Stop the Senate Insanity!

Remember May 18, 2006.

That is the day the Senate imploded on immigration.

Yesterday, there were seven roll call votes in the U.S. Senate.

The debate, the measures, the votes cast were contradictory and nonsensical. It was the work of a body of some utterly irrational lawmakers.

May 18, 2006 Senate Roll Call Votes

Find out how your senators voted. Perhaps you'll be moved to give them a call or send an e-mail. Let them know that you're paying attention.

I intend to contact Russ "See ya" Feingold and Herb "Nobody's Senator" Kohl to express my disapproval.



Here's an illustration of yesterday's lunacy in the Senate:

REUTERS -- In an unusual move, the Senate voted 63-34 to make English the national language, but moments later by a vote of 58-39 also adopted a milder alternative calling English the "unifying language."

During the debate on English, Harry Reid again revealed what a buffoon he is.

He asserted, "This amendment is racist. I think it's directed basically to people who speak Spanish."

From The Washinton Times:

Mr. Reid's charge of racism caused a stir of whispers in the Senate chamber and gallery, and Sen. James M. Inhofe, the Oklahoma Republican who offered the amendment, was clearly offended.

As Mr. Reid continued his floor speech, an aide passed him a note on a folded sheet of yellow legal paper. After reading the note, the Nevada Democrat tried to clarify his remarks.

"Even though I feel this amendment is unfair, I don't in any way suggest that Jim Inhofe is a racist," Mr. Reid said. "I don't believe that at all. I just believe that this amendment has, to some people, that connotation -- not that he's a racist, but that the amendment is."

What a doofus!

Here's a press release from former presidential candidate Gary Bauer, commenting on Reid's idiocy. (Does he have 2008 on his mind?)

All the libs that believe it's racist for the country to have an official language should take note:

Such proposals enjoy overwhelming support among American voters.

A poll by Zogby International earlier this year found that 84 percent of Americans say English should be the official language of government operations. The same poll found that 77 percent of Hispanics agree.

And it's a bipartisan issue, according to the poll, which found that 92 percent of Republicans and 82 percent of Democrats approve making English the country's official language.

In spite of this madness over the English language, the Senate did make a decision on Social Security.

Unfortunately, it was not a bill to reform the system. The Senate agreed to grant Social Security to illegal immigrants by voting to table the Ensign amendment.

Also from The Washington Times:

The Senate voted yesterday to allow illegal aliens to collect Social Security benefits based on past illegal employment -- even if the job was obtained through forged or stolen documents.

"There was a felony they were committing, and now they can't be prosecuted. That sounds like amnesty to me," said Sen. John Ensign, the Nevada Republican who offered the amendment yesterday to strip out those provisions of the immigration reform bill. "It just boggles the mind how people could be against this amendment."

The Ensign amendment was defeated on a 50-49 vote.

... Mr. Ensign was among 44 Republicans and five Democrats who voted to block such payouts.

Presidential wannabe John McCain was one of the Republican defectors, breaking with his party to vote in favor of giving Social Security benefits to lawbreakers.

I'm sure this vote will come back to haunt McCain.

"It makes no sense to reward millions of illegal immigrants for criminal behavior while our Social Security system is already in crisis," said Sen. Jim DeMint, South Carolina Republican. "Why in the world would we endorse this criminal activity with federal benefits? The Senate missed a big opportunity to improve this bill, and I doubt American seniors will be pleased with the result."

Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont Democrat, said it would be unfair to deny illegals the benefits.

"We should not steal their funds or empty their Social Security accounts," he said. "That is not fair. It does not reward their hard work or their financial contributions. It violates the trust that underlies the Social Security Trust Fund."

"Steal their funds"?

Leahy is crazy. The illegals stole identities!!!

How are the Dems going to portray themselves as the defenders of senior citizens and protectors of their Social Security benefits when they are rewarding lawbreakers with benefits?

They can't play that card anymore. From a Dem strategic standpoint, that was an incredibly stupid move.

NOTE TO WISCONSIN SENIORS:

HERB KOHL IS NOT PROTECTING YOU. HE PANDERS TO GET YOUR VOTES AND THEN STABS YOU IN THE BACK.

The Congressional Record for the Senate on May 18, 2006, could rival any novel for entertainment value. It's reminiscent of the Hollywood screwball comedies of the 1930s and early 1940s.

The frightening thing is yesterday in the Senate wasn't fiction. It wasn't a movie.

It's the U.S. government at work.

Our future is in their hands.

Scary. REALLY SCARY.