Bush to Sign U.S.- Mexican Border Fence Bill

[Canuck_Buck]

Hope this fence is high enough and very slippery to climb...

WASHINGTON"” When President Bush signs a bill authorizing 700 miles of new fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border, he'll give GOP candidates a pre-election platform for asserting they're tough on illegal immigration. Yet the centerpiece of his immigration policy, a guest worker program, remains stalled in Congress.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,225337,00.html

[ipscshooter]

In case anyone is interested, here is how your Senator voted on the bill:

Alphabetical by Senator Name



Akaka (D-HI), Nay
Alexander (R-TN), Yea
Allard (R-CO), Yea
Allen (R-VA), Yea
Baucus (D-MT), Yea
Bayh (D-IN), Yea
Bennett (R-UT), Yea
Biden (D-DE), Yea
Bingaman (D-NM), Nay
Bond (R-MO), Yea
Boxer (D-CA), Yea
Brownback (R-KS), Yea
Bunning (R-KY), Yea
Burns (R-MT), Yea
Burr (R-NC), Yea
Byrd (D-WV), Yea
Cantwell (D-WA), Nay
Carper (D-DE), Yea
Chafee (R-RI), Nay
Chambliss (R-GA), Yea
Clinton (D-NY), Yea
Coburn (R-OK), Yea
Cochran (R-MS), Yea
Coleman (R-MN), Yea
Collins (R-ME), Yea
Conrad (D-ND), Yea
Cornyn (R-TX), Yea
Craig (R-ID), Yea
Crapo (R-ID), Yea
Dayton (D-MN), Yea
DeMint (R-SC), Yea
DeWine (R-OH), Yea
Dodd (D-CT), Yea
Dole (R-NC), Yea

Domenici (R-NM), Yea
Dorgan (D-ND), Yea
Durbin (D-IL), Nay
Ensign (R-NV), Yea
Enzi (R-WY), Yea
Feingold (D-WI), Nay
Feinstein (D-CA), Yea
Frist (R-TN), Yea
Graham (R-SC), Yea
Grassley (R-IA), Yea
Gregg (R-NH), Yea
Hagel (R-NE), Yea
Harkin (D-IA), Yea
Hatch (R-UT), Yea
Hutchison (R-TX), Yea
Inhofe (R-OK), Yea
Inouye (D-HI), Nay
Isakson (R-GA), Yea
Jeffords (I-VT), Nay
Johnson (D-SD), Yea
Kennedy (D-MA), Not Voting
Kerry (D-MA), Nay
Kohl (D-WI), Yea
Kyl (R-AZ), Yea
Landrieu (D-LA), Yea
Lautenberg (D-NJ), Nay
Leahy (D-VT), Nay
Levin (D-MI), Nay
Lieberman (D-CT), Nay
Lincoln (D-AR), Yea
Lott (R-MS), Yea
Lugar (R-IN), Yea
Martinez (R-FL), Yea
McCain (R-AZ), Yea

McConnell (R-KY), Yea
Menendez (D-NJ), Nay
Mikulski (D-MD), Yea
Murkowski (R-AK), Yea
Murray (D-WA), Nay
Nelson (D-FL), Yea
Nelson (D-NE), Yea
Obama (D-IL), Yea
Pryor (D-AR), Yea
Reed (D-RI), Nay
Reid (D-NV), Nay
Roberts (R-KS), Yea
Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea
Salazar (D-CO), Nay
Santorum (R-PA), Yea
Sarbanes (D-MD), Nay
Schumer (D-NY), Yea
Sessions (R-AL), Yea
Shelby (R-AL), Yea
Smith (R-OR), Yea
Snowe (R-ME), Yea
Specter (R-PA), Yea
Stabenow (D-MI), Yea
Stevens (R-AK), Yea
Sununu (R-NH), Yea
Talent (R-MO), Yea
Thomas (R-WY), Yea
Thune (R-SD), Yea
Vitter (R-LA), Yea
Voinovich (R-OH), Yea
Warner (R-VA), Yea
Wyden (D-OR), Yea

[BenGarrett]

17 Democrats (including many of the Demmy headliners) voting against the border fence bill, versus one Republican. And yet the Democrats say that the Republicans are pro-open border? The Liberty Post website encourages "ousting the GOP" so we can "secure our borders?" Kerry has criticized Bush's border policy, but voted no?

This must be some of that hypocricy that Ifferd speaks of . . .

[ButchA]

ORIGINAL: ipscshooter

Akaka (D-HI), Nay
Bingaman (D-NM), Nay
Cantwell (D-WA), Nay
Chafee (R-RI), Nay
Durbin (D-IL), Nay
Feingold (D-WI), Nay
Inouye (D-HI), Nay
Jeffords (I-VT), Nay
Kennedy (D-MA), Not Voting{drown anyone lately? drunken ol' blowhard} [:'(]
Kerry (D-MA), Nay
Lautenberg (D-NJ), Nay
Leahy (D-VT), Nay
Levin (D-MI), Nay
Lieberman (D-CT), Nay
Menendez (D-NJ), Nay
Murray (D-WA), Nay
Reed (D-RI), Nay
Reid (D-NV), Nay
Salazar (D-CO), Nay
Sarbanes (D-MD), Nay

EVERYONE OF THESE PEOPLE SHOULD BE VOTED OUT OF OFFICE!!!!!!! [:@]


Butch A.

[Champlain Islander]

Makes me sick since both of my VT congressmen voted Nay. Lefty Lehey and Geezum Jeffords fell right in line with the liberal path. Time for change here in the Green Mountain State. Only thing they need to add to the fence is gun towers.

[boysda]

maybe some of them voted against it because the bill provides no funding mechanism for the fence?

not to be a cynic (I support the idea of some sort of barrier) but without the money to build it, isn't the bill kind of an empty, meaningless gesture passed in the shadow of an election?

[Canuck_Buck]

i thought the illegals were going to build it?

[ipscshooter]

ORIGINAL: boysda

maybe some of them voted against it because the bill provides no funding mechanism for the fence?

I thought they funded the first $1.2 Billion.

[boysda]

don't know. according to fox news radio it contained no funding mechanism.

gawd, this thing is gonna be a logistical nightmare. most of the border land is either held by local government or private landowners. the eminent domain proceedings alone could take years, and tons of legal fees.

Hey, NT, read up on governmental condemnation. you could put your kids through the ivy leagues on this one...

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