Sen. Cornyn: Amnesty proponents failed to dupe Americans
Jim Brown
OneNewsNow.com
June 29, 2007
One of the senators who led a successful effort to block the so-called "comprehensive immigration reform" bill is welcoming the measure's second death. John Cornyn says for the second time, the American people did not believe claims that the legislation would help secure the country's borders
The Senate has failed to invoke cloture on President Bush's plan to grant amnesty to millions of illegal aliens living in the U.S. The bill's supporters fell 14 votes shy of the 60 needed to limit debate and clear the way for final passage of the legislation.
Following the vote, Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) took to the floor and said claims from the bill's proponents were too hard for most Americans to believe. Addressing the president, Cornyn said: "The American people are pretty smart."
"When people said 'the only way you're going to get border security is if you agree to a path to citizenship for twelve-million people' ... they can see through that," the senator asserted, "and they know there's no obvious linkage between border security and a path to citizenship for twelve-million people. They know that if we really were serious about border security we would have already done it."
Cornyn said pro-amnesty Senators should have listened to the American people instead of trying to push the bill through without a transparent process. As he put it: "[T]he American people, [including] my constituents in Texas, are profoundly skeptical of big government solutions with a lot of moving parts based on big, grandiose promises when our history has been one of not delivering consistent with what we promised."
President Bush says he's "sorry" Congress did not reach an agreement on the bill, noting, "Legal immigration is one of the top concerns of the American people, and Congress's failure to act on it is a disappointment."
The immigration bill may possibly come up for consideration again in the Senate because the measure has not been permanently killed. However, on the House side, Republicans overwhelmingly oppose the measure, and Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) has said she would not bring up the bill without 70 GOP votes.
OneNewsNow.com
June 29, 2007
One of the senators who led a successful effort to block the so-called "comprehensive immigration reform" bill is welcoming the measure's second death. John Cornyn says for the second time, the American people did not believe claims that the legislation would help secure the country's borders
The Senate has failed to invoke cloture on President Bush's plan to grant amnesty to millions of illegal aliens living in the U.S. The bill's supporters fell 14 votes shy of the 60 needed to limit debate and clear the way for final passage of the legislation.
Following the vote, Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) took to the floor and said claims from the bill's proponents were too hard for most Americans to believe. Addressing the president, Cornyn said: "The American people are pretty smart."
"When people said 'the only way you're going to get border security is if you agree to a path to citizenship for twelve-million people' ... they can see through that," the senator asserted, "and they know there's no obvious linkage between border security and a path to citizenship for twelve-million people. They know that if we really were serious about border security we would have already done it."
Cornyn said pro-amnesty Senators should have listened to the American people instead of trying to push the bill through without a transparent process. As he put it: "[T]he American people, [including] my constituents in Texas, are profoundly skeptical of big government solutions with a lot of moving parts based on big, grandiose promises when our history has been one of not delivering consistent with what we promised."
President Bush says he's "sorry" Congress did not reach an agreement on the bill, noting, "Legal immigration is one of the top concerns of the American people, and Congress's failure to act on it is a disappointment."
The immigration bill may possibly come up for consideration again in the Senate because the measure has not been permanently killed. However, on the House side, Republicans overwhelmingly oppose the measure, and Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) has said she would not bring up the bill without 70 GOP votes.
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