The headlines after a failed cloture vote are meant to alarm:
· New York Times: Immigrant Bill, Short 15 Votes, Stalls in Senate
· Wall Street Journal: Bill Failed
· · AP: Immigration bill suffers big setback
· USA Today: Party rifts derail Senate immigration bill
· Washington Times: Filibuster spoils ‘bargain’ and Kennedy alliance costly to GOP senators
· Washington Post: Careful Strategy Is Used to Derail Immigration Bill
Immigration Bill Fails to Gain Senate
is there any hope? One can react in several ways:
1. Claim victory because the damaging parts of the bill are now also dead.
2. Believe the politicians that say the bill will yet return this year.
3. Poke at the presidential candidates to generate response
4. Call the Senators and not allow them to wait for failed leadership.
5. Call Rep. Pelosi and insist on passage of a bill in the House.
6. All of the above. The actions are all dependent on you.
Think of the alternative: to wait years for another chance at correcting the system, further raids, further backlogs, further fee hikes, more insecurity. We must not stop now; the process towards change and progress is too valuable. This is not an issue, it is a cause.
