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| Senate Bombs On Border Fence: Denies Funding |
| 2006-07-14 |
| Less than two months after voting overwhelmingly to build 370 miles of new fencing along the border with Mexico, the Senate yesterday voted against providing funds to build it. "We do a lot of talking. We do a lot of legislating," said Sen. Jeff Sessions, the Alabama Republican whose amendment to fund the fence was killed on a 71-29 vote. "The things we do often sound very good, but we never quite get there." Mr. Sessions offered his amendment to authorize $1.8 billion to pay for the fencing that the Senate voted 83-16 to build along high-traffic areas of the border with Mexico. In the same vote on May 17, the Senate also directed 500 miles of vehicle barriers to be built along the border. |
| Posted by:Chaish Threlet2390 |
| #11 Opie Graham raises his head again. At least we have one decent senator in SC. No to McCain in '08! |
| Posted by: SR-71 2006-07-14 15:29 |
| #10 "Throw the bastards out!" You throw your bastards out I'll keep mine. My state Senators, Cornyn and Hutchison have a solid conservative voting record. They voted against this, as I would have expected. Not ALL of the Senate are worthless. -M |
| Posted by: Manolo 2006-07-14 13:28 |
| #9 This is the same stupid shit they pulled back in 1986. Throw the bastards out! |
| Posted by: MrBadJoke 2006-07-14 13:07 |
| #8 This is farkin' ridiculous. You 'overwhelmingly' vote to allow the fence, but then don't fund it? Anyone with me to withhold your portion of Federal taxes this year (whatever $1.8 billion divided by 300 million is, roughly $6/person) because of this freakin' nonsense. I'm glad to see my 2 GA Senators were not on the list. |
| Posted by: BA 2006-07-14 12:48 |
| #7 "...the Senate yesterday voted against providing funds to build it". The senate is tasked with writing the law. Congress is supposed to fund the law. |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2006-07-14 12:06 |
| #6 Hardly surprising. Those donks in Washington have been betraying the American people for many years (dem and rep). It's all they know. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-07-14 11:25 |
| #5 Stevens and Murkowski, ya say? My Alaska senators. This really pi$$es me off. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2006-07-14 10:20 |
| #4 WTF. Consultation agreement? Who in the hell cares what the Mexicans think? It is our sovereignty that is at stake. The Senate is sounding a lot like the UN--they just talk and stand for nothing. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2006-07-14 10:07 |
| #3 MEXICO GETS VETO POWER? "CONSULTATION" REQ'D UPDATE @ 17:23 - Found it. Senator Dodd talked against a fence on May 18, and his S.Amdt.4089 contains the following language: (b) CONSULTATION REQUIREMENT.--Consultations between United States and Mexican authorities at the federal, state, and local levels concerning the construction of additional fencing and related border security structures along the United States-Mexico border shall be undertaken prior to commencing any new construction, in order to solicit the views of affected communities, lessen tensions and foster greater understanding and stronger cooperation on this and other important issues of mutual concern. Republicans who voted for the Mexican consultation requirement: Bennett, Bond, Brownback, Chafee, Coleman, Collins, Craig, Graham, Hagel, Lugar, Feingold, Collins, McCain, Specter, Stevens, Warner, Martinez, Murkowski, Snowe and Voinovich Dems who voted against: Lincoln |
| Posted by: ed 2006-07-14 09:40 |
| #2 "one of the most unusual aspects of the Senate bill is a provision - slipped in before the final vote would require the United States to consult with the Mexican government before constructing the fencing." -I'm glad that failed then, nice catch whoever caught it. However, I'd really like to know the name of the motherf*cker who tried adding that treasonous dog sh*t into that bill. He or she should be tarred and feathered and kicked out of the city limits. Looks like a total sabotage effort at least. Yes, the senate is choking again as usual. Bunch of out of touch elitists. I do applaud Sen. Sessions' effort though. Anybody who would like to write their senators via email can do so at www.congress.org - I've done this a bunch of times. I'd like to believe I'm doing my small little part to tell these pricks what I think - makes me feel better at least. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2006-07-14 09:32 |
| #1 throw every one of the bastards out and start over |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-07-14 09:19 |