Senate Shatters DREAM

Lame duck Senate kills the DREAM Act
This has been a pretty good week to be a conservative. First Harry Reid was forced to kill his $1 Trillion, 2,000 page, earmark laden spending bill which nobody had a chance to read, and yesterday the Lame Duck Senate failed to get the 60 votes necessary for Cloture on the DREAM Act, killing this bill for the foreseeable future.   The DREAM Act is probably the one piece of Legislation that I feared the Lame Duck Senate might be able to ram through before the new Congress...

Mitch McConnell to vote against treaty with Russians
WASHINGTON — The Senate’s Republican leader came out Sunday against a nuclear arms treaty with Russia, warning Democrats not to rush through President Barack Obama’s Foreign Policy priority in the final days of the postelection Congress. Top Democrats still expressed confidence the Senate would ratify the accord by year’s end. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., made no prediction about the treaty’s success or failure if it came to a vote, but he said many Repub...

The DREAM Will Never Die: Senate Blocks The DREAM Act 55-41
Above are Renata and Ada repping the Student Immigrant Movement, which I am a proud member of, but see this post from United We Dream for more reflections from the leaders of the migrant youth movement. By now you've probably heard that the DREAM Act was blocked in the U.S. Senate by five Democrats and 36 Republicans. Before I continue I want to be clear about what happened: Everywhere I look Mainstream Media who up until this point as all but ignored the migrant youth movement is writing he...

Harry Reid, DREAM ON Dream Act Blocked by US Senate 55 to 41
Hey Harry Reid and Democrats … DREAM ON!   “Dream On” - Live from Aerosmith Boston 2009 The  DREAM Act once again failed to break a Filibuster in the Senate on Saturday morning, effectively killing the bill this year. The next time this will be an issue is the 2012 election. The Senate blocked the Dream Act, a bill that was nothing more than backdoor Amnesty ,  that  would have created a path to Citizenship for certain young Illegal Immigrants wh

DREAM Act Nightmare: Immigration Bill Dies in Senate
ABC News’ Matthew Jaffe reports: Senate Republicans today shot down the DREAM Act, an Immigration measure that would have helped undocumented Students who came to the US before age 16 to become legal residents after five years by completing Higher Education or Military service. The final tally of today’s procedural vote was 55-41, but the measure needed 60 votes to advance. Senate Republicans argued that the bill amounted to Amnesty, that it would impede the enforcement of Immigration law...

"Dream Act" immigration bill blocked in Senate (Reuters)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Controversial measure providing a pathway to Citizenship for Illegal Immigrants who came to the United States as Children was dealt a death blow in the Senate on Saturday by Republicans who said it would reward illegal activity. The so-called "DREAM Act" passed the House of Representatives earlier this month, but it failed to gain the 60 votes necessary to overcome opposition in the 100-member Senate. President Barack Obama and Democratic supporters vow...

Dream Act fails to advance in Senate
Reporting from Washington and Los Angeles — The Senate rejected a path to Citizenship for some Illegal Immigrants on Saturday, a defeat that pushes any effort to reform Immigration into the next Congress where Conservatives will have even more influence. In a 55-41 vote, senators failed to advance the DREAM Act, which would have provided a way to legalize those immigrants who arrived in the United States illegally as Children and who attend college or serve in the Military. Three Republ...

Senate Roll Call: Falling short on Dream Act
The 55-41 roll call Saturday by which the Senate voted to pass the DREAM Act, which would give hundreds of thousands of young Illegal Immigrants a path to legal status if they enrolled in college or joined the Armed Forces. The vote fell five short of the 60 needed to enact the Legislation before Republicans take over the House and narrow Democrats' majority in the Senate next month. A "yes" vote is a vote to pass the bill. Voting yes were 50 Democrats, 3 Republicans and 2 Independents. Voting ...

Senate Roll Call: Falling short on Dream Act
The 55-41 roll call Saturday by which the Senate voted to pass the DREAM Act, which would give hundreds of thousands of young Illegal Immigrants a path to legal status if they enrolled in college or joined the Armed Forces. The vote fell five short of the 60 needed to enact the Legislation before Republicans take over the House and narrow Democrats' majority in the Senate next month. A "yes" vote is a vote to pass the bill. Voting yes were 50 Democrats, 3 Republicans and 2 Independents. Voting...

Senate Roll Call: Falling short on Dream Act
-- The 55-41 roll call Saturday by which the Senate voted to pass the DREAM Act, which would give hundreds of thousands of young Illegal Immigrants a path to legal status if they enrolled in college or joined the Armed Forces. The vote fell five short of the 60 needed to enact the Legislation before Republicans take over the House and narrow Democrats' majority in the Senate next month. A "yes" vote is a vote to pass the bill. Voting yes were 50 Democrats, 3 Republicans and 2 indep...

Why one is hard pressed to take the Democratic Party seriously
The egregious Senate (which does deserve credit for repealing Don't Ask Don't Tell, with the support of eight Republican senators), of course also refused to move forward with the "Dream Bill" because there were "only" 55 senators (out of 100, which in some countries that call themselves democracies would be a relevant data point) to support ending debate on the measure. Although, needless to say, most members of the Republican Party voted against Cloture, three did not: Senators Richard Lugar, ...

GOP blocks path to citizenship for young illegal immigrants
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans on Saturday doomed an effort that would have given hundreds of thousands of young Illegal Immigrants a path to legal status if they enrolled in college or joined the Military. Sponsors of the DREAM Act fell five votes short of the 60 they needed to break through largely GOP opposition and win its enactment before Republicans take over the House and narrow Democrats' majority in the Senate next month. President Barack Obama called the vote "incredibly d...

Senate Roll Call: Falling short on Dream Act
The 55-41 roll call Saturday by which the Senate voted to pass the DREAM Act, which would give hundreds of thousands of young Illegal Immigrants a path to legal status if they enrolled in college or joined the Armed Forces. The vote fell five short of the 60 needed to enact the Legislation before Republicans take over the House and narrow Democrats' majority in the Senate next month. A "yes" vote is a vote to pass the bill. Voting yes were 50 Democrats, 3 Republicans and 2 Independents. Voting n...

Fate of Russian arms treaty remains up in the air
WASHINGTON—The Senate's Republican leader said Sunday he would oppose a nuclear arms treaty with Russia, damaging prospects for President Barack Obama's Foreign Policy priority in the final days of the postelection Congress. Top Democrats still expressed confidence the Senate would ratify the accord by year's end. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., criticized the treaty's verification system and expressed concern that the pact would limit U.S. Missile Defense options even though Obam...

McConnell to vote against treaty with Russians
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate’s Republican leader said Sunday he would oppose a nuclear arms treaty with Russia, damaging prospects for President Barack Obama’s Foreign Policy priority in the final days of the postelection Congress. Top Democrats still expressed confidence the Senate would ratify the accord by year’s end. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., criticized the treaty’s verification system and expressed concern that the pact would limit U.S. missile de...

BREAKING: DADT repeal advances in the Senate, DREAM Act blocked
Good news, bad news. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said the Senate will take a final vote Saturday afternoon on Legislation that would overturn the U.S. Military's ban on Openly Gay Troops. The vote on ending the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy is set for 3 p.m. (2000 GMT) before senators turn to a nuclear arms treaty with Russia. Passage would send the military measure to the White House. Senators cleared the way for final action with a 63-33 vote earlier Saturday to move the bill ahead. A ...

Senate roll vote on Dream Act immigration changes
The 55-41 roll call Saturday by which the Senate voted to pass the DREAM Act, which would give hundreds of thousands of young Illegal Immigrants a path to legal status if they enrolled in college or joined the Armed Forces. The vote fell five short of the 60 needed to enact the Legislation before Republicans take over the House and narrow Democrats' majority in the Senate next month. A "yes" vote is a vote to pass the bill. Voting yes were 50 Democrats, 3 Republicans and 2 Independents. Voting n...

First Read - DREAM Act blocked in Senate
Carrie Dann writes: A measure that would have offered provisional legal status to some adults who came to America illegally as Children failed to advance in a Senate vote Saturday. Democratic backers of the Legislation fell short of the 60 votes to move the DREAM Act Legislation forward. Democratic Sens. Mark Pryor of Arkansas, Jon Tester of Montana, Max Baucus of Montana, Kay Hagan of North Carolina, and Ben Nelson of Nebraska voted against bringing the bill to the floor; Republican Sens. Richa...

No More Mister Nice Blog
MONTANA UNDER SIEGE! One win, one loss today: the Senate passed Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal today -- and, much as it kills me to say it, thank you, Joe Lieberman, for whatever you did to expedite this, even I know you're going to betray your party's presidential nominee again in 2012 (you'll probably ditch the GOP this time in favor of whoever Mike Bloomberg's sock puppet is, because Bloomie campaigned for you in 2006), then come crawling back to the Dems when -- given your inexplicable surviv...

DADT repealed, DREAM Act tabled indefinetely | START and budget next week
After months of debate and many years of Americans wanting to Repeal the policy, the Senate finally voted in favor of repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," 65-31 this afternoon. Senator Joe Lieberman said last week he believed that Republican senators - Collins, Olympia Snowe, Scott Brown of Massachusetts, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and Richard Lugar of Indiana may be willing to join Democrats and vote in favor of repealing the Controversial Military policy if the bill was introduced as a separate p...

Youth immigration bill falls five votes short of passage
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans yesterday doomed an effort that would have given hundreds of thousands of young Illegal Immigrants a path to legal status if they enrolled in college or joined the Military. Sponsors of the DREAM Act fell five votes short of the 60 they needed to break through largely GOP opposition and win its enactment before Republicans take over the House and narrow Democrats’ majority in the Senate next month. President Obama called the vote “incredibly dis...

The Associated Press Has a Bad DREAM
**Written by Doug Powers Tom Blumer at Newsbusters passes along this Associated Press headline/story about the DREAM Act being voted down yesterday: Republicans block youth Immigration Bill Senate Republicans on Saturday doomed an effort that would have given hundreds of thousands of young Illegal Immigrants a path to legal status if they enrolled in college or joined the Military Sponsors of the Dream Act fell five votes short of the 60 they needed to break through largely GOP opposition and...

Dream Act put to sleep, DADT is over
Harry Reid's pound of flesh to the Hispanic voters who helped him achieve victory in his tight Reelection effort, the DREAM Act, has been put to sleep in the US Senate. It failed to achieve the necessary 60 votes to move ahead. The Dream Act is simply a back door Amnesty plan for Illegal Immigrants. Meanwhile, the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" era of the U.S. Military is over. Gays will be able to serve openly in the Military now that the US Senate--with six Republicans joining the Democratic majori...

Requiem for a DREAM Act
The DREAM Act, which would have provided de facto Amnesty for millions of Illegal Immigrants died in the Senate today, which is good for all of us. We simply can not ignore our own laws, especially Immigration laws, and hope to keep our nation intact. I feel for those people who were brought here illegally by their parents or relatives and who have grown up knowing only America as home. It’s not their fault they’re here and they are in a terrible position. Most of them have no desire...

Today in Congress
The House is not in session today. In the Senate, courtesy of the Office of the Majority Leader: Convenes: 12pm Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will resume Executive Session to consider the New START Treaty. There will then be 3 hours of debate with respect to the Risch amendment #4839 with the time divided as follows: one hour under the control of Senator Kerry or his designee and 2 hours under the control of Senator Risch or his designee. No amendments will be in order to the Risch ...