SENATE CLOTURE VOTE FAILS

The Senate just failed by a count of 56-43 to approve cloture for the DREAM Act, which would have allowed debate to begin on a Defense bill that Senate leaders hoped would include the DREAM Act amnesty or more appropriately put the Hand Out For Votes Act.

Because it takes 60 votes for cloture, the Defense bill had to be pulled. It is unfortunate and disgraceful that Harry Reid attempted to use a funding bill for our troops to slip through Amnesty for Illegal Aliens.

The incompetent act of Senate Majority Leader Reid in using the Defense bill as a vehicle for the amnesty was the reason why Republicans refused to allow debate on the bill.

Every Republican (except Sen. Murkowski of Alaska who was absent) voted NO.
Republicans will be demonized they will be called the Party of No and it will be said that they don't care about the troops but the truth of the matter is the Dream Act has no place in a Defence Appropriations Bill. In this case the Party of No lived up to their reputation of voting no to BAD Legislation

Sen. Pryor and Sen. Lincoln of Arkansas were the only Democrats that voted NO to Harry Reids scheme to hold Troop funding hostage in a scheme to garner himself much needed votes for his own reelection.

We do not believe that every Democrat voting YES to start debate would support the DREAM amnesty Act if it was to come to a vote. We know that on a direct up or down on the amnesty, many Democrats would have voted NO. But this opening cloture vote was a window through which to see which Democrats remain minions of Harry Reid and which Democrats are willing to stand up for the will of their constituents.