Bush Is Getting Pimp-Slapped In Every DirectionPresident George Bush's comprehensive immigration reform plan, dodging attacks from the left and right for weeks, survived “poison pill” amendments, and was once pulled from the Senate schedule failed its most important test today.
Taking no questions at a hastily arranged press conference, watching Bush concede that he has lost yet another battle makes one thing perfectly clear: this thing is dead family!
The bipartisan coalition that had shepherded the measure through so many obstacles failed to get the 60 votes necessary to end debate. The final vote was 46-53.
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Until today, it was unclear whether the bill would survive the cloture vote. But in the end, opponents of the measure from both sides of the political spectrum gained enough support to derail the legislation.
White liberals felt it did not go far enough in protecting illegal immigrants, while White conservatives rejected the bill because they felt it would grant amnesty to the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in the country.
Until today, it was unclear whether the bill would survive the cloture vote. But in the end, opponents of the measure from both sides of the political spectrum gained enough support to derail the legislation.
White liberals felt it did not go far enough in protecting illegal immigrants, while White conservatives rejected the bill because they felt it would grant amnesty to the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in the country.
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Repeated requests for comments from African-Americans, Latinos, Asians, Native-Americans proved futile.
Hat Tip: The Hill
Repeated requests for comments from African-Americans, Latinos, Asians, Native-Americans proved futile.
Hat Tip: The Hill