Burr to Vote No on Cloture

From Hot Air:

I must have called Burr’s office half-a-dozen times in the last two days. I got through every time, using that “Coalition for Comprehensive Immigration Reform” number, which must have some kind of inside track. When I got a staffer on the phone this afternoon, she told me Burr will vote against cloture tomorrow, and I thanked her, and asked her to pass those thanks on to him.

Doesn’t mean he’s totally off the hook on this, but I’m not ready to put him in the same category as George Voinovich. Hey, George – do you need a glass for your WHINE?

Lurking Vet on June 27, 2007 at 9:26 PM

1-800-417-7666 is the CCIR number to contact Burr, but his voice mail box is full. I just love this: using the opposition’s weapons to suit their purposes.

Talk radio is on fire. This seems to be the issue which motivates conservatives to take back the Republican Party. If voters can remember what they’re feeling right now at election time, quite a few bums may be coming home.

The NYT says immigration is a watershed issue:

“I do hear from my constituents, and I have to tell you it is overwhelmingly do not touch it,” said Mr. Tester, who said opposition to the bill came from Montana residents of all political stripes, from liberals to conservatives to libertarians. “This is a clearer signal than we get on the war on Iraq.”

From FOX News:

WASHINGTON — The fragile immigration reform bill crafted in the Senate faces sudden death Thursday when a second vote is scheduled to shut down a filibuster.

If supporters don’t get the 60 votes they need to end debate, then the bill is dead since the Senate schedule does not allow any more time to revive the legislation…

Under a complicated and rarely-used procedure, the immigration bill could only move forward if amendments offered to it were defeated through tabling. But after the tabling vote was defeated, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid could be heard on microphones saying that he and those who support the bill were now “stuck…”

The Senate will conduct no more votes on nearly 20 more amendments to the Senate bill until it conducts the next procedural vote early Thursday. The vote, on whether to shut down debate and move to final passage, now appears likely to lose the extra bit of Republican support it had picked up during Tuesday’s vote to continue working on the comprehensive package.

Tuesday’s vote to move onto the bill was 64-35, four votes more than was needed to keep the legislation alive. But if five Republicans are lost as a result of the amendment, then it’s bye-bye bill.

Late Wednesday, two Republicans, Sens. Kit Bond of Missouri and Richard Burr of North Carolina, told FOX News that they will switch their vote and not try to prevent the filibuster. One Democrat who never votes against cloture, Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska, also told FOX News that he will vote “no” this time.