Here is the roll call on final passage of the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act. It passed 68-32, with all Democrats and Independents voting in favor, along with 14 Republicans. The fourteen Republicans were Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker of Tennessee, Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, Jeff Chiesa of New Jersey, Susan Collins of Maine, Jeff Flake and John McCain of Arizona, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Orrin Hatch of Utah, Dean Heller of Nevada, John Hoeven of North Dakota, Mark Kirk of Illinois, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and Marco Rubio of Florida.
So, what now?
Now it goes to the capable hands of Agent Orange AKA Speaker Boehner. His caucus has already threatened to oust him if he breaks the Hastert rule so this should be interesting.
Now it dies in the House
The exact same words I thought.
Now the House hoots and hollers, holds hearings and committees, stalls, goes to recess, holds town hall meetings riling up the racists and nativists, comes back and passes a bill that has no pathway and gives more money to Hallibrton than our entire foreign aid budget ad welfare combined, then it dies in committee.
The process has changed a mite since I first learned about it with Schoolhouse Rock.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dVo3nbLYC0
OJ is firing up the House clown car even as we write.
Democratic identity politics and cheap-labor Republicans did this.
Phooey.
Big Spending Republicans of the 2000’s come out of their shell.