Awwwww. Fish Wrap Is Concerned For Barry After DREAM Act Defeat

Awwwww. Fish Wrap Is Concerned For Barry After DREAM Act Defeat
Apparently, the defeat of the DREAM Act Amnesty bill has left Obama's policy in disarray. Really, what policy of his isn't in disarray? The majority of Americans are against most of what he done/tried to do, as well as what he wants to do now. So many have said "this isn't what we thought we were voting for in 2008." Gee, if only they had focused more on what Obama stood for, rather than falling for hopey changeyness. Anyhow, Julia Preston of the Fish Wrap brings us the "news analysis", otherwis...

DREAM OVER: Senate Blocks Bill for Illegal Immigrants...
The vote by the Senate on Saturday to block a bill to grant legal status to hundreds of thousands of Illegal Immigrant Students was a painful setback to an emerging movement of immigrants and also appeared to leave the Immigration policy of the Obama Administration, which has supported the bill and the movement, in disarray. The bill, known as the DREAM Act, gained 55 votes in favor with 41 against, a tally short of the 60 votes needed to bring it to the floor for debate. Five Democrats broke r...

The power of strong tea
The Power of Strong Tea by digby If you want to understand the power of the Tea Party, and more importantly, the power of winning primary battles, read this postmortem on the defeat of the DREAM Act. They tried mightily to convert the many vulnerable 2012 Democrats with threats, but were only successful in a handful. But they converted nearly every 2012 Republican who had previously supported Immigration Reform. I suspect one of the reason we did so much better with the smaller group of Repub...

Obama's Statement on the DREAM Act
Republicans blocked the DREAM Act Dec. 18 and five Democrats joined them: In an incredibly disappointing vote today, a minority of Senators prevented the Senate from doing what most Americans understand is best for the country. As I said last week, when the House passed the DREAM Act, it is not only the right thing to do for talented Young People who seek to serve a country they know as their own, it is the right thing for the United States of America. Our nation is enriched by their talents a...

The Dream Act is dead. Long live the Dream Act
The DREAM Act is dead.  Long live the Dream Act. Just kidding, the DREAM Act isn’t really dead, it is undead.   Unlike the zombies of fiction in TV and movies, this zombie is real and it will return, I guarantee it.  But for now at least this piece of junk Legislation, this sewage, this deceitful lie from its very inception, won’t be threatening our Sovereignty or occupying Activists time.   And our email accounts will, temporarily, cease to be...

What the DREAM Act's failure means for Philadelphia
The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act - or DREAM Act - failed in the US Senate on Saturday and those of us who hang out in Conservative camps couldn't be happier. The DREAM Act was a nightmare to begin with as it allowed for backdoor Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants under the guise of giving Tuition benefits to the Children of illegals dragged over the border. Now some in Libertarian camps are pro-illegal immigrants (but, hey, they're also 9/11 Truthers and think that the Worl...

What now for the DREAM Act?
It may take awhile, but the DREAM Act will be back, and it will pass. The Senate vote Saturday to toss the proposal that would have granted young Illegal Immigrants a route to legal status dealt a harsh blow to Student Activists who will face an even steeper uphill battle in the next Congress. Immigrants see rough times ahead in the next two years, with many Republicans vowing to push for tougher Immigration enforcement, but they also say Latino voters are getting fed up with lawmakers at a t...

The Politics of Voting Down DREAM (The Atlantic Wire)
WASHINGTON, DC – Just hours before the Senate voted on Sunday to Repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Democrats lost a major piece of Legislation: the DREAM Act, which failed to overcome the threat of a Republican Filibuster. The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act would have provided a path to legal Citizenship for some Illegal Immigrants who had arrived in the U.S. as minors but went on to graduate from U.S. colleges or serve in the Military. Democrats pushed the bill as a ...

Students look to 2012 after immigration bill fails
Los Angeles -- Emboldened by months of phone calls to lawmakers, Hunger Strikes and sit-ins, a group of College Students and graduates in Los Angeles say they plan to take their fight for immigrant rights to the states and the 2012 election after Senate Republicans blocked a key piece of Legislation. But it won't be easy. The Senate vote Saturday to toss the proposal that would have granted young Illegal Immigrants a route to legal status dealt a harsh blow to Student Activists who will face ...

Post-DREAM Act: Is Real Immigration Reform Dead?
The failure of the Senate to achieve Cloture on the DREAM Act has not ended the Immigration debate. Politically, both sides will attempt to capitalize on this vote.  Democrats will argue that they are the only ones who care about the Hispanic community, while Republicans will claim that they are the only ones serious about enforcement.  But from a policy perspective, where might the debate go during the next Congress with Republicans running the House and a stronger GOP presence in the Senat...

U.S. Congressman Gutierrez Wants to Hijack the Civil Rights Movement
United States Congressman Luis Gutierrez has threatened Civil Disobedience if the DREAM Act, which would have offered a pathway to American Citizenship to millions of Illegal Immigrants, is not passed into law. "We're going to make it uncomfortable for the Democratic Party," Gutierrez said, adding that Immigration advocates would step up the pressure by drawing lessons from the movements for Civil Rights and women's Suffrage. "There'll probably be civil disobedience. There will p...

'Don't Ask' repealed, but restrictions remain
WASHINGTON — While President Barack Obama this week is expected to clear the way for gays to serve openly in the Military, the new law won't go into effect immediately and unanswered questions remain: How soon will the new policy be implemented, will it be accepted by the Troops and could it hamper the military in Afghanistan and Iraq? 'Don't Ask' Repeal — what next? The historic action by Congress repeals the requirement, known as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," that for the last 17...

Immigration Vote Leaves Obama Policy in Disarray
The vote by the Senate on Saturday to block a bill to grant legal status to hundreds of thousands of Illegal Immigrant Students was a painful setback to an emerging movement of young immigrants and also appeared to leave the Immigration policy of the Obama Administration, which has supported the bill and the movement, in disarray. DREAM Act supporters after the vote. The latest on President Obama, the new Congress and other news from Washington and around the nation. Join the discussion. Suppo...

DREAM Act for minors in the US illegally stopped in the Senate
The DREAM Act, which would have created a way to Citizenship for Children brought into the US illegally, failed in the Senate. Critics saw it as a costly path to Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants. Students, some wearing graduation caps and gowns, cry after watching from the US Senate gallery as opponents block passage of the " Dream Act" on Saturday. The measure would have provided a pathway to Citizenship for illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children. The dream has die...

The 102nd Congress Strikes Back
I think it’s interesting to note that when you survey the highest-profile achievements of the 111th Congress, what you get is basically fulfillment of the Clinton Administration’s two most famous failures with the 102nd Congress. Gay and Lesbian Soldiers will be allowed to serve openly in the Military, and the Federal Government will commit itself to the construction of a national universal Health Insurance system. That’s not all that happened in the 111th Congress, of cours...

Crimson Tide
Following repeal of DODT, Harvard moves to recognize ROTC. Wyatt Troia of the Student Free Press Association has the story. At Stanford, ROTC’s future remains unclear. Alex Katz of the Student Free Press Association has the story. DADT was an insignificant piece of legislation for the Republicans. They could have delayed it easily without any consequences. They shot themselves in the foot and may pay for it in 2012. This has left a bitter taste in the mouths of many of their stronger suppo...

How Undocumented Youth Nearly Made Their DREAMs Real in 2010
By the time Felipe Matos got to North Carolina, his 1,500-mile march was nearly over. It was April and he, Gaby Pacheco, Carlos Roa and Juan Rodriguez were set to arrive in D.C. on May 1. They’d walked from Miami, on what they called the Trail of Dreams, to raise awareness about their plight as undocumented Students and demand the passage of the DREAM Act. They’d been walking since the first day of the year, and had already passed through north Florida’s backwater towns and bi...

Obama's fury as Senators kill DREAM legislation giving illegal immigrants the right to stay in America
Senate Republicans doomed an effort to provide hundreds of thousands of young Illegal Immigrants a path to legal status by enrolling in college or joining the Military today. Sponsors of what they call the DREAM Act fell five votes short of the 60 they needed to break through largely Republican opposition and win its enactment. That effectively kills the DREAM as Republicans take over the House of Representatives and narrow Democrats' majority in the Senate next month. 'A minority of senators pr...

Gen. Cartwright: 'We need START, and we need it badly'
Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. James Cartwright said Thursday that the Pentagon believes the U.S. needs the Senate to ratify the New START Treaty. Cartwright, accompanied by Defense Secretary Robert Gates at a White House briefing on the annual Afghanistan review, joined a laundry list of current and former Military officials who have endorsed the treaty President Obama is now trying desperately to pass. "All the joint chiefs are very much behind the treaty," Cartwright said. ...

Defeat of immigration measure reveals failed White House strategy, advocates say
Whenever Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez (D-Ill.) and other immigrant-rights advocates asked President Obama how a Democratic administration could preside over the greatest number of Deportations in any two-year period in the nation's history, Obama's answer was always the same. Deporting almost 800,000 Illegal Immigrants might antagonize some Democrats and Latino voters, Obama's skeptical supporters said the president told them, but stepped-up enforcement was the only way to buy credibility with Repu...

What would George (Washington) do?
Virginia Delegate Bob Marshall, R-Manassas, announced that he was drafting Legislation to bar active Homosexuals from serving in the Virginia National Guard on the same day the Senate voted to eliminate the 17-year "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. Citing Article 1, Section 8, Clause 16 of the Constitution which "reserv[es] to the States respectively. the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress." Forbidding open homo...

DREAM Act Goes Down in Flames in Senate
Undocumented Students push for the DREAM Act at a New York rally. An Immigration Bill that would blaze a trail to legal status for hundreds of thousands of undocumented Students went down in flames in the Senate on Saturday, delivering a critical blow to Democrats and Hispanic Activists. Even though the House approved the DREAM Act last week, the Senate fell five votes short of the 60 needed Saturday to advance the bill past Republican opposition. President Obama said in a statement it was "incr...

Post-DREAM Act: Is Real Immigration Reform Dead?
The failure of the Senate to achieve Cloture on the DREAM Act has not ended the Immigration debate. Politically, both sides will attempt to capitalize on this vote.  Democrats will argue that they are the only ones who care about the Hispanic community, while Republicans will claim that they are the only ones serious about enforcement.  But from a policy perspective, where might the debate go during the next Congress with Republicans running the House and a stronger GOP presence in the Senat...

Dream on
Posted by Paul at 9:07 PM Yesterday, the Senate defeated the DREAM Act. During the build-up to the vote there were, as usual, warnings about the impact defeating this Legislation will have on the Republican Party's ability to win the votes of Hispanics. And, as usual, some of the warnings came from Democrats. For example, Chuck Schumer noted that the Hispanic vote was probably decisive in the re-election of Democratic Candidates for the Senate in Colorado and Nevada. And it could have been deci...

The Dream Act Fails in the Senate
 DREAM Act Fails! (FoxNews)- DREAM Act Goes Down in Flames in Senate. An Immigration Bill that would blaze a trail to legal status for hundreds of thousands of undocumented Students went down in flames in the Senate on Saturday, delivering a critical blow to Democrats and Hispanic Activists. Even though the House approved the DREAM Act last week, the Senate fell five votes short of the 60 needed Saturday to advance the bill past Republican opposition. President Obama said in a statement it ...