Our friends over at Numbers USA tell us about how some folks find it difficult to pick up the phone to call and say NO to cloture and NO to Senate Bill 1639 (the NEW, NEW amnesty bill). Here’s how one man got over the fear of calling:
“Personally, I find it difficult to call my Senators, but believe the calls are important. Here’s what I do to build my courage to call: I think about the men who have died for our country some in the most hellish ways – doing their duty – then I think about the Senators who are turning their back on the country these men died for, then I ask myself if I can do my duty to America this easy and painless way. It usually does the trick.”
———-Larry Nichols, Reno, Nevada
Last night Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison jettisoned away from the amnesty backers. Mitch McConnell is publicly declaring he’s mulling over the bill. Gordon Smith says he’s against amnesty and I’d like to believe him. Georgia’s Senators are now a solid no on amnesty. Texas Senator John Cornyn is now a solid no way.
In addition, the AFL-CIO has suddenly found religion and says—this just in–that Senate bill 1639 will “hurt American workers.” Plus the president of the group called the Hispanic Federation says this bill blows (no I don’t know if they’re holding out for something even worse but …one fight at a time).
Connect with your Senators by calling, faxing, writing to them. Here’s where.
DO IT TODAY! TUESDAY THEY VOTE!
The Heritage Foundation has a copy of it here.
Download S.1639: The Secure Borders, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Reform Act of 2007 (PDF, 20 MB)
See the poll talked about by Colin Hanna of Weneedafence.com on the show here.
