (D-NY), Yea
North Carolina:	Burr (R-NC), Nay	Dole (R-NC), Nay
North Dakota:	Conrad (D-ND), Yea	Dorgan (D-ND), Nay
Ohio:	Brown (D-OH), Yea	Voinovich (R-OH), Yea
Oklahoma:	Coburn (R-OK), Not Voting	Inhofe (R-OK), Nay
Oregon:	Smith (R-OR), Nay	Wyden (D-OR), Yea
Pennsylvania:	Casey (D-PA), Yea	Specter (R-PA), Yea
Rhode Island:	Reed (D-RI), Yea	Whitehouse (D-RI), Yea
South Carolina:	DeMint (R-SC), Nay	Graham (R-SC), Yea
South Dakota:	Johnson (D-SD), Not Voting	Thune (R-SD), Nay
Tennessee:	Alexander (R-TN), Nay	Corker (R-TN), Nay
Texas:	Cornyn (R-TX), Nay	Hutchison (R-TX), Nay
Utah:	Bennett (R-UT), Nay	Hatch (R-UT), Nay
Vermont:	Leahy (D-VT), Yea	Sanders (I-VT), Nay
Virginia:	Warner (R-VA), Nay	Webb (D-VA), Nay
Washington:	Cantwell (D-WA), Yea	Murray (D-WA), Yea
West Virginia:	Byrd (D-WV), Nay	Rockefeller (D-WV), Nay
Wisconsin:	Feingold (D-WI), Yea	Kohl (D-WI), Yea
Wyoming:	Enzi (R-WY), Not Voting

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Cloture vote today 11am est. -- REAL CLOTURE VOTE NOW 5PM!

Review--Cloture is the procedural vote that brings debate to an end and allows a final vote on the bill. The SEnate needs 60 votes to "invoke cloture."

This is the big vote. Senators who vote FOR cloture are FOR amnesty even if they vote against the final bill later.

 

202-224-3121

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Urgent Message (4:30 pm Thursday)
Our contacts tell us the Amnesty Senators are behind closed doors again trying to hammer out a bait-and-switch 400-page amendment to get the amensty bill passed. Please make phone calls (202-224-3121) and send your faxes. --Steve Elliott

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Steve, just read a report on Fox News web site that aides are saying the bill is dead. Have you seen it? Any truth to it?

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Did it Steve...thanks....I watched all the way till they closed this morning. Boy was Session mad at the end. I wanted to hug him. Kennedy has a unique abiltiy to make me stand in front of my TV and curse, and I havent cursed in years. I think Ill make it my new profession to just make him mad. Its kind of fun to watch.

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Made the call.

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Called both Pryor and Lincon. Had no trouble getting through. Were pretty decent about it.

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Lincolns office told me right from the beginning she was gonna vote for this bill as she had voted for the bill last year. Now Pryor seemed to be waking up to many problems in the bill and their consequences. Today is gonna have me on pins and needles.

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Agreed. But I call anyway. She won't forget that so many are against it. Pryor is about 50/50 with us.

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I agree.

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Wondering if Reid is going to keep his word and kill the bill if cloture isn't invoked. Checking around various news agencies and keep getting the word that he won't get the required 60 votes. Crossing my fingers.

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If he doesnt , we can just ammend it to death. Weve got time for that...lol I want to see Kennedy jump and scream some more.

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Kennedy looks confused, more than he usually does. Keep throwing the ammendments in.

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33-63. Well, Mr. Reid, what now?

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It didn't pass cloture?  Ok, so what happens now?

They said they will try another vote this afternoon.

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Thank God Burr (NC) vote "no"  today......am afriad he's so far up McCain's derriere that he will vote for this bill in the end....as of today he has not released a statement "as to yeah or nea" according to his peon on the phone....we have to keep working them over about this...don't give up and have a loooong memory people! Elections do come around- time to start on the House, they're next......

Dkwlttrman said:

They said they will try another vote this afternoon.

 

That is so funny.  You know how when kids play a game like rock-paper-scissors to decide something, then the loser says "lets do 2 out of 3"  then "lets do 3 out of 5"  then "lets do 5 out of 7" then....

 

Since he is in charge, I guess there is no way to hold him to the "I will pull the bill if it does not pass cloture"

 

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Hoping he is using it as an excuse to kill the bill. Doubt he can garner 27 votes by this evening. Calling Senators again, the snake isn't completely dead.

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Busygirl

Did you catch how Pryor and Lincoln voted? Thought I heard a no from Pryror but never heard Lincoln's vote.

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Why did they vote twice already, and why did Reid swich his vote??

Reid is using this for political reasons there is method to his madness. Smoke and mirrors so to speak.

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