Just when we thought the Senates sham tactics of rushing the immigration draft through in lightning speed which we thought couldn't possibly get any worse. Well, wrong and wrong again! Now it's a debate for 30 hours then voting after encompassing a more outrageous maneuver known as the "CLAY PIGEON" and whose the skeeters? Majority Leader (D) Reid you need to go and Push the Bush from the Flush. Unfortunantly we have lost faith in their representation of and for Americans.
The elected officials names going down, they are a growing.
Democratic leaders hope the complex maneuver — which makes use of the Senate's labyrinthine rules to insist on votes on amendments — will frustrate conservatives' attempts to derail the embattled immigration bill, instead putting it on a fast track to passage next week.
Majority Leader Harry Reid (news, bio, voting record), D-Nev., said he would revive the bill to legalize as many as 12 million unlawful immigrants late this week. To do so, though, he needs backing from 60 senators, and a way to guarantee votes on a tentative list of 22 Republican and Democratic amendments whose consideration is seen as vital to satisfying key waverers.
The so-called clay pigeon is how he's expected to do it, under a strategy that was still taking shape Monday.
The so-called clay pigeon is how he's expected to do it, under a strategy that was still taking shape Monday.
The tactic gets its name from the target used in skeet shooting, which explodes into bits as it is hit. In the Senate, an amendment is the target, and any one senator can demand that it be divided into separate fragments to be voted on piecemeal.
Under the tentative plan, Reid as early as Friday would launch his target — an amendment encompassing all 22 proposals — and shoot it into its component pieces. The Senate would then vote on ending debate on the immigration measure, which would take 60 votes and limit discussion of the bill to 30 more hours. After that interval, all 22 amendments would have to be voted on, with little opportunity for foes to interfere.
You pay a price for this kind of thing," Dove said, noting that the Senate functions almost entirely on consensus. Our thoughts exactly!
You pay a price for this kind of thing," Dove said, noting that the Senate functions almost entirely on consensus. Our thoughts exactly!