The obsequious Harry Reid is once again doing his political job —
But you have to be awake and aware to understand it:
From CNN.com:
Washington (CNN) – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday he will add the DREAM Act, a controversial immigration measure, to a defense policy bill the Senate will take up next week.
The decision means the defense bill, which often passes with bipartisan support, will be home to two major, thorny political issues – the other being the repeal of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.
Reid called the DREAM Act “really important” and said it should be passed because it provides a path to citizenship for young illegal immigrants who go to college or serve in the military. DREAM is an acronym for Development, Relief and Education of Alien Minors Act.
“I know we can’t do comprehensive immigration reform,” Reid said at a news conference. “But those Republicans we had in the last Congress have left us.”
Many Hispanic voters are angry with Democratic leaders for not doing more to pass an immigration overhaul. The decision by Reid to add the DREAM Act now could help soothe that anger.
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell called Reid’s decision “needlessly controversial.”
The Senate will need 60 votes to take up the bill next week, and Reid said Tuesday he doesn’t know if he has enough votes.
Heads UP, America:
The Demorats will SCREW you at every turn.
This brings me back to a few Basics upon which I insist in an ideal political future:
1. Truth In Bills:
There is only one topic per bill. There shall be no riders in any bills.
2. Truth In Funding:
When bills indicate a funding source or a repository, those sources or repositories can ONLY be used for the individual bill or source point.
3. Tort Reform:
Remarkably simple for major reform: all losers pay. They shall pay all court costs and attorney fees. For both sides.
4. No Exemptions:
Bills passed federally apply not only to the population of the United States, but to every person in politics. There shall be NO exemptions for anyone — in the House, Senate, SCOTUS –on any level, in any state.
5. Truth In Donations:
The greatest amount that any political candidate may acquire in any campaign shall be limited to $1,000. That includes individual donors, agencies, entities or corporations. Jerry Brown actually had ONE good idea in his shallow life.
And that’s just a start.
Honest: NO.
Leadership: NO.
Open: NO.
Oppressive Government: YES.
BZ
you are kidding me. Defense and immigration, the SNAKES.
By the way, WE will be paying for those ILLEGALS going to college here, too. When are we EVEr going to say STOP!?
They are using EVERY tactic in the box to push this crap through… I agree with your list, but sadly I don’t believe we will ever be able to actually make that happen…
Shit this is a win win. Vote NO! Defund our foreign interventionism which is breading ever more terrorists (our own CIA and Pentagon assessments confirm this: thanks Wiki Leaks) and you kill this DREAM Act.
* Z you should know this speaks directly to my point on your latest Tea Party post. Stating you’d prefer a moderate RINO Republican instead of a Dem, you ought to know that Mike Huckabee supported this DREAM Act. Makes it pretty difficult to have an opposition party. Two Sides…Same Coin.
Hope the good people of Nevada will kick him to the curb this November.
BZ –
You and I think very much alike; I just posted a link to the article about Reid and the DREAM Act but I didn’t take it quite so far.
Excellent post once again.
cjh
When will our government realize we cannot afford all of these illegals.
This DREAM ACT atrocity is just a green light illegals need to take even greater advantage than they are already doing.
Enough is enough. This garbage has got to end. No more free rides to illegals.
The abortion of it all, of course, is trying to slime it through in a defense bill. What does THAT tell you about the Dems?
BZ