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THEY HEARD THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ON THE IMMIGRATION BILL

Today's vote in the Senate appears to have stopped the Bill from proceeding to a where a simple majority could pass it. ...proponents of the bill could only muster 46 votes in favor today, with 53 opposed.

Both Missouri Senators, Bond and McCaskill, voted NO on cloture today! (Sen. Bond voted YES on Tuesday but changed his vote to NO today!)

THIS IS A GIANT VICTORY for those who want government to respond to the people. The pro-amnesty politicians LOST BIG in this one. We must maintain our vigilance, however. Sen. Harry Reid was quoted as saying that he would look for another opportunity to bring the Bill up for vote again within the next few weeks. (paraphrased from an article in the N.Y. Times)

The next thing on the agenda should be to seal the border NOW! Congress and the President need to support effective measures to do that!

YOUR SUPPORT WAS A VITAL FACTOR, THE DECIDING FACTOR, IN TODAY'S VICTORY. YOUR FELLOW AMERICANS THANK YOU FOR THAT SUPPORT!

Excerpt from article in today's New York Times:
WASHINGTON, June 28 -The Senate voted today to effectively block efforts to overhaul the nation's immigration laws, meaning that the issue is most likely dead until after the 2008 elections. Needing 60 votes to bring debate on the contentious bill to an end - a step called cloture - and move it toward passage, proponents of the bill could only muster 46 votes in favor today, with 53 opposed.

SENATE VOTES IN FAVOR OF CLOTURE ON IMMIGRATION BILL

The U.S. Senate today voted in favor of cloture on the Senate immigration Bill. 60 votes were needed to invoke cloture (cloture shuts down debate on the Bill) It received 64, with one Senator not voting. 35 Senators voted against cloture.

Insiders" observed that the important vote was the one today, on cloture, because the place to stop the Bill was where it needed 60 votes. When the Bill gets to the Senate floor it only needs 50 votes to pass, a much easier number for supporters to obtain.

As our intelligence indicated in the previous Newsletter, Missouri Senator Kit Bond voted in favor of cloture while Sen. McCaskill voted against.

A sampling of Senators voting in favor of cloture were, Kennedy, Schumer, Menendez, Martinez, Durbin, McCain, Feinstein, Kerry, Hagel, Obama, Boxer, Clinton, Reid, Salazar and others.

Click on the link below to see how all Senators voted on this critically important immigration issue.

AMNESTY FOR ILLEGALS ...AGAIN!

A couple of weeks ago, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Ted Kennedy, John McCain, Jon Kyl and several others drafted a bill that would give Amnesty to 12-20 million illegal aliens!

They drafted this horrendous bill behind closed doors... under the cover of darkness... and tried to shove it through the Senate before the American people -- and even their Senate colleagues -- had the chance to read and analyze it!

They emerged from that closed-door meeting laughing and slapping each other on the back... you probably still remember seeing that photo in all the newspapers!

"Trust us," they said, "this is a good bill."

Of course, it wasn't!

FBI WARNS OF NUCLEAR TERROR THREAT

(Excerpt from NewsMax) Monday, FBI Director Robert Mueller revealed new concerns that al-Qaida has the clear intent to acquire and detonate nuclear devices in the U.S.

Former FBI Consultant Paul Williams first detailed the
shocking details of al-Qaida's nuclear terror plans, including his revelation about the "most dangerous" terrorist who has been tapped by bin Laden to lead a nuclear 9/11 attack.(... end of excerpt)

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COMMENT BY RITEON.ORG...
With none other than the FBI warning of the potential for an al-Qaida nuclear attack how can we possibly ignore securing our borders right now and with as much security as modern methods can devise. Under these circumstances our political leaders are playing with fire. They haggle and play games and politics among themselves while the radical Jihadists could be bringing nuclear weapons across the border and preparing for the grisliest and most deadly attack our nation has ever experienced.

Wake up folks before it's too late.... in fact, it may be already! Just because in between ball games and the escapades of Paris Hilton we can't imagine that we could be the victims of an unimaginable disaster doesn't mean we won't be. Remember Pearl Harbor and 9/11? We thought those couldn't happen too but they did and with devastating and crippling results. We should be demanding that the border be sealed as soon as possible and with a method that will keep out everyone that doesn't go through a strict tracking system when they come in. I hate to say it, it isn't pleasant and it goes against our natural instincts but the only way to seal the border quickly enough, cheaply enough and with certainty is to MINE IT! Face it folks, we don't like the idea any more than the staunchest liberals in the country but we have to face facts as they are. We need to run minefields on land and put the expensive manpower where we can't use mines. That's the only way we will have enough resources to get the job done. This isn't a game folks. The enemies of western culture are deadly serious and it's time for us to give that fact due recognition. I can guarantee you that a decision to mine the borders (and a lot more) will be coming swiftly if we have a Nuke go off in one of our major cities. Let's pray that doesn't happen but prayer alone won't cut it. If such a disaster should occur it might be too late for sure because we would never know how many more might have been planted somewhere else. Then what do we do! Throw in the towel? Judging from their views on Iraq, I have no doubt that many in Congress would suggest that we do!