SOUTH CAROLINA - WHY LINDSEY GRAHAM MUST BE DEFEATED!

Submitted by: Steve Lefemine
Columbia, SC
June 9, 2014
   
Remember (Jun 2013):

Lindsey "Grahamnesty" Graham Voted in the U.S. Senate to Pass the lawlessness of the
"AMNESTY-FIRST -for-Illegal-Aliens, and Border Security LATER ( IF EVER )" Bill ( S.744 )
on June 27, 2013
   
June 27, 2013 - Amnesty-FIRST Bill (S.744) Passed US Senate:  68 Oath-Breaking TRAITORS in the US Senate,
                             including 14 "Republicans", perpetrated Legislative TREASON against the United States of America.

                             The 68 Oath-Breaking TRAITORS in the US Senate who Voted to Pass the lawlessness of the
                              "AMNESTY-FIRST -for-Illegal-Aliens, and Border Security LATER ( IF EVER )" Bill  on June 27, 2013
                              included all 52 Democrats, both (2) "Independents", and 14 (out of 46) "Republicans";
                             INCLUDING all members of the infamous 'Gang of Eight' co-sponsors of S.744:
                              SCHUMER / McCAIN / "GRAHAMNESTY" / RUBIO / DURBIN / MENENDEZ / BENNET / FLAKE

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If South Carolina voters do not replace Lindsey Graham in the June 10, 2014 Primary / June 24 Run-off,
Pro-Amnesty-for-Illegal-Aliens Lindsey Graham will again have the opportunity to continue to lead the effort
in the U.S. Senate for Amnesty-for-Illegal-Aliens, as he already has in 2007 and in 2013 (" Gang of Eight").

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From 2007:

Documentation from Lindsey "Grahamnesty" Graham's previous leadership role in the 2007 failed attempt
at Amnesty for Illegal Aliens:


PHOTO: Lindsey Graham (RINO-SC) laughing it up with Ted Kennedy (D-MA) before May 17, 2007 Press Conference sell-out of America

 

U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez (R-FL), Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
laugh before a news conference to announce a compromise on immigration legislation between
the White House and the Senate at the U.S. [Capitol] Thursday in Washington, DC. Kennedy was
key in negotiating the compromise language in the bill, which U.S. President George W. Bush
is expected to sign.
Chip Somodevilla: Getty Images
www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4812997.html
http://www.chron.com/news/article/Senators-reach-agreement-on-immigration-reform-1607855.php



PHOTO : Lindsey Graham (RINO-SC) laughing it up with liberal
Ted Kennedy (D-MA) before May 17, 2007 sell-out of America
Reminder to South Carolina voters: Lindsey "Grahamnesty"Graham was
a major player in the attempt by the Bush / McCain / Kennedy / Graham
"axis of illegal immigration evil" to force Instant Amnesty for Illegal Aliens
upon the people of America by pushing the Amnesty Bill in Spring/Summer 2007.
http://lefemineforlife.blogspot.com/2008/05/photo-lindsey-graham-rino-sc-laughing.html
http://lefemineforlife.net/?p=235

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Note: E-mail report below sent almost one year ago, June 27, 2013.
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Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013
From: Steve Lefemine <SLefemine@spiritcom.net>
Subject: Day 15 (June 27) - Amnesty-FIRST Bill (S.744) Passes US Senate: 68 Oath-Breaking TRAITORS in the US Senate,
                                         including 14 "Republicans", perpetrate Legislative TREASON against the United States of America,
                                         June 27, 2013.    

Steve Lefemine
Columbia, SC
June 27, 2013
   
Day 15 (June 27) - Amnesty-FIRST Bill (S.744) Passes US Senate: 68 Oath-Breaking TRAITORS in the US Senate,
                                   including 14 "Republicans", perpetrate Legislative TREASON against the United States of America,
                                   June 27, 2013.
 
                                   The 68 Oath-Breaking TRAITORS in the US Senate who Voted to Pass the lawlessness of the
                                    "AMNESTY-FIRST -for-Illegal-Aliens, and Border Security LATER ( IF EVER )" Bill  into "law" 
                                    include all 52 Democrats, both (2) "Independents", and 14 (out of 46) "Republicans".
 
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"When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn."
 
Proverbs 29:2, KJV
 
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113th United States Congress (2013-2014)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/113th_United_States_Congress
- 52 Democrats
- 2 "Independents" [ generally more aligned with Democrats ]
- 46 Republicans


The 68 US Senators ( 52 D, 2 Indep., 14 R ) voting "Yes" on Vote #168 to Pass the Amnesty-FIRST Bill (S.744) Bill
are responsible, and now on the record, for perpetrating this wicked, traitorous "AMNESTY-FIRST -for-Illegal-Aliens,
and Border Security LATER (IF EVER)" legislation, which makes a mockery of "the rule of law", upon the people of
the United States of America, including these 14 Republicans who voted "YES" on Thursday, June 27, 2013:
 
                                      Alexander (R-TN), Ayotte (R-NH), Chiesa (R-NJ), Collins (R-ME), Corker (R-TN),
                                      Flake (R-AZ), Graham (R-SC), Hatch (R-UT), Heller (R-NV), Hoeven (R-ND),
                                      Kirk (R-IL), McCain (R-AZ), Murkowski (R-AK), Rubio (R-FL)
 
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Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) on floor of US Senate:  June 12, 2013 [ Video - 5:30:40 ] ( Emphasis added )
 
     "... the bill as drafted, is legalization first, and enforcement later, if at all."
 
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U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 113th Congress - 1st Session (2013)
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/vote_menu_113_1.htm

 
Question: On Passage of the Bill(S. 744 As Amended )
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=113&session=1&vote=00168

Vote Number: 168    Vote Date: June 27, 2013, 04:11 PM
Required For Majority: 1/2    Vote Result: Bill Passed
Measure Number: S. 744 (Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act )
Measure Title: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes.

Vote Counts: YEAs    68
                     NAYs    32

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United States Senate [ Senate Floor Proceedings ]
 
Archived Floor Proceedings
Day 15: June 27, 2013
Day 14: June 26, 2013 [ Video / Summary ]
Day 13: June 25, 2013 [ Video / Summary ]
Day 12: June 24, 2013 [ Video / Summary ]
Day 11: June 21, 2013 [ Video / Summary ]
Day 10: June 20, 2013 [ Video / Summary ] 
Day 9: June 19, 2013 [ Video / Summary ]  
Day 8: June 18, 2013 [ Video / Summary ] 
Day 7: June 17, 2013 [ Video / Summary ]
Day 6: June 13, 2013 [ Video / Summary ]
Day 5: June 12, 2013 [ Video / Summary ]
Day 4: June 11, 2013 [ Video / Summary ]
Day 3: June 10, 2013 [ Video / Summary ]
Day 2: June 7, 2013 [ Video / Summary ]
Day 1: June 6, 2013 [ Video / Summary ]

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Daily Digest - Wednesday, June 26, 2013
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/B?r113:@FIELD(FLD003+d)+@FIELD(DDATE+20130626 )  

Daily Digest - Tuesday, June 25, 2013
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/B?r113:@FIELD(FLD003+d)+@FIELD(DDATE+20130625 )  

Daily Digest - Monday, June 24, 2013
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/B?r113:@FIELD(FLD003+d)+@FIELD(DDATE+20130624 )  

Daily Digest - Friday, June 21, 2013
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/B?r113:@FIELD(FLD003+d)+@FIELD(DDATE+20130621 )  

Daily Digest - Thursday, June 20, 2013
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/B?r113:@FIELD(FLD003+d)+@FIELD(DDATE+20130620 )  

Daily Digest - Wednesday, June 19, 2013
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/B?r113:@FIELD(FLD003+d)+@FIELD(DDATE+20130619 )

Daily Digest - Tuesday, June 18, 2013
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/B?r113:@FIELD(FLD003+d)+@FIELD(DDATE+20130618 )

Daily Digest - Monday, June 17, 2013
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/B?r113:@FIELD(FLD003+d)+@FIELD(DDATE+20130617 )

Daily Digest - Thursday, June 13, 2013
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/B?r113:@FIELD(FLD003+d)+@FIELD(DDATE+20130613 )
  
Daily Digest - Wednesday, June 12, 2013
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/B?r113:@FIELD(FLD003+d)+@FIELD(DDATE+20130612 )

Daily Digest - Tuesday, June 11, 2013
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/B?r113:@FIELD(FLD003+d)+@FIELD(DDATE+20130611 )

Daily Digest - Monday, June 10, 2013
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/B?r113:@FIELD(FLD003+d)+@FIELD(DDATE+20130610 )

Daily Digest - Friday, June 7, 2013
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/B?r113:@FIELD(FLD003+d)+@FIELD(DDATE+20130607 )

Daily Digest - Thursday, June 6, 2013
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/B?r113:@FIELD(FLD003+d)+@FIELD(DDATE+20130606 )

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Comprehensive Immigration Reform
http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/

 
S. 744: Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/s744

 
S.744 - Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act
113th Congress (2013-2014)
http://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/744

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Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013
From: Steve Lefemine <SLefemine@spiritcom.net>
Subject: Day 14 (June 26) - Amnesty Bill (S.744): US Senate Takes Three More Votes ( Votes #162, #163, #164 ) Continuing
                                           the Advance of "AMNESTY-FIRST -for-Illegal-Aliens, and Border Security LATER (IF EVER)" Bill   

Steve Lefemine
Columbia, SC
June 26, 2013
  
Day 14 (June 26) - Amnesty Bill (S.744): US Senate Takes Three More Votes ( Votes #162, #163, #164 ) Continuing
                                   the Advance of "AMNESTY-FIRST -for-Illegal-Aliens, and Border Security LATER (IF EVER)" Bill
 
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1) Vote #162: US Senate Voted 68 Y - 30 N to Pass the " Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline
                          Re: S. 744 and Amdt. No. 1183, As Modified" - including waiving the requirement for this legislation
                          not to increase the Budget Deficit ( defeating the Budget Points of Order raised by Senator Vitter, R-LA
                          that the measure violates the Congressional Budget Act )
   
2) Vote #163: US Senate Voted 69 Y - 29 N to Pass the Hoeven - Corker "Amdt." now embedded within S.744,
                          the "AMNESTY-FIRST -for-Illegal-Aliens, and Border Security LATER (IF EVER)" Bill
   
3) Vote #164: US Senate Voted 67 Y - 31 N for Cloture to End Debate on the Senate Judiciary Committee-Reported
                          Substitute Amendment to S.744 (i.e., the full 1200-page bill, including the Hoeven - Corker "Amdt.")
 
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The 68 ( 52 D, 2 Indep., 14 R ) voting "Yes" in Vote #162;  and the 69 ( 52 D, 2 Indep., 15 R ) voting "Yes" in Vote #163;
 and the 67 ( 52 D, 2 Indep., 13 R ) voting "Yes" in Vote #164 are responsible at this point for advancing this wicked,
traitorous "AMNESTY-FIRST -for-Illegal-Aliens, and Border Security LATER (IF EVER)" legislation which makes a
mockery of "the rule of law", including these 13 Republicans who voted "YES" in each and all of these three June 26
Votes #162, #163, #164:
 
                                      Alexander (R-TN), Ayotte (R-NH), Collins (R-ME), Corker (R-TN), Flake (R-AZ),
                                      Graham (R-SC), Hatch (R-UT), Heller (R-NV), Hoeven (R-ND), Kirk (R-IL),
                                      McCain (R-AZ), Murkowski (R-AK), Rubio (R-FL)
 
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Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) on floor of US Senate:  June 12, 2013 [ Video - 5:30:40 ] ( Emphasis added )
 
     "... the bill as drafted, is legalization first, and enforcement later, if at all."
 
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Call your US Senators and say "NO" to Amnesty, and say "YES" to Enforcing Current Border Security Law
and "YES" to Enforcing Current Interior Security Law now !
 
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1) Vote #162: US Senate Voted 68 Y - 30 N to Pass the " Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline
                          Re: S. 744 and Amdt. No. 1183, As Modified" - including waiving the requirement for this legislation 
                          not to increase the Budget Deficit ( defeating the Budget Points of Order raised by Senator Vitter, R-LA
                          that the measure violates the Congressional Budget Act )
 
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14 Republicans [ Alexander (R-TN), Ayotte (R-NH), Chiesa (R-NJ), Collins (R-ME), Corker (R-TN), Flake (R-AZ),
Graham (R-SC), Hatch (R-UT), Heller (R-NV), Hoeven (R-ND), Kirk (R-IL), McCain (R-AZ), Murkowski (R-AK),
Rubio (R-FL) ] joined with 52 Democrats and Two "Independents" to Vote to Pass the " Motion to Waive
All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: S. 744 and Amdt. No. 1183, As Modified"
   
30 Republicans Voted Against the " Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: S. 744 and
Amdt. No. 1183, As Modified"
    
113th United States Congress (2013-2014)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/113th_United_States_Congress
- 52 Democrats
- 2 "Independents" [ generally more aligned with Democrats ]
- 46 Republicans

  
 
U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 113th Congress - 1st Session (2013)
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/vote_menu_113_1.htm

 
Question: On the Motion ( Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: S. 744 and Amdt. No. 1183, As Modified )
[ "S.L." Note:  Amdt. No. 1183, "Modified" with the addition of 102 Amendments to turn Leahy Amdt. No. 1183 into the substance
                       of the Hoeven-Corker "Amdt." ]
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=113&session=1&vote=00162

Vote Number: 162    Vote Date: June 26, 2013, 11:36 AM
Required For Majority: 3/5    Vote Result: Motion Agreed to
Measure Number: S. 744 (Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act )
Measure Title: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes.

Vote Counts: YEAs         68
                     NAYs         30
                     Not Voting    2
 
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YEAs --- 68  [ 52 D, 2 Indep., 14 R ]
 
Alexander (R-TN), Ayotte (R-NH), Baldwin (D-WI), Baucus (D-MT), Begich (D-AK), Bennet (D-CO), Blumenthal (D-CT),
Boxer (D-CA), Brown (D-OH), Cantwell (D-WA), Cardin (D-MD), Carper (D-DE), Casey (D-PA), Chiesa (R-NJ), Collins (R-ME),
Coons (D-DE), Corker (R-TN), Cowan (D-MA), Donnelly (D-IN), Durbin (D-IL), Feinstein (D-CA), Flake (R-AZ), Franken (D-MN),
Gillibrand (D-NY), Graham (R-SC), Hagan (D-NC), Harkin (D-IA), Hatch (R-UT), Heinrich (D-NM), Heitkamp (D-ND), Heller (R-NV),
Hirono (D-HI), Hoeven (R-ND), Johnson (D-SD), Kaine (D-VA), King (I-ME), Kirk (R-IL), Klobuchar (D-MN), Landrieu (D-LA),
Leahy (D-VT), Levin (D-MI), Manchin (D-WV), McCain (R-AZ), McCaskill (D-MO), Menendez (D-NJ), Merkley (D-OR), Mikulski (D-MD),
Murkowski (R-AK), Murphy (D-CT), Murray (D-WA), Nelson (D-FL), Pryor (D-AR), Reed (D-RI), Reid (D-NV), Rockefeller (D-WV),
Rubio (R-FL), Sanders (I-VT), Schatz (D-HI), Schumer (D-NY), Shaheen (D-NH), Stabenow (D-MI), Tester (D-MT), Udall (D-CO),
Udall (D-NM), Warner (D-VA), Warren (D-MA), Whitehouse (D-RI), Wyden (D-OR)

 
NAYs --- 30  [ 30 R ]
 
Barrasso (R-WY), Boozman (R-AR), Burr (R-NC), Chambliss (R-GA), Coats (R-IN), Coburn (R-OK), Cochran (R-MS), Cornyn (R-TX),
Crapo (R-ID), Cruz (R-TX), Enzi (R-WY), Fischer (R-NE), Grassley (R-IA), Inhofe (R-OK), Isakson (R-GA), Johanns (R-NE),
Johnson (R-WI), McConnell (R-KY), Moran (R-KS), Paul (R-KY), Portman (R-OH), Risch (R-ID), Roberts (R-KS), Scott (R-SC),
Sessions (R-AL), Shelby (R-AL), Thune (R-SD), Toomey (R-PA), Vitter (R-LA), Wicker (R-MS)

 
Not Voting - 2  [ 2 R ]
 
Blunt (R-MO), Lee (R-UT)

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2) Vote #163: US Senate Voted 69 Y - 29 N to Pass the Hoeven - Corker "Amdt." now embedded within S.744,
                          the "AMNESTY-FIRST -for-Illegal-Aliens, and Border Security LATER (IF EVER)" Bill
 
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15 Republicans [ Alexander (R-TN), Ayotte (R-NH), Chiesa (R-NJ), Collins (R-ME), Corker (R-TN), Flake (R-AZ),
Graham (R-SC), Hatch (R-UT), Heller (R-NV), Hoeven (R-ND), Kirk (R-IL), McCain (R-AZ), Murkowski (R-AK),
Rubio (R-FL), Wicker (R-MS) ] joined with 52 Democrats and Two "Independents" to Vote to Pass the
Hoeven - Corker "Amdt." now embedded within S.744, the "AMNESTY-FIRST -for-Illegal-Aliens, and
Border Security LATER (IF EVER)" Bill
   
29 Republicans Voted Against Passing the Hoeven - Corker "Amdt." now embedded within S.744,
the "AMNESTY-FIRST -for-Illegal-Aliens, and Border Security LATER (IF EVER)" Bill
    
113th United States Congress (2013-2014)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/113th_United_States_Congress
- 52 Democrats
- 2 "Independents" [ generally more aligned with Democrats ]
- 46 Republicans

  
 
U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 113th Congress - 1st Session (2013)
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/vote_menu_113_1.htm

 
Question: On the Amendment ( Leahy Amdt. No. 1183, As Modified )  [ "S.L." Note:  Amdt. No. 1183, "Modified" with
the addition of 102 Amendments to turn Leahy Amdt. No. 1183 into the substance of the Hoeven-Corker "Amdt." ]
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=113&session=1&vote=00163

Vote Number: 163    Vote Date: June 26, 2013, 12:16 PM
Required For Majority: 1/2    Vote Result: Amendment Agreed to
Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 1183 to S. 744 (Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act)
Statement of Purpose: To strengthen border security and enforcement.

Vote Counts: YEAs        69
                     NAYs        29
                     Not Voting   2
 
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YEAs --- 69  [ 52 D, 2 Indep., 15 R ]
 
Alexander (R-TN), Ayotte (R-NH), Baldwin (D-WI), Baucus (D-MT), Begich (D-AK), Bennet (D-CO), Blumenthal (D-CT),
Boxer (D-CA), Brown (D-OH), Cantwell (D-WA), Cardin (D-MD), Carper (D-DE), Casey (D-PA), Chiesa (R-NJ), Collins (R-ME),
Coons (D-DE), Corker (R-TN), Cowan (D-MA), Donnelly (D-IN), Durbin (D-IL), Feinstein (D-CA), Flake (R-AZ), Franken (D-MN),
Gillibrand (D-NY), Graham (R-SC), Hagan (D-NC), Harkin (D-IA), Hatch (R-UT), Heinrich (D-NM), Heitkamp (D-ND), Heller (R-NV),
Hirono (D-HI), Hoeven (R-ND), Johnson (D-SD), Kaine (D-VA), King (I-ME), Kirk (R-IL), Klobuchar (D-MN), Landrieu (D-LA),
Leahy (D-VT), Levin (D-MI), Manchin (D-WV), McCain (R-AZ), McCaskill (D-MO), Menendez (D-NJ), Merkley (D-OR), Mikulski (D-MD),
Murkowski (R-AK), Murphy (D-CT), Murray (D-WA), Nelson (D-FL), Pryor (D-AR), Reed (D-RI), Reid (D-NV), Rockefeller (D-WV),
Rubio (R-FL), Sanders (I-VT), Schatz (D-HI), Schumer (D-NY), Shaheen (D-NH), Stabenow (D-MI), Tester (D-MT), Udall (D-CO),
Udall (D-NM), Warner (D-VA), Warren (D-MA), Whitehouse (D-RI), Wicker (R-MS), Wyden (D-OR)

 
NAYs --- 29  [ 29 R ]
 
Barrasso (R-WY), Boozman (R-AR), Burr (R-NC), Chambliss (R-GA), Coats (R-IN), Coburn (R-OK), Cochran (R-MS), Cornyn (R-TX),
Crapo (R-ID), Cruz (R-TX), Enzi (R-WY), Fischer (R-NE), Grassley (R-IA), Inhofe (R-OK), Isakson (R-GA), Johanns (R-NE),
Johnson (R-WI), McConnell (R-KY), Moran (R-KS), Paul (R-KY), Portman (R-OH), Risch (R-ID), Roberts (R-KS), Scott (R-SC),
Sessions (R-AL), Shelby (R-AL), Thune (R-SD), Toomey (R-PA), Vitter (R-LA)

 
Not Voting - 2  [ 2 R ]

Blunt (R-MO), Lee (R-UT)
 
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3) Vote #164: US Senate Voted 67 Y - 31 N for Cloture to End Debate on the Senate Judiciary Committee-Reported
                          Substitute Amendment to S.744 (i.e., the full 1200-page bill, including the Hoeven - Corker "Amdt.")
 
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13 Republicans [ Alexander (R-TN), Ayotte (R-NH), Collins (R-ME), Corker (R-TN), Flake (R-AZ), Graham (R-SC),
Hatch (R-UT), Heller (R-NV), Hoeven (R-ND), Kirk (R-IL), McCain (R-AZ), Murkowski (R-AK), Rubio (R-FL) ] joined
with 52 Democrats and Two "Independents" to Vote for Cloture to End Debate on the Senate Judiciary Committee-
Reported Substitute Amendment to S.744 (i.e., the full 1200-page bill, including the Hoeven - Corker "Amdt.")
   
31 Republicans Voted Against Cloture to End Debate on the Senate Judiciary Committee-Reported Substitute
Amendment to S.744 (i.e., the full 1200-page bill, including the Hoeven - Corker "Amdt.")
    
113th United States Congress (2013-2014)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/113th_United_States_Congress
- 52 Democrats
- 2 "Independents" [ generally more aligned with Democrats ]
- 46 Republicans

  
 
U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 113th Congress - 1st Session (2013)
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/vote_menu_113_1.htm

 
Question: On the Cloture Motion ( Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Committee-Reported Substitute Amendment to S.744 )
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=113&session=1&vote=00164

Vote Number: 164    Vote Date: June 26, 2013, 12:35 PM
Required For Majority: 3/5    Vote Result: Cloture Motion Agreed to
Measure Number: S. 744 (Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act )
Measure Title: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes.

Vote Counts: YEAs        67
                     NAYs        31
                     Not Voting   2
 
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YEAs --- 67  [ 52 D, 2 Indep., 13 R ]
 
Alexander (R-TN), Ayotte (R-NH), Baldwin (D-WI), Baucus (D-MT), Begich (D-AK), Bennet (D-CO), Blumenthal (D-CT),
Boxer (D-CA), Brown (D-OH), Cantwell (D-WA), Cardin (D-MD), Carper (D-DE), Casey (D-PA), Collins (R-ME), Coons (D-DE),
Corker (R-TN), Cowan (D-MA), Donnelly (D-IN), Durbin (D-IL), Feinstein (D-CA), Flake (R-AZ), Franken (D-MN), Gillibrand (D-NY),
Graham (R-SC), Hagan (D-NC), Harkin (D-IA), Hatch (R-UT), Heinrich (D-NM), Heitkamp (D-ND), Heller (R-NV), Hirono (D-HI),
Hoeven (R-ND), Johnson (D-SD), Kaine (D-VA), King (I-ME), Kirk (R-IL), Klobuchar (D-MN), Landrieu (D-LA), Leahy (D-VT),
Levin (D-MI), Manchin (D-WV), McCain (R-AZ), McCaskill (D-MO), Menendez (D-NJ), Merkley (D-OR), Mikulski (D-MD),
Murkowski (R-AK), Murphy (D-CT), Murray (D-WA), Nelson (D-FL), Pryor (D-AR), Reed (D-RI), Reid (D-NV), Rockefeller (D-WV),
Rubio (R-FL), Sanders (I-VT), Schatz (D-HI), Schumer (D-NY), Shaheen (D-NH), Stabenow (D-MI), Tester (D-MT), Udall (D-CO),
Udall (D-NM), Warner (D-VA), Warren (D-MA), Whitehouse (D-RI), Wyden (D-OR)

 
NAYs --- 31  [ 31 R ]
 
Barrasso (R-WY), Boozman (R-AR), Burr (R-NC), Chambliss (R-GA), Chiesa (R-NJ), Coats (R-IN), Coburn (R-OK), Cochran (R-MS),
Cornyn (R-TX), Crapo (R-ID), Cruz (R-TX), Enzi (R-WY), Fischer (R-NE), Grassley (R-IA), Inhofe (R-OK), Isakson (R-GA), Johanns (R-NE),
Johnson (R-WI), McConnell (R-KY), Moran (R-KS), Paul (R-KY), Portman (R-OH), Risch (R-ID), Roberts (R-KS), Scott (R-SC),
Sessions (R-AL), Shelby (R-AL), Thune (R-SD), Toomey (R-PA), Vitter (R-LA), Wicker (R-MS)

 
Not Voting - 2  [ 2 R ]

Blunt (R-MO), Lee (R-UT)

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Day 1: June 6, 2013 [ Video / Summary ]

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INFORM THE OFFICES OF EACH OF YOUR US SENATORS THAT YOU OPPOSE AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS,
AS PER S.744 , THE "AMNESTY-FIRST, BORDER SECURITY LATER (NEVER ?)" BILL ! --- AND THAT YOU SUPPORT
ENFORCING THE CURRENT LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES REGARDING BORDER SECURITY AND INTERIOR ENFORCEMENT
WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN AND ARE NOT BEING PROPERLY ENFORCED !!!
 
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Comprehensive Immigration Reform
http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/

 
S. 744: Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/s744

 
S.744 - Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act
113th Congress (2013-2014)
http://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/744

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Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013
From: Steve Lefemine <SLefemine@spiritcom.net>
Subject: Day 12 (June 24) - US Senate Voted 67 Y - 27 N for Cloture to End Debate on Hoeven-Corker "Amdt." now embedded
                                            within S.744, the "AMNESTY-FIRST -for-Illegal-Aliens, and Border Security LATER (IF EVER)" Bill                                  

Steve Lefemine
Columbia, SC
June 25, 2013
    
Day 12 (June 24) - US Senate Voted 67 Y - 27 N for Cloture to End Debate on Hoeven - Corker "Amdt." now embedded
                                   within S.744, the "AMNESTY-FIRST -for-Illegal-Aliens, and Border Security LATER (IF EVER)" Bill
 
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Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL): "The Gang of Eight and their allies revealed their true tactics tonight. They shut down
debate and blocked amendments to a 1,200-page immigration bill that no one has read. It was anything but the open
and fair process that they had promised.
 
What we know for absolute certain is that this bill guarantees three things: instantaneous amnesty, permanent
lawlessness, and a massive expansion in legal immigration that will reduce wages for working Americans. This
legislation is a crushing blow to the working people of this country, a surrender to illegality, and a capitulation
to special interests over the interests of the citizens we pledged to represent.”   [ "S.L." Note: Emphasis added ]

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These 67 ( 50 D, 2 Ind., 15 R ) voting to cutoff debate on the Hoeven - Corker "Amdt." are responsible at this point
for advancing this wicked, traitorous "AMNESTY-FIRST -for-Illegal-Aliens, and Border Security LATER (IF EVER)"
legislation which makes a mockery of "the rule of law", especially these 15 Republicans: 

                                      Alexander (R-TN), Ayotte (R-NH), Chiesa (R-NJ), Collins (R-ME), Corker (R-TN),
                                      Flake (R-AZ), Graham (R-SC), Hatch (R-UT), Heller (R-NV), Hoeven (R-ND),
                                      Kirk (R-IL), McCain (R-AZ), Murkowski (R-AK), Rubio (R-FL), Wicker (R-MS)
    
June 24th vote was officially described as a cloture vote on Leahy Amdt . #1183, however Leahy Amdt. #1183
was just a "shell" amendment about something else, which was then modified by an additional 102 Amendments
to turn it into the substance of the Hoeven - Corker "Amdt.".  As Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) explains in a June 24
news release below, the Hoeven - Corker "Amdt." is actually already embedded within S.744:  Senator Sessions:
"The Corker-Hoeven amendment no longer exists as a standalone proposal. The amendment and the bill have
been merged into a single 1,200-page substitute proposal. They are now one and the same."
 
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Monday, June 24, 2013, US Senate Voted 67 Y - 27 N for Cloture to End Debate on Hoeven - Corker "Amdt."
embedded within S.744, "AMNESTY-FIRST -for-Illegal-Aliens, and Border Security LATER (IF EVER)" Bill
 
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15 Republicans [ Alexander (R-TN), Ayotte (R-NH), Chiesa (R-NJ), Collins (R-ME), Corker (R-TN), Flake (R-AZ),
Graham (R-SC), Hatch (R-UT), Heller (R-NV), Hoeven (R-ND), Kirk (R-IL), McCain (R-AZ), Murkowski (R-AK),
Rubio (R-FL), Wicker (R-MS) ] joined with 50 Democrats and Two "Independents" to Vote for Cloture to
End Debate on Hoeven - Corker "Amdt." [ so-called Leahy Amdt. #1183 ].
   
27 Republicans Voted against Cloture to End Debate on Hoeven - Corker "Amdt." [ so-called Leahy Amdt. #1183 ].
    
113th United States Congress (2013-2014)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/113th_United_States_Congress
- 52 Democrats
- 2 "Independents" [ generally more aligned with Democrats ]
- 46 Republicans

  
 
U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 113th Congress - 1st Session (2013)
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/vote_menu_113_1.htm

Question: On the Cloture Motion ( Motion to Invoke Cloture on Leahy Amdt. No. 1183 As Modified )  [ "S.L." Note: "Modified" with
the addition of 102 Amendments to turn Leahy Amdt. No. 1183 into the substance of the Hoeven-Corker "Amdt." ]
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=113&session=1&vote=00160

Vote Number: 160    Vote Date: June 24, 2013, 05:34 PM
Required For Majority: 3/5    Vote Result: Cloture Motion Agreed to
Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 1183 to S. 744 (Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act)
Statement of Purpose: To strengthen border security and enforcement.  [ "S.L." Note: THE BIG LIE - The Hoeven-Corker "Amdt."
                                    embedded within S.744 is "AMNESTY-FIRST -for-Illegal-Aliens, and Border Security LATER (IF EVER)" !!! ]

Vote Counts: YEAs         67
                     NAYs         27
                     Not Voting   6
 
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YEAs --- 67  [ 50 D, 2 Indep., 15 R ]

Alexander (R-TN), Ayotte (R-NH), Baldwin (D-WI), Baucus (D-MT), Begich (D-AK), Bennet (D-CO), Blumenthal (D-CT), Boxer (D-CA),
Cantwell (D-WA), Cardin (D-MD), Carper (D-DE), Casey (D-PA), Chiesa (R-NJ), Collins (R-ME), Coons (D-DE), Corker (R-TN),
Cowan (D-MA), Donnelly (D-IN), Durbin (D-IL), Feinstein (D-CA), Flake (R-AZ), Franken (D-MN), Gillibrand (D-NY), Graham (R-SC),
Hagan (D-NC), Harkin (D-IA), Hatch (R-UT), Heinrich (D-NM), Heitkamp (D-ND), Heller (R-NV), Hirono (D-HI), Hoeven (R-ND),
Johnson (D-SD), Kaine (D-VA), King (I-ME), Kirk (R-IL), Klobuchar (D-MN), Landrieu (D-LA), Leahy (D-VT), Levin (D-MI),
Manchin (D-WV), McCain (R-AZ), McCaskill (D-MO), Menendez (D-NJ), Merkley (D-OR), Mikulski (D-MD), Murkowski (R-AK),
Murphy (D-CT), Murray (D-WA), Nelson (D-FL), Pryor (D-AR), Reed (D-RI), Reid (D-NV), Rockefeller (D-WV), Rubio (R-FL),
Sanders (I-VT), Schatz (D-HI), Schumer (D-NY), Shaheen (D-NH), Stabenow (D-MI), Tester (D-MT), Udall (D-NM), Warner (D-VA),
Warren (D-MA), Whitehouse (D-RI), Wicker (R-MS), Wyden (D-OR)

 
NAYs --- 27  [ 27 R ]
 
Barrasso (R-WY), Blunt (R-MO), Boozman (R-AR), Burr (R-NC), Coats (R-IN), Coburn (R-OK), Cochran (R-MS), Cornyn (R-TX),
Crapo (R-ID), Cruz (R-TX), Fischer (R-NE), Grassley (R-IA), Inhofe (R-OK), Johanns (R-NE), Johnson (R-WI), McConnell (R-KY),
Moran (R-KS), Paul (R-KY), Portman (R-OH), Risch (R-ID), Roberts (R-KS), Scott (R-SC), Sessions (R-AL), Shelby (R-AL),
Thune (R-SD), Toomey (R-PA), Vitter (R-LA)

 
Not Voting - 6  [ 2 D, 4 R ]
 
Brown (D-OH), Chambliss (R-GA), Enzi (R-WY), Isakson (R-GA), Lee (R-UT), Udall (D-CO)

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Senator Hoeven (R-ND)
  
Hoeven-Corker Amendment Passes Cloture Vote With More Than Two-Thirds Majority
http://www.hoeven.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases?ID=15729602-4d88-4abc-a17e-4bca08919617
Jun 25 2013

[ "S.L." Note: Excerpt, emphasis added ]

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven (R-N.D) today issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate voted
with a bipartisan majority for cloture on the Hoeven-Corker Southern Border Security Amendment to the new immigration bill:

“This afternoon, the U.S. Senate voted 67 to 27, a more than two-thirds, bipartisan majority, to pass cloture on our border security amendment.
Americans want reform, but that means first and foremost securing the border,” Hoeven said. “That’s what our legislation seeks to do
with five requirements, or triggers, that must be met before the transition to Lawful Permanent Resident or Green Card status for illegal immigrants.”

continued...

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Senator Corker (R-TN)
 
Hoeven-Corker Amendment Passes Procedural Hurdle in the Senate
http://www.corker.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news?ContentRecord_id=fc998385-9994-48fc-9a53-f61a99e420c2
Jun 24 2013

[ "S.L." Note: Excerpt, emphasis added ]

WASHINGTON ­ Tonight the Hoeven-Corker border security amendment to the Senate immigration bill cleared
an important procedural hurdle when the Senate voted overwhelmingly (67 to 27) to invoke cloture on the amendment.
This sets up the amendment for a pass/fail vote later in the week.

continued...

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Senator Sessions (R-AL)

Sessions Issues Statement On Tonight’s Procedural Vote To Advance 1,200-Page Substitute Immigration Bill
http://www.sessions.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressShop.NewsReleases&ContentRecord_id=789acab8-a06d-4358-4a84-e5980c7dce05&Region_id=&Issue_id =
Monday, June 24, 2013

“The Gang of Eight and their allies revealed their true tactics tonight. They shut down debate and blocked amendments to a 1,200-page immigration bill
that no one has read… This legislation is a crushing blow to the working people of this country, a surrender to illegality, and a capitulation to
special interests over the interests of the citizens we pledged to represent.”


[ "S.L." Note: Emphasis added ]

 
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement
after tonight’s vote:

“The sponsors of the Corker-Hoeven substitute fell short of the votes they expected tonight to advance what they had erroneously billed
to other Senators as a strong border security amendment. Failure to capture the votes they anticipated for this motion demonstrates
the building unease this 1,200-page legislative monstrosity has created. I expect that unease will increase as Senators learn more
about what’s really inside this proposal.

The Gang of Eight and their allies revealed their true tactics tonight. They shut down debate and blocked amendments to a 1,200-page
immigration bill that no one has read. It was anything but the open and fair process that they had promised.

What we know for absolute certain is that this bill guarantees three things: instantaneous amnesty, permanent lawlessness, and a massive
expansion in legal immigration that will reduce wages for working Americans. This legislation is a crushing blow to the working people
of this country, a surrender to illegality, and a capitulation to special interests over the interests of the citizens we pledged to represent.”

                                        BACKGROUND ON CORKER-HOEVEN SUBSTITUTE AMNESTY-FIRST IMMIGRATION BILL:

· Immediate amnesty before enforcement
· Guts legal requirement for biometric exit-entry system
· Millions of green cards (permanent residency) before enforcement­debunking another false claim from sponsors
· No border surge. Agents aren’t required until 2021. It will never happen
· No fence requirement. DHS retains discretion in the bill that preempts the call for a fence in ten years.
  Litigation also provides an escape hatch to never build the fence. The fence won’t happen
· Legalization for gang members and convicted criminals
· Amnesty for future visa overstays (in other words, a prospective amnesty for future illegal immigrants)
· Guaranteed welfare access for illegal immigrants
· Undermines interior enforcement, prompting ICE officers to warn: “There is no doubt that, if passed, public safety will be endangered
  and massive amounts of future illegal immigration­especially visa overstays­is ensured.”
· Expands non-merit chain migration­less than 10 percent of future flow is merit-based
· Doubles the number of guest workers and triples the number of immigrants granted lawful permanent residency­reducing wages
  for U.S. workers and driving up unemployment

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Senator Sessions (R-AL)
 
CRITICAL ALERT: Vote Today On Reid Procedural Motion To Silence Debate
                            On Entire 1,200-Page Substitute Bill No One Has Read
Vote Is Not On Corker-Hoeven As Standalone, But Entire Merged Proposal
http://www.sessions.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressShop.NewsReleases&ContentRecord_id=76cc0f1e-dad7-acef-11b1-692dfcf5ca92&Region_id=&Issue_id =
Monday, June 24, 2013

1,200-page substitute provides immediate amnesty without enforcement; legalization for convicted criminals;
vast unchecked discretion for Secretary Napolitano; almost instant access to state and local benefit programs;
ICE and USCIS officers warn new substitute bill is even worse for public safety and national security than original bill


[ "S.L." Note: Emphasis added ]
 
 
Sessions: “The vote today is not a vote on just the Corker-Hoeven amendment. The vote today at 5:30 pm is a vote on Majority Leader Reid’s
procedural motion to shut down debate on a 1,200-page substitute bill no one has read. The Corker-Hoeven amendment no longer exists
as a standalone proposal. The amendment and the bill have been merged into a single 1,200-page substitute proposal. They are now one
and the same. And the Majority Leader’s motion will stifle amendments and accelerate the vote on final passage before anyone has vetted
the modified legislation.

                        A vote for cloture is therefore a vote for silencing debate on 1,200 pages of provisions including:

· Immediate amnesty without enforcement
· Weakened interior enforcement
· Legalization for gang members and convicted criminals
· Unprecedented amnesty for future visa overstays
· There is no border surge­agents aren’t required until 2021 which means it will never happen ­ and DHS retains the explicit waiver authority
  to build no fence and install no technology at all.
· A dramatic increase in low-skill legal immigration that CBO says will reduce wages for U.S. workers

A vote for cloture is also a vote in favor of a process that has included a series of earmarked provisions as ‘sweeteners’ to obtain votes,
including: $1.5 billion in federal stimulus spending for the vote of just one single senator and changes to visa rules to benefit industry in a single state.

Senator Rubio said he wouldn’t support a process that was rushed and that was not transparent. I hope that he, and all members who believe
in open process, will vote against Majority Leader Reid’s motion to silence debate on a bill no one has read. And I would further issue a challenge
to the sponsors of this bill: if your proposal is so good, then why not commit to extensive, open debate on it? Why do we have to pass this
out of here before Members go home to face their constituents over July 4th? Whose interests do we serve?”

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