The so-called "hate crimes" legislation took a new form yesterday when Senators Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Gordon Smith (R-Ore.) attached the controversial amendment to a Defense Reauthorization bill. This move will could push senators to vote on the issue as early as this week. You need to contact your senators right away and tell them to oppose the "hate crimes" amendment.
CONTACT Your Senators at www.senate.gov/
Hate crimes laws are actually "thought crimes" laws that violate the right to freedom of speech and of conscience and subject individuals to scrutiny of their beliefs rather than focusing on a person's criminal actions. Hate crimes laws will have a chilling effect on people who have moral or religious objections to homosexual behavior. Evidence of a person's beliefs will be used against any individuals who are even suspected of committing a crime.
In a debate on a similar bill that passed the House in May, Rep. Artur Davis, who supported the bill, admitted that under this law a minister could be charged with the crime of incitement if the minister preached that homosexuality is a serious sin and a person in the congregation left church and committed a crime against a homosexual.
[taken from a Liberty Counsel e-mail]
Oregon's Senators' phone numbers can be found at the bottom of the page.
Friday, July 13, 2007
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Immigration Bill is dead, for now.
From Associated Press:
WASHINGTON - The Senate drove a stake Thursday through President Bush's plan to legalize millions of unlawful immigrants, likely postponing major action on immigration until after the 2008 elections.
Senator Smith voted No Cloture on the bill. Call him or e-mail him and thank him for his vote.
Senator Wyden voted For Cloture on the bill. His secretary told me, 'However, the bill is dead.' That's not really a good excuse for ignoring what the people have expressed, and what is best for America as a whole. Let Senator Wyden know that you disapprove of his vote, and let him know that you won't be voting for him next election.
WASHINGTON - The Senate drove a stake Thursday through President Bush's plan to legalize millions of unlawful immigrants, likely postponing major action on immigration until after the 2008 elections.
Senator Smith voted No Cloture on the bill. Call him or e-mail him and thank him for his vote.
Senator Wyden voted For Cloture on the bill. His secretary told me, 'However, the bill is dead.' That's not really a good excuse for ignoring what the people have expressed, and what is best for America as a whole. Let Senator Wyden know that you disapprove of his vote, and let him know that you won't be voting for him next election.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
What will they think of next.
These articles are all regarding the 'Trucking Provision' that allows Mexican Trucks free access to the US. This bill passed as a provision of an Iraq Funding bill.
This is what our government is pushing. Have you ever visited www.spp.gov? Do so.
Also, call your senators and urge them to vote against the Immigration Reform bill. We don't want 'Meximerica'.
Straight up from the NY Times
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B01EEDC143DF93AA15752C1A9679C8B63&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fSubjects%2fN%2fNorth%20American%20Free%20Trade%20Agreement
Read This
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55469
This is an article on the bill that passed today, as a provision of the Iraq funding bill.
"As WND previously reported, when the Mexican truck pilot project initially was introduced by Peters Feb. 23, the test was entirely one-way. Mexican trucks from 100 Mexican trucking companies were to be given free access to the U.S., but at that time, Mexico had not agreed to open up to U.S. trucks. "
"Simply put, the Bush administration has turned a tin ear to both the public and the Congress and there are no objections which can put a stop to the DOT plans," he told WND.
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56171
This is what our government is pushing. Have you ever visited www.spp.gov? Do so.
Also, call your senators and urge them to vote against the Immigration Reform bill. We don't want 'Meximerica'.
Straight up from the NY Times
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B01EEDC143DF93AA15752C1A9679C8B63&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fSubjects%2fN%2fNorth%20American%20Free%20Trade%20Agreement
Read This
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55469
This is an article on the bill that passed today, as a provision of the Iraq funding bill.
"As WND previously reported, when the Mexican truck pilot project initially was introduced by Peters Feb. 23, the test was entirely one-way. Mexican trucks from 100 Mexican trucking companies were to be given free access to the U.S., but at that time, Mexico had not agreed to open up to U.S. trucks. "
"Simply put, the Bush administration has turned a tin ear to both the public and the Congress and there are no objections which can put a stop to the DOT plans," he told WND.
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56171
Will they not hear us?
This is an article on the resurrected immigration bill. I support some of what Bush does, but I could kick him out for pushing this immigration bill. I don't want this passed, and there are a lot of other people that don't either. Senators don't care what we want, however.
I also heard today that part of a military funding or something bill, a certain provision in that (unrelated) bill changed our border systems. Now trucks from Mexico can roll into the US unispected, 'to foster trade'. On this issue, I don't know what bill or exactly the wording, but that is what I've heard. If you think that the government wouldn't stoop that low, check out www.spp.gov
I'll do more research on that part.
David Wu's phone (202) 225-0855Ron Wyden's phone 202-224-5244Gordon Smith's phone 202-224-3753
I know some of you all care, and if you do, call your representatives and tell them to vote against this bill.
WASHINGTON - The Senate resurrected the immigration bill that could legalize millions of unlawful immigrants Tuesday, but the delicate compromise faces the same threats that derailed it earlier this month.
The White House and Republican and Democratic architects of the bill hailed the crucial test vote that revived the legislation, and they predicted approval of the measure by week's end.
Their victory was fleeting, though, giving way just hours later to stalling tactics by GOP foes. Conservatives succeeded in delaying until Wednesday consideration of a package of amendments designed to pave the way for a final vote on the bill.
They did so by using Senate rules to insist that the entire 373-page package be read aloud, relenting only when Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., agreed to postpone action on the amendments.
That was just the first in a series of formidable obstacles lying in the bill's path. The Senate is slated to consider 26 amendments, mostly from senators seeking to change key elements of the bill, that have the potential to either sap its support or draw new backers.
After that, the legislation must overcome another make-or-break vote as early as Thursday. And there is no guarantee that it will ultimately attract enough support to pass.
Republicans and Democrats alike are deeply conflicted over the bill, which also would create a temporary worker program, strengthen border security and institute a new system for weeding out illegal immigrants from workplaces.
Masking those divides, the Senate voted 64-35 to revive the bill, which stalled earlier this month when it failed to muster the 60 votes it needed to scale procedural hurdles.
Twenty-four Republicans joined 39 Democrats and independent Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut to move ahead with the bill. Opposing the move were 25 Republicans, nine Democrats and independent Sen. Bernard Sanders of Vermont.
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, the lead Democratic negotiator on the bill, called the vote "a major step forward for our national security, for our economy and for our humanity."
"We did the right thing today because we know the American people sent us here to act on our most urgent problems. We know they will not stand for small political factions getting in the way," Kennedy said.
On the other side, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., said opponents of amnesty for illegal immigrants are being told they must vote for the bill anyway "because that's the only way we're going to create a legal system of immigration in America."
Under the bill, he said, "we're not going to get any substantial reduction in illegality, we're going to double illegality."
President Bush and his team were working intensely to rally support for the measure.
"It's a careful compromise," the president told business leaders and representatives of religious, Hispanic and agricultural communities. He said, "In a good piece of legislation like this, and a difficult piece of legislation like this, one side doesn't get everything they want."
Bush was working the phones to drum up backers, said Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, who with Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff was also lobbying senators.
Tuesday's vote suggested that key senators and White House officials had succeeded — at least for now — in bargaining with skeptical lawmakers for a second chance to pass the bill. Several senators who have been promised votes on their amendments, including Sens. Kit Bond, R-Mo., Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., Norm Coleman, R-Minn., Pete Domenici, R-N.M., John Ensign, R-Nev., and Jim Webb, D-Va., supported moving ahead with the measure, after siding with opponents earlier this month on the test vote that stalled it.
Less clear was whether that support would hold. At least one Democrat who backed reviving the bill, Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey, publicly said he could not guarantee he would vote later to end debate and move to final passage.
Menendez is pushing for passage of his amendment to award more points in a new merit-based green card allocation system for family ties to U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents.
Several of the Republican amendments slated for Senate votes would make the bill tougher on unlawful immigrants, while those by Democrats would make it easier on those seeking to immigrate legally based solely on family ties.
Likely to be among the first voted on is a proposal by Sen. Kay Baily Hutchison, R-Texas, to require all adult illegal immigrants to return home before gaining permanent lawful status. The bill would require only heads of households seeking green cards to do so.
Particularly worrisome to supporters, including the Bush administration, is a bipartisan amendment by Sens. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, Barack Obama, D-Ill., and Max Baucus, D-Mont., that would change the bill's new program for weeding out illegal employees from U.S. workplaces.
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The bill is S 1639
I also heard today that part of a military funding or something bill, a certain provision in that (unrelated) bill changed our border systems. Now trucks from Mexico can roll into the US unispected, 'to foster trade'. On this issue, I don't know what bill or exactly the wording, but that is what I've heard. If you think that the government wouldn't stoop that low, check out www.spp.gov
I'll do more research on that part.
David Wu's phone (202) 225-0855Ron Wyden's phone 202-224-5244Gordon Smith's phone 202-224-3753
I know some of you all care, and if you do, call your representatives and tell them to vote against this bill.
WASHINGTON - The Senate resurrected the immigration bill that could legalize millions of unlawful immigrants Tuesday, but the delicate compromise faces the same threats that derailed it earlier this month.
The White House and Republican and Democratic architects of the bill hailed the crucial test vote that revived the legislation, and they predicted approval of the measure by week's end.
Their victory was fleeting, though, giving way just hours later to stalling tactics by GOP foes. Conservatives succeeded in delaying until Wednesday consideration of a package of amendments designed to pave the way for a final vote on the bill.
They did so by using Senate rules to insist that the entire 373-page package be read aloud, relenting only when Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., agreed to postpone action on the amendments.
That was just the first in a series of formidable obstacles lying in the bill's path. The Senate is slated to consider 26 amendments, mostly from senators seeking to change key elements of the bill, that have the potential to either sap its support or draw new backers.
After that, the legislation must overcome another make-or-break vote as early as Thursday. And there is no guarantee that it will ultimately attract enough support to pass.
Republicans and Democrats alike are deeply conflicted over the bill, which also would create a temporary worker program, strengthen border security and institute a new system for weeding out illegal immigrants from workplaces.
Masking those divides, the Senate voted 64-35 to revive the bill, which stalled earlier this month when it failed to muster the 60 votes it needed to scale procedural hurdles.
Twenty-four Republicans joined 39 Democrats and independent Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut to move ahead with the bill. Opposing the move were 25 Republicans, nine Democrats and independent Sen. Bernard Sanders of Vermont.
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, the lead Democratic negotiator on the bill, called the vote "a major step forward for our national security, for our economy and for our humanity."
"We did the right thing today because we know the American people sent us here to act on our most urgent problems. We know they will not stand for small political factions getting in the way," Kennedy said.
On the other side, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., said opponents of amnesty for illegal immigrants are being told they must vote for the bill anyway "because that's the only way we're going to create a legal system of immigration in America."
Under the bill, he said, "we're not going to get any substantial reduction in illegality, we're going to double illegality."
President Bush and his team were working intensely to rally support for the measure.
"It's a careful compromise," the president told business leaders and representatives of religious, Hispanic and agricultural communities. He said, "In a good piece of legislation like this, and a difficult piece of legislation like this, one side doesn't get everything they want."
Bush was working the phones to drum up backers, said Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, who with Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff was also lobbying senators.
Tuesday's vote suggested that key senators and White House officials had succeeded — at least for now — in bargaining with skeptical lawmakers for a second chance to pass the bill. Several senators who have been promised votes on their amendments, including Sens. Kit Bond, R-Mo., Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., Norm Coleman, R-Minn., Pete Domenici, R-N.M., John Ensign, R-Nev., and Jim Webb, D-Va., supported moving ahead with the measure, after siding with opponents earlier this month on the test vote that stalled it.
Less clear was whether that support would hold. At least one Democrat who backed reviving the bill, Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey, publicly said he could not guarantee he would vote later to end debate and move to final passage.
Menendez is pushing for passage of his amendment to award more points in a new merit-based green card allocation system for family ties to U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents.
Several of the Republican amendments slated for Senate votes would make the bill tougher on unlawful immigrants, while those by Democrats would make it easier on those seeking to immigrate legally based solely on family ties.
Likely to be among the first voted on is a proposal by Sen. Kay Baily Hutchison, R-Texas, to require all adult illegal immigrants to return home before gaining permanent lawful status. The bill would require only heads of households seeking green cards to do so.
Particularly worrisome to supporters, including the Bush administration, is a bipartisan amendment by Sens. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, Barack Obama, D-Ill., and Max Baucus, D-Mont., that would change the bill's new program for weeding out illegal employees from U.S. workplaces.
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The bill is S 1639
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
HB3526 (SB2) and HB2007 will be voted on by the House on Tuesday
URGENT: Call or e-mail your representatives and let them know how you stand on these bills. Both HB3526 (SB2) and HB2007 will be voted on by the house Tuesday, if I am correct. I believe the schedule was updated. Let them know that you do not want these bills passed.
Continue to call, republican Representatives John Limm, Chuck Burley, John Dallum, Vicki Berger, Bob Jensen, Patti Smith, and Susan Morgan; as well as all democrats. These Republicans currently support the bills, and they need to hear from us.
Representatives Fred Girod and Donna Nelson have both stated that they will vote agianst the bill, because of your phone calls. E-mail them and thank them for doing right. Continue to call other representatives and ask them to vote against the bill.
Also, if you go over to www.stopthebilloregon.com and click on 'Sign the Petition' (or go to www.restoreamerica.org/petition.aspx ) you can sign a petition which will be presented to the House before their vote. There are currently over 7,000 names on it, but each additional one counts.
Find your legislator here: http://www.leg.state.or.us/findlegsltr/
Also, there is a poll about whether the bill should pass or not at www.restoreamerica.com on the sidebar. Check it out, it's fast and easy.
Continue to call, republican Representatives John Limm, Chuck Burley, John Dallum, Vicki Berger, Bob Jensen, Patti Smith, and Susan Morgan; as well as all democrats. These Republicans currently support the bills, and they need to hear from us.
Representatives Fred Girod and Donna Nelson have both stated that they will vote agianst the bill, because of your phone calls. E-mail them and thank them for doing right. Continue to call other representatives and ask them to vote against the bill.
Also, if you go over to www.stopthebilloregon.com and click on 'Sign the Petition' (or go to www.restoreamerica.org/petition.aspx ) you can sign a petition which will be presented to the House before their vote. There are currently over 7,000 names on it, but each additional one counts.
Find your legislator here: http://www.leg.state.or.us/findlegsltr/
Also, there is a poll about whether the bill should pass or not at www.restoreamerica.com on the sidebar. Check it out, it's fast and easy.
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
TWOFOLD: Results of the Public Hearing
The Committee which has been working on HB3526 (i.e. SB2) and HB2007 reached a decision today. They voted 5 to 2 in favor of HB2007, which sends it to the house floor. It may be voted on as early as this Thursday.
The wording in House Bill 2007 has been changed from 'Civil Union' to 'Domestic Partner'. Somehow, the committee thinks that merely changing a name can change the nature of the bill. Changing 'Marriage' to 'Civil Union' to 'Domestic Partner' does nothing to change the fact that the bill provides an institution equal to marriage for same sex couples.
On HB2007, Urgent action is requested. Call your local representative. Urge them to vote against HB2007. You can find their number here: http://www.leg.state.or.us/findlegsltr/ .
These are the Committe members who have been listening to the hearings on these bills. Sal Esquivel and Kim Thatcher both voted against HB2007, and will vote against HB3526 (SB2). Thank them for their vote, and encourage them to stand for truth.
The Committee was undecided on HB3526, which would elevate homosexuality and similar behavior to minority status. They are holding another discussion on that issue today at 5PM. They will still recieve your e-mails on this issue if you get them out tonight.
Diane Rosenbaum - rep.dianerosenbaum@state.or.us
Dave Hunt - rep.davehunt@state.or.us
Arnie Roblan - rep.arnieroblan@state.or.us
Vicki Berger - rep.vickiberger@state.or.us
Sal Esquivel - rep.salesquivel@state.or.us
Kim Thatcher - rep.kimthatcher@state.or.us
Peter Buckley - rep.peterbuckley@state.or.us
E-mail these committee members about HB3526 (SB2) and call or e-mail your representative about HB2007. Please help to stop these bills.
The wording in House Bill 2007 has been changed from 'Civil Union' to 'Domestic Partner'. Somehow, the committee thinks that merely changing a name can change the nature of the bill. Changing 'Marriage' to 'Civil Union' to 'Domestic Partner' does nothing to change the fact that the bill provides an institution equal to marriage for same sex couples.
On HB2007, Urgent action is requested. Call your local representative. Urge them to vote against HB2007. You can find their number here: http://www.leg.state.or.us/findlegsltr/ .
These are the Committe members who have been listening to the hearings on these bills. Sal Esquivel and Kim Thatcher both voted against HB2007, and will vote against HB3526 (SB2). Thank them for their vote, and encourage them to stand for truth.
The Committee was undecided on HB3526, which would elevate homosexuality and similar behavior to minority status. They are holding another discussion on that issue today at 5PM. They will still recieve your e-mails on this issue if you get them out tonight.
Diane Rosenbaum - rep.dianerosenbaum@state.or.us
Dave Hunt - rep.davehunt@state.or.us
Arnie Roblan - rep.arnieroblan@state.or.us
Vicki Berger - rep.vickiberger@state.or.us
Sal Esquivel - rep.salesquivel@state.or.us
Kim Thatcher - rep.kimthatcher@state.or.us
Peter Buckley - rep.peterbuckley@state.or.us
E-mail these committee members about HB3526 (SB2) and call or e-mail your representative about HB2007. Please help to stop these bills.
Public Hearing for SB2/HB2007
There was a large turnout of folks for the public hearing last night regarding HB3526 (i.e. SB2) and HB2007. I hope that the committee members take into account the number of people that came to oppose the bill, especially the number of young men and women. Unfortunately, they may not consider that as a factor.
The committee will hold a workshop today on the bills. After they discuss them, they will vote on whether to send the bill to the floor. If they vote no, then it is dead. If they vote yes, there is still time to contact your representatives.
I'll post the committees decision as soon as I know what it is.
The committee will hold a workshop today on the bills. After they discuss them, they will vote on whether to send the bill to the floor. If they vote no, then it is dead. If they vote yes, there is still time to contact your representatives.
I'll post the committees decision as soon as I know what it is.
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